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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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          Thompson, E
          SEC/10/1/26 · File · 1936
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Correspondence between E Thompson and Julian Sorell Huxley regarding Sir Stanley Reed, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar and the construction of the new Elephant House at London Zoo
          Tropical Bird House Press Release
          ARC/27/2 · File · 1960
          Part of Architecture and buildings

          Press release for the Tropical Bird House, which had been altered, repainted and planted with a large variety of tropical plants, and transformed into a "Walk-through Aviary" - the first of its kind at London Zoo
          Urbain, Archille
          SEC/10/1/27 · File · 1937
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Correspondence between Julian Sorell Huxley and Achille Urbain of the Parc Zoologique de Vincennes in Paris, regarding the construction of the new Elephant House at London Zoo
          Veale and Saunders
          SEC/10/1/29 · File · 1939
          Part of ZSL Secretaries

          Correspondence between Veale & Saunders and the Treasurer of the Zoological Society of London regarding the construction of the new Elephant and Rhinoceros House at London Zoo
          Vevers, Gwynne (junior)
          SUP/5/1/2/228 · File · 1946
          Part of Superintendents

          Correspondence between Gwynne Vevers and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding wages for a resident man and wife, water requirements in the Aquarium, a visit by the Supervisor of the Aquarium at London Zoo to the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, and arctic publications