Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Silicon Valley, San Francisco Visitors Attraction, Californian Architecture Photos
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo in the Silicon Valley
Mar 16, 2022
Design: CAW Architects
Location: Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, California, USA

Photos: Marco Zecchin Photography
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, USA
CAW Architects is pleased to announce the completion of its latest civic project, the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (JMZ). Located within the Palo Alto Arts and Recreation District, the JMZ has been a beloved city institution since 1940, offering children hands-on opportunities to learn about science, the environment, and the natural world through a modest children?s museum, classroom space, and small outdoor zoo.
With JMZ?s rich and diverse educational programs outgrowing the modest facility, CAW Architects designed a new children?s museum and zoo in conjunction with zoo designer, Studio Hansen Roberts, that fundamentally rethinks how to capture a child?s wonder and curiosity for the natural world, while creating rich and interactive learning experiences throughout.

?We designed an inspiring and interactive space, where architecture and experiences can spark a child?s curiosity and wonder, to explore science and nature in a fun and play-based environment,? says Brent McClure, AIA, Principal-in-Charge. McClure led the team?s expansive scope – which included a site masterplan comprised of the museum, zoo, and education center – to in...