This World Giraffe Day, we’re celebrating some of the Zoo’s largest mammals – giraffe and their neighbors, the elephants. Explore touch tables with our docents and learn more about our biggest residents. Show off your wild side and make a giraffe headband craft. Take a pledge to Eat Like a Giraffe! and learn how to reduce your carbon hoofprint. Join the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in our mission to conserve giraffes for future generations.

Event Schedule

10 a.m. – Storytime with Lewis the Giraffe at the Giraffe Overlook

• Featured Story: Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. Children under 12 only, maximum capacity 60 children, first come-first serve.

10:30 a.m. – Meet the Giraffe Keeper

1:30 p.m. – Meet the Giraffe Keeper