Museu Faller de València, Fallas festival museum in Valencia, Spain.

The Museu Faller de València is a museum dedicated to the sculptural art of the Fallas festival and houses hundreds of ninots created over decades. These figures are made from various materials and range from small detailed pieces to large elaborate creations that showcase local artistic skill.

The museum has occupied the former mission house of San Vicente de Paúl since 1971; the building was completed in 1831 and later served as a prison, barracks and warehouse. Rehabilitated in the early 1990s, it reopened in 1995. Its collection grew from the 1934 "Indult del Foc" exhibition proposed by the fallero artist Regino Mas, in which the public voted to save one ninot from the flames.

The saved figures are called ninots indultats, chosen since 1934 through the Exposició del Ninot, where visitors vote among the best pieces presented by the commissions. The winning figure is spared from the flames on the night of San José. The museum grew out of that vote, first as a folklore collection in the 1930s and consolidated in the early 1970s.

The museum is easy to navigate with clear pathways through the display areas and no steep obstacles. Check the opening hours in advance, as times vary on weekends and holidays.

The ninot saved from the flames each year is chosen by popular vote during the Exposició del Ninot, a practice formalised in 1934 on a proposal by the fallero artist Regino Mas. The figures on display were first modelled in clay, then reproduced in wax, cardboard, polyester or white cork as techniques changed.