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  • London Zoo opened to Fellows of the Zoological Society of London, and to the public with a written order from a Fellow and payment of 1 shilling in 1828. The royal animal collection from the Tower of London was presented in 1831. In 1847 the public were admitted to London Zoo for the first time without an order from a Fellow. After the eruption of the Second World War, London Zoo was closed multiple times for over a week at a time starting 11:00am on 3rd September 1939, when all zoological places were closed by order of the government. On 27th September 1940, high explosive bombs damaged the Rodent house, the Civet house, the gardener's office, the propagating sheds, the North Gate and the Zebra house. In January 1941, the Camel house was hit, and the aquarium could not open until May 1943 due to extensive bombings.

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          531 Archival description results for London Zoo

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          New Reptile House
          SEC/9/2/18/5 · Item · 19 Nov 1925
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Papers regarding the new Reptile House in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London
          New Reptile House
          SEC/9/2/20/6 · Item · 8 Jun 1927
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Note from the Secretary regarding opening of the new Reptile House at the Zoological Society of London
          New Reptile House
          SEC/9/2/20/8 · Item · 13 Jun 1927
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Memorandum to the Council of the Zoological Society of London regarding the new Reptile House
          Morgan, Evan
          SEC/10/1/13 · Item · 1937
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley to Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar, regarding donations towards the construction of the new Elephant House at the Zoological Society of London
          Milne, J W
          SEC/10/1/12 · File · 1939
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Correspondence between J W Milne and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding the financing of the construction of a new Elephant House, and a donation from Lord Leverhulme
          Miller, Alexander
          SEC/2/1/56 · File · 1833-1836
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Letters from Alexander Miller of the Zoological Gardens regarding a Chinese Pheasant which escaped and had been running in Park Street, Camden Town, an escape from the Dove House, the removal of an oak fence on the southern boundary, the health of a Rhinoceros, the Society's Cashmere Goat, his visit to City Road Basin, the purchase of a Chimpanzee, a visit by the Queen to the Gardens, a stillborn Rhesus Monkey, dimensions of the back of a new den for the Elephant and Rhinoceros, the cost of laying the floor of the Elephant and Rhinoceros House, the death of a Chimpanzee and the return of John Woodbridge with Cranes and Leopards