Carol and Bill Eckerle, who passed away in 2020 and 2022, respectively, left $18 million to be split equally among the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Taft Museum of Art.

The zoo will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cincinnati Art Museum is hosting a Mother's Day brunch on the Terrace Café from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and prices can be found on its website.

The original zoo buildings were designed by James W. McLaughlin – architect of the Old Main Library and the Cincinnati Art Museum. The Monkey House building survives today as the Reptile House.

Zoo visitors will be able to see the babies that have already made their debut, including Kal the bat-eared fox, cheetah cubs Zola, Lulu, and Kiara, manatees Orchid, Vora, and Lilypad, Daisy the ...