Space Farms Zoo and Museum
41°12′35″N 74°41′35″W / 41.2096°N 74.6930°W / 41.2096; -74.6930
Date opened1927
LocationSussex County, New Jersey, United States
Websitewww.spacefarms.com

Space Farms Zoo and Museum is a roadside zoo and historical museum located at 218 Route 519, in the Beemerville section of Wantage Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, in the United States. It is currently owned by New Jersey Assemblyman, Parker Space.

Founded in 1927, the zoo is home to a wide selection of mammals and reptiles, including some endangered species.[1]

Space Farms hosted a large bear in captivity exhibition,[2] which showcased a Kodiak bear named Goliath, as part of a taxidermy exhibit in the main hall of the museum.[3] After his death in 1991, his large skull was put on display in the Space Farm's museum.

The Space Farms museum houses antique vehicles and items used during the early history of the United States, such as horse-drawn carriages and early motorcycles.[4] The vehicles are largely unrestored. There are also colonial period tools and weapons on display.

Animals

The zoo has over 389 individuals and about 41 species.

Notes

  1. ↑ Space Farms Zoo and Museum (zoo section)
  2. ↑ Which is the largest bear on earth?
  3. ↑ Strunsky, Steve. "ON THE MAP; A Zoo (and Much More) That Would Overwhelm Noah's Ark", The New York Times, October 19, 1997. Accessed October 11, 2007. "One of the permanent fixtures at Space Farms is Goliath, a 12-foot-tall, 2,000-pound Kodiak bear, who arrived as a cub 30 years ago and remains an attraction, having been stuffed after his death in 1991."
  4. ↑ Krebs, Michelle. "Driving Back in Time: Auto Exhibits in the Mid-Atlantic States", The New York Times, August 20, 2006. Accessed October 11, 2007.

Further reading

  • Day, Lori S. The Zookeeper's Daughter PublishAmerica, 2004.
  • Day, Lori S. Zoo Momma Daylite Sales, 2016
  • Space, Fred. Ralph Space the Legend, The Story of Space Farms and Tales of Beemerville Privately Published, 2007.
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