Museo de la Fauna Salvaje, museum in Boñar, Spain

The Museo de la Fauna Salvaje is a building in Boñar that displays wild animals from around the world, including mammals, primates, reptiles, and insects in recreated natural habitats. The collections are arranged in detailed dioramas with painted natural environments.

The museum was constructed in the early 2000s as a collaborative effort between local authorities, the city, and the University of Leon. The completion of this project took several years from initial planning to opening.

The museum is directed by Eduardo Romero Nieto, president of the foundation bearing his name, who donated most of the species on display. Each of the 17 rooms is set in a different region, from the bamboo forests of central China to the Colorado Grand Canyon. In the Asian jungle room, real plants and a sandalwood scent accompany a scene of tigers bringing down a chital.

The museum lies between Valdehuesa and Boñar, with 17 rooms indoors and a 30-hectare outdoor park where deer, wild boar, mouflon, Iberian wolves and European bison roam in semi-freedom. Allow time for both parts, since the frescoed halls and the open enclosure are visited separately.

In the forests surrounding the museum, there is an open-air enclosure where visitors can observe living wild animals such as deer, wild boars, mouflon, and Iberian wolves. This living component adds another dimension to the exhibits inside.