Taranterra is a Romanian travelling live-animal exhibition that designs, builds, and operates temporary exhibitions for museums, shopping centres, festivals, and institutional venues. We bring the exhibition, the animals, the staff, and the full operational infrastructure. Our venue partners provide the space.

We have delivered exhibitions at Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa, Iulius Mall Cluj, Palas Mall Iași, Iulius Town Timișoara, and Muzeul Țării Crișurilor Oradea, among others.
A full list you can find on Exhibitions page.

Three formats: The Taranterra Exhibition (museum-grade, 50+ tarantula species, long-format runs), The Jungle Tent (blackout tent with tarantulas + reptiles, designed for mall atriums), and Dart Frogs & Butterflies (geodesic dome, free-flying butterflies + dart frogs). Each format is self-contained and modular.

Commercial centres activations typically run 10–21 days. Museum and institutional runs are designed for 3–6 months. Festival appearances run for the duration of the event. We are flexible and tailor duration to the partner's programme calendar.

Our current focus is Romania, where we are actively expanding. International expansion into Central and Eastern Europe is part of our defined roadmap for 2026–2027.

All animals are housed in closed, secure terrariums. No animal is free-roaming or accessible to visitors without direct staff supervision. Our team manages animal interaction protocols throughout every operating day. Public safety has been maintained without incident across all past exhibitions.

By Taranterra's own trained team of exotic animal keepers, present on-site every day throughout the exhibition run. Animal care is never delegated to venue staff.

Supervised handling experiences can be included for selected, suitable species in certain formats, subject to prior agreement. This is never unmanaged — a trained keeper is present at all times. The museum edition does not include public handling as standard.

All animals in the Taranterra collection are legally owned and documented.

Use the contact form on any page of this site, or email us directly. We respond within 2 business days with an initial availability check and format recommendation.

The Jungle Tent requires a footprint of approximately 12×6 m (72 m²) plus a visitor flow buffer around the perimeter. The Dart Frogs & Butterflies dome has a different footprint — confirmed during proposal. Both formats are designed for mall atriums, plazas, and open corridors.

Taranterra provides: all animals and terrarium systems, the full exhibition structure (tent/dome), lighting, climate control, on-site staff, daily animal care, educational panels, press and marketing support materials, and full teardown. The centre provides: floor space, access to standard power supply, ticketing and front-of-house, and standard security.

Taranterra operates on a fixed fee that covers everything from installation to teardown. All ticket revenue goes to the venue. There are no revenue splits on ticket income and no variable costs for the centre after the fee is agreed. We are open to discussing alternative structures (revenue share, sponsored model) during the proposal stage.

Live animals create immediate curiosity and destination-level motivation that passive retail cannot replicate. We provide press-ready materials, social media content, and promotional assets from the moment the partnership is confirmed. Visitor photography and organic sharing amplify reach further without additional spend from the centre's marketing budget.

The exhibition operates within a contained perimeter and is designed to increase dwell time for the whole centre, not redirect it. Visitors who come for the exhibition also visit food courts, retail, and leisure tenants before and after. We are happy to share floor plan layouts and discuss positioning relative to tenant locations during the proposal stage.

Installation typically takes 3–5 days. Teardown takes 2–3 days. The full timeline is confirmed and agreed before booking. The process does not require mall staff involvement and is designed to minimise disruption to regular centre operations.

Yes. The exhibition consistently attracts families with children of all ages, as well as adult visitors. The content is framed around curiosity and education, not fear. Families with young children are the primary audience across all past editions.

We price on a fixed-fee basis, which means the centre's financial exposure is known and capped from the start. We support our partners with marketing from the point of confirmation and have a track record of strong visitor engagement across all past editions.

Yes. We regularly adapt to the wider programming context of our venue partners and can align the exhibition with seasonal campaigns, school holidays, environmental awareness dates, or other planned activations. This is discussed and agreed during the proposal stage.

Yes. Our modular tent formats (The Jungle Tent and Dart Frogs & Butterflies) are designed for both indoor and semi-outdoor deployment. Taranterra is present at Nibiru Festival in July 2026 as a standalone activation. Festival and event partnerships are reviewed individually — contact us to discuss your specific context.

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Yes. We have partnered with Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa, Muzeul Țării Crișurilor, Muzeul Național al Banatului, Complexul Muzeal de Științele Naturii „Ion Borcea” and Muzeul Județean de Științele Naturii Prahova delivering the exhibition under institutional conditions including bilingual interpretation, structured visitor flow, and full academic framing.

The museum edition presents 50+ tarantula species from four continents in custom terrariums, with bilingual interpretation panels in Romanian and English, QR-linked digital content, and a structured educational narrative across the full visitor route. The format is designed for self-guided visits, school groups, and public science programming.

Every display is anchored to a specific learning theme — biodiversity, adaptation, ecological role, myth correction. The exhibition moves visitors from broad classification into species-level understanding. Content is calibrated for general adult visitors, school groups, and family learning simultaneously.

Museum editions are designed for runs of 3 to 6 months. Shorter institutional runs can be discussed. Duration is agreed during the proposal stage and fixed in the partnership contract.

The institution provides: exhibition floor space, access to power and agreed technical infrastructure, ticketing and front-of-house services, integration into the programme calendar, and standard security. Taranterra handles all animals, systems, interpretation, staffing, and both installation and teardown.

 Yes, fully. The museum retains control over its own ticketing structure, pricing, visitor access model, and programme positioning. Taranterra does not impose a ticket price or revenue structure on the institution.

Taranterra can be installed either inside an existing vivarium, where available, or in a dedicated room for temporary exhibitions. The format is flexible and designed to complement permanent natural history, science, biodiversity, and zoological collections, adding a live educational layer that enriches the visitor experience. During the proposal stage, we can define the best thematic connection, visitor flow, wayfinding, and co-programming opportunities.

Yes. The content is directly applicable to biology, natural science, animal classification, and environmental education at primary and secondary level. Guided visit formats, age-adapted explanations, and optional pre-visit and post-visit classroom materials can be arranged.

All animals are housed in purpose-built, species-calibrated terrariums. Daily welfare checks, feeding, enclosure servicing, and health monitoring are handled by our team throughout the run. The museum edition does not include public animal handling as standard. Visitor access is managed within a defined exhibition perimeter, with all enclosures closed to contact.

We can provide documentation covering transport compliance, welfare procedures, enclosure specifications, emergency protocols, insurance details, and staff qualifications. This is shared during the proposal review stage and prior to any contract signing.

Yes. We provide press-ready materials, species photography, and promotional copy adapted for institutional communication registers. We can participate in press previews and media events at the museum's discretion.

Yes. Taranterra has experience with sponsor-integrated exhibition delivery. We can discuss named sponsorship structures, ESG-aligned partnerships, and co-branded programming with your development or fundraising team.