Dazzling elephants, monkeys and rhinos in multi-colored hues…We may have just found our new favorite thing to check out in Boston right now! The zoo lights at Franklin Park are back on for a limited time this summer season!
Boston Lights, Franklin Park Zoo’s absolutely beautiful new lantern experience with a whimsical dive underwater and journeys through India, Asia, and beyond, shines a light on the importance of preserving our planet’s biodiversity and we’re absolutely in love with it.
Spanning the 72 acres of Franklin Park Zoo, the whimsical light show features over 50 different displays comprised of gorgeously crafted zoo lights similar to Stone Zoo’s magical winter lights! The exhibit features all kinds of wonderful fauna and flora massive elephants and arches and tunnels bursting with luminous flowers and colorful butterflies, all meant to show off the incredible biodiversity on our planet and each their role in our ecosystem.
Throughout the exhibit, you’ll also find gobsmacking flower gardens, magical ocean scenes, traditional Asian lantern displays and a 115-foot octopus that make the experience all the more magical–as if it wasn’t enough with the dazzling displays! Visit an interactive volcanic display, where you can ignite a stunning eruption of light by touch.
Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience is on display at Franklin Park Zoo from August 2 until November 3. Make sure to snag your ticket on their website before they run out. It’s simply an unmissable experience!
Boston’s Zoo lights is open daily, rain or shine, from 6 PM until 10:30 PM now through September 30. The lights will open from 5 PM beginning October 1. The last call for entry is 9:30 PM. The lights are closed on August 24.
Find the Franklin Park Zoo at:
1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA 02121
Written by Mª del Rosario Castro Díaz and Ameera Hammouda