Bear Aware MOMS FREE ZOO ENTRY and an Artisan Market for the perfect Mother’s Day gift! Our Bear Aware event is an annual tradition we look forward to each year

Sunday, May 11th, 2025

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Mother’s Day at the zoo is an annual tradition which combines bear awareness and a special day out with moms in your life. Treat them to free zoo entry! Enjoy seeing zoo bears while refreshing your memory on bear safety at the start of another active Alaskan bear season. Membership use as usual.

Bear Aware Partners: Members of the Anchorage Bear Committee including but not limited to, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska Zoo, Eagle River Nature Center. We are partners committed to promoting bear safety and awareness to support co-existence in bear country. Let’s keep Alaska’s bears wild!

Join us in person at the zoo or LIVE across our social media platforms on Sunday May 11th to watch the black and brown bears of the Alaska Zoo test bear resistant containers. The black bears will be live at 1pm, polar bears at 2pm and brown bears at 3pm. Crowds will gather to watch this testing in person at the zoo at the bear habitats. Will the containers survive the ultimate test? The bears will be the judge of that!

Join us 12-4pm for these activities:
Bear resistant container testing
Black bear bridge at 1pm
Polar bear upper viewing at 2pm
Brown bear bridge at 3pm
LIVE on Facebook
Bear spray booth by ADF&G
Cotton candy for sale by zoo volunteers
Mascots on the trails
Bear awareness info and biofacts
Petting Zoo (times TBD)
Yeti Dogs food truck (until supplies last)
Kape Espresso Tayo Zoo Coffee Shop
Zoo Gift Shop open for business

Shop the Mother’s Day Artisan Market 12-6pm in the Gateway Hall for the perfect gift for mom!
Artisans:
Jack of all Crochet
Creaturations
Huckleberry Haus Crafts & Dessert
Wildflower Soul Photography
Rhonda Scott Art
Misbehaving Magpie
Raven Moon Art
Uniquely Me!
Midnight Potter
Chaos by Carrie
Elle Chavez
Landly AK
Alexis Silva