Cancún Underwater Museum
The Cancún Underwater Museum (Spanish: Museo Subacuático de Arte, known as MUSA) is a non-profit organization based in Cancún, Mexico devoted to the art of conservation. The museum has a total of 500 sculptures, by a series of international and local sculptors, with three different galleries submerged between three and six meters (9.8 and 19.6 ft ) deep in the ocean at the Cancún National Marine Park. The museum was thought up by Marine Park Director Jaime González Cano, with the objective of saving the nearby coral reefs by providing an alternative destination for divers. It was started in 2009 and officially opened in November 2010.
Museo Subacuático de Arte | |
The Silent Evolution, a sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor | |
Location in Mexico | |
| Location | Cerrada Las Golondrinas 24, Alfredo Bonfil, 77560 Cancún, Mexico |
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| Type | Underwater Museum |
| Collection size | 500 sculptures |
| Visitors | 200,000 per year |
| Founder | Roberto Díaz Abraham & Jaime González Cano |
| Architect | Sculptor |
| Website | musamexico.org |
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