The varied fauna of this place has the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) as its most significant animal because the population of storks, not only in the Natural Monument, but also in the rest of the municipal territory, is one of the biggest in Europe.

In 1997 the Foundation EURONATUR declared Malpartida de Cáceres a "European Stork Village".

It is situated 3 kilometres from the urban centre in the Natural Monument of Los Barruecos.

The buildings housing the museum were part of an industrial complex devoted to treat wool in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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