Best murals / mosaics at zoos

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Wall Art at and in the Aquarium in the Allwetterzoo Münster

Thanks for sharing @GiratinaIsGod ! Much appreciated !

These are great looking, but what is the reptile in the third picture ? is it a tegu or a caiman ?

 

[GiratinaIsGod]

Thanks for sharing @GiratinaIsGod ! Much appreciated !

These are great looking, but what is the reptile in the third picture ? is it a tegu or a caiman ?

definitely a caiman, you can see the Osteoderm armor on the back

 

[MonkeyBat]

Here's a website I found of a mural artist who did a bunch of murals at major American collections.
Zoos | Googleplex Murals

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Here's a website I found of a mural artist who did a bunch of murals at major American collections.
Zoos | Googleplex Murals

Thanks for sharing @MonkeyBat ! I'll check this out as looks interesting.

Much appreciated !

 

[birdsandbats]

Here's a website I found of a mural artist who did a bunch of murals at major American collections.
Zoos | Googleplex Murals

I can't believe how many of those I've seen! The Australia House at Milwaukee is now gone, and this website is probably the only place you can see it.

 

[Tim May]

Yes, I remember some of those in the tunnel at ZSL , some of them are a bit faded and look like they could be repainted.

If I remember correctly some are based on prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses right ?

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Yes, in 1954, the walls of the West Tunnel at London Zoo were decorated with reproductions of some of the famous prehistoric cave paintings from Lascaux and Altamira. The pictures were painted by students from the Royal Academy of Arts School.

The walls of the tunnel were repainted some years ago but I think the "original" artwork from 1954 was better.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

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Yes, in 1954, the walls of the West Tunnel at London Zoo were decorated with reproductions of some of the famous prehistoric cave paintings from Lascaux and Altamira. The pictures were painted by students from the Royal Academy of Arts School.

The walls of the tunnel were repainted some years ago but I think the "original" artwork from 1954 was better.

Its a bit of a shame really that they repainted it IMO.

I'll check out if there are any pictures of what it once looked like, I bet it was quite impressive.

 

[Gigit]

An attractive piece of artwork on the boarded-up window of what was Paignton's gentle lemur house. I later watched the artist painting a larger version on a wall in the zoo restaurant

 

[Gigit]

Here's another artistic entrance gate - Dudley. Shame the background is a bit fussy.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Some of the murals / painted backgrounds by the artist Paul Barker at the Brookfield zoo (Thanks to @MonkeyBat for the idea) :

Photo credits to @pachyderm pro , @Moebelle and @Sheather.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

An attractive piece of artwork on the boarded-up window of what was Paignton's gentle lemur house. I later watched the artist painting a larger version on a wall in the zoo restaurant

Love the kingfisher artwork looks like it could almost be hung on a wall as an art piece doesn't it ?

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Informative mural wall showing Central African rainforest scene at Columbus zoo:

Photo credits to @blospz.

 

[DaLilFishie]

Tokyo Sea Life Park has a nice, minimalist mural near their seabird cave exhibit

 

[15399]

Some of the murals / painted backgrounds by the artist Paul Barker at the Brookfield zoo (Thanks to @MonkeyBat for the idea) :

Photo credits to @pachyderm pro , @Moebelle and @Sheather.

Pleas tell me the Anteater and Tapir have access to more space than that

 

[birdsandbats]

Pleas tell me the Anteater and Tapir have access to more space than that

In the summer they do, but outside of that no, they do not.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Pleas tell me the Anteater and Tapir have access to more space than that

I have absolutely no idea as have never visited that zoo but I would imagine that they do.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Tokyo Sea Life Park has a nice, minimalist mural near their seabird cave exhibit

Thanks for sharing @DaLilFishie ! Much appreciated !

 

[15399]

In the summer they do, but outside of that no, they do not.

Where in the zoo are they because when I visited 8 years ago I thought they were in TropicWorld?

 

[reduakari]

By far the most accomplished muralist in the American zoo/aquarium community:
https://www.google.com/search?q=dave+rock+muralist&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

By far the most accomplished muralist in the American zoo/aquarium community:
https://www.google.com/search?q=dave+rock+muralist&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

Thanks for sharing @reduakari , will check it out !