Bridgeport, CT
"The Park City"

Mayor John M. Fabrizi

Location
 
Bridgeport is a city in southwestern Connecticut, in Fairfield County. It is located at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on the Long Island Sound. Bridgeport combines the history of a powerful industrial community with a stunning diversity of people and cultures. The city is also an important banking and manufacturing center.

Attractions
 
Beardsley Park

Beardsley Park, 1875 Noble Avenue. Connecticut's only zoo, located in beautiful 180 acre Beardsley Park. Thrill to the majesty of our magnificent Siberian tigers.... Journey through the exotic South American Rainforest... see flamboyant tropical birds, fish, reptiles, crocodiles and woolly monkeys swing from the vine. The state's only accredited zoo features more than 300 specimens. The zoo offers a children's petting farm, picnic area,
snack bar, gift shop and pony rides too.
The zoo's New World Tropics Building — with a variety of wildlife in a South American rain forest setting — is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The zoo is open 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for children ages 3 to 11 and seniors. For more information call (203)394-6565.
Barnum Museum
The Barnum Museum. (1-95 ,exit 27) 820 Main Street. The "Greatest Show on Earth" lives on at P.T. Barnum's Museum. Marvel at Tom Thumb's tiny coach, miniature mechanical circus, changing gallery exhibits and P.T. Barnum memorabilia. For more information call (203) 331-1104

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