{"id":210388,"date":"2026-06-04T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210388\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:44:18","slug":"erie-zoo-visitors-to-see-heavy-equipment-up-close-at-equipment-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210388\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Zoo visitors to see heavy equipment up-close at \u2018Equipment Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Wed, June 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147\/7e7bc038ee1549ca6fac4346bc2fb798.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erie Zoo visitors to see heavy equipment up-close at \u2018Equipment Day\u2019<\/p>\n<p>(<a data-ylk=\"slk:WJET\/WFXP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WJET\/WFXP<\/a>) \u2014 If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to see heavy machinery up close, the Erie Zoo is providing the chance.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie Zoo is hosting Equipment Day on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Zoo attendees of all ages can get up close and interact with 10 pieces of heavy-duty machinery that would be seen on a construction site, farm or emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>The event is included with paid admission to the zoo or free with an Erie Zoo membership. Current zoo admission is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors, $9 for children ages 2-12 and free for infants under age 2.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Parade of Sail to honor Erie&#039;s maritime history;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/parade-sail-honor-erie-maritime-202411820.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Parade of Sail to honor Erie&#8217;s maritime history\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first 1,000 children to attend will receive a plastic construction hat provided by Chick-fil-A Erie.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment Day will take place rain or shine. More information can be found <a data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eriezoo.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, June 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC Erie Zoo visitors to see heavy equipment up-close at \u2018Equipment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[26030,136,138,137,3466,92084,92085],"class_list":["post-210388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-emergency-response","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-zoo","tag-heavy-machinery","tag-heavy-duty-machinery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}