Browse the artists' galleries and the garden gift store. Attend the annual Festival of the Arts the last weekend in June. The garden is open year-round, from dawn to dusk. In this museum, tales of fire fighting 150 years ago come alive amid the vintage pumpers, uniforms, and equipment used by the city's first bucket brigade. The museum is handicapped accessible.
Admission is free.
One of America's finest, this museum's collections range from ancient through modern times, including outstanding paintings, sculpture, glass, furniture, silver, and graphic arts. Admission is free. Dine in the Museum Caf and shop in the Collector's Corner or the Museum Store. The Toledo Zoo is the wildest place in town for family recreation and education. Home to more than 4,000 exotic animals, the zoo allows its visitors to discover tigers, African wild dogs, the award-winning Hippoquarium, a newly renovated aviary, new monkey exhibits, and a new antarctic polar exhibit.