One of the world s most ambitious underwater attractions the museum started in the isla mujeres eastern shore national marine park with the manchones exhibit. Jaime gonzález cano roberto díaz abraham and the renowned british artist jason decaires taylor. We are talking about the underwater museum of art musa founded in 2009 by dr.
The molinere underwater sculpture park in grenada is a collection of ecological underwater art pieces situated within a national marine park. The underwater sculpture gardens in grenada and cancun created by british sculptor jason decaires taylor. While humanity s effect on our ocean can be negative it can also be beautiful.
The cement finish and composition of the statues invite underwater organisms and marine. Cancun and isla mujeres nautical associates and dive organizations along with artist scuba diving instructor jason decaires taylor develop this museum project to provide a choice of a type of theme scuba dive to have art that encourages the colonization of coral echo systems also called artificial reefs. You can also book a snorkel tour and view the punta nizuc exhibit which lies about four.
You ll want to make sure you re equipped with the best scuba diving mask to see all the sculptures. One of the underwater exhibits lies eight meters deep and is only accessible by diving. There are a few ways to see the underwater sculptures in cancun.
The museum has a total of 500 sculptures most by the british sculptor jason decaires taylor and the others by five mexican sculptors with three different galleries submerged between three and six meters 9 8 and 19 6 ft. Museo subacuático de arte known as musa is a non profit organization based in cancún mexico devoted to the art of conservation. The cancún underwater museum spanish.
Musa underwater museum of art is in the waters surrounding cancun and isla mujeres and has over 500 life size sculptures used to promote coral life.
