Sat., March 22 – Sun., March 23  | 11 am – 3 pm | Included with General Admission

Waddle on over to the National Aviary and celebrate everyone’s favorite flightless feathered friends: penguins! Meet the colony of African Penguins in Penguin Point, watch a fun feeding and chat with National Aviary experts, find out what makes penguins so unique, make your own penguin craft, and more. Learn how you can help penguins and other marine life every day.

Penguin-Palooza Schedule: Coming Soon!

Add-on fun: In honor of Penguin-Palooza, create your own waddle-ful work of art! Join Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas; MariasIdeas.com Thurs., March 20 at 5:30 pm for a creative and colorful class in painting your own fine and feathered masterpiece.

Register for Brushes & Birds here!

Can’t get enough of these waddling wonders? Book a Penguin Encounter, Interactive Penguin Feeding, or Jr. Penguin Encounter for the little ones! 

Eat like the penguins do at the National Aviary (aka sustainably-sourced fish)! Use the Monterey Bay Seafood Watch to help find sustainably-sourced seafood during your next shopping trip.