1911 Primate Cage - Geoffrey's Spider Monkey Exhibit

July 29th, 2014.

Outdated as it is, at least it has grass and more room than most exhibit built in that time. It could be worse I suppose.

You are right, as with grass and plenty of climbing opportunities the 2 primate exhibits (one at either end of the central house) are definitely far from awful. I would like to see smaller primates in the enclosures as spider monkeys and siamangs both seemed on the larger size in comparison to the width of their exhibits.

Looks like part of a bridge.

This was installed in 1911 ?

@Onychorhynchus coronatus Yes, it was built in 1911 as there is a plaque or sign somewhere near the exhibit. The zoo opened a year later (1912) and this primate cage is probably the oldest structure left on the zoo's grounds. Does anyone know of anything else surviving from that era?

@snowleopard I think it is quite impressive / progressive in some ways for the time / era it was built but I dont think it is great nowadays (it isn't terrible either and would be much better suited for some other animal other than a primate).