At this museum, the sea - the aspect of Doñana which people generally are least aware of - comes into its own,
and deservedly so.
Not for nothing is Doñana's coastline the longest stretch of virgin, unbuilt-on beaches in the whole of Spain.
Many marine animals - amongst them the large cetaceans - can sometimes be spotted as they make their way
through these coastal waters.
Doñana also has its marine side
The museum's main theme is marine mammals, and everything related to them. The highlights of the exhibition
are 13 real skeletons of species representative of our waters, some of them - such as a 20-metre fin whale -
nothing short of spectacular.
Real replicas
From these skeletons 16 life-size replicas of these species have been created. Some of these replicas would
tip the scales (if there were any big enough for the purpose) at 4,500 kilos. They are exhibited in the
central hall - suspended from the roof, in the most spectacular way possible.
The museum's other star attraction is its Ecosphere - one of two that are on public display in Europe. An
Ecosphere is a living, closed ecosystem, completely self-sufficient and, in theory, capable of going on
forever. The Ecosphere is one of several research projects being run by NASA with a view to taking living
ecosystems into space.
Man and the sea
The Sea World Museum also devotes part of its space to studying the relationship between human beings and
the sea. From scientists who study the sea as a unique ecosystem, to people who life off the sea - their
customs and traditional practices ... The fisherfolk of Huelva and Cádiz, whose lives have always revolved
around the sea, say what this means for them in this area of the Museum.
Finally, another hall in the museum is devoted to ships and sea lanes. In amongst one of the best and oldest
ship's carpentry collections there is in Andalucía, the star exhibit of this section of the museum is a
life-sized Latin sailboat hand built by José Zamudio, one of Spain's few remaining shipwrights.
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