3 Best Places To See in Abilene, TX

“Abilene Zoo is a well-maintained zoo in Abilene, TX. The zoo hosts 600 animals, a safari train, giraffe feeding, classes, concessions, and more. Although it's home to 1,000 animals from around the globe, visiting the Abilene Zoo is filled with fun and excitement for the entire family. The zoo is an Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited facility featuring animals native to North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Abilene Zoo is a place of learning and experience where families make memories, share the happiness of finding wildlife, and become encouraged to preserve wildlife. More than 250,000 people discover the wonderful world of wildlife, and the zoo provides educational programs, summer camps, weekend programs, tours, and preschool classes.”

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“Frontier Texas! is a world-class interactive museum and visitor center located in downtown Abilene, Texas. The museum showcases the legends, history, and adventure of a western heritage center that allows visitors to relive the Old West through the magic of state-of-the-art technology. The museum covers 14,000 square-foot facilities and isn't a traditional museum with exhibits displayed in glass cases. At Frontier Texas!, you can relive buffalo stampedes, a shootout in the Bee Hive Saloon, a wolf attack, and more. Frontier Texas! brings the boundary to life and allows visitors to satisfy people who recreated their lives on the Texas frontier. Frontier Texas! is the official visitor center for the Texas Forts Trail and the Abilene Region.”

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“Paramount Theatre is an arts performing place located in downtown Abilene, Texas, at 352 Cypress Street. H. O. Wooten constructed the Paramount in 1930 adjacent to his Hotel Wooten. The Paramount Theatre was built in a period when movie-going was suggested to be a grand occasion that transported you to another place and time. The Paramount Theatre auditorium was designed to re-create a Spanish/Moorish courtyard at night, with launched clouds passing over a neon-lit night sky with twinkling stars. The theatre was restored in 1987 and renovated to accommodate live theatre, and it is now the home to a myriad of events, including film, ballet, opera, and concerts. The place is considered to be a famous place in the area.”

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