Explore the creepy sculptures at Mexico's Underwater Museum to experience its unsettling beauty - AIC5

Explore the creepy sculptures at Mexico’s Underwater Museum to experience its unsettling beauty

Laid out in 2008, MUSA (The Submerged Gallery of Craftsmanship) is situated in Cancun, Mexico and is one of the most surprising submerged adventures around the world, prestigious for its exceptionally made fake magnificence. Notwithstanding its shocking sea shores and glorious authentic Maya civilization locales, Mexico is likewise popular for having the world’s biggest submerged exhibition hall, which flaunts unmatched counterfeit magnificence.

Beautiful and eerie images of the unique Cancun Underwater Museum

 

The municipal government of Cancun commissioned artist Jason de Caires Taylor to create over 400 life-size sculptures for an underwater museum in order to raise awareness of the deterioration of the marine ecosystem in the Isla Mujeres region and address it. This drive has helped the climate as well as created huge income ($36 million) for the vacationer business in Cancun. Coral reefs in other parts of the Yucatan Peninsula’s water have also been able to regenerate, making them better able to withstand hurricanes and the negative effects of climate change. Off the coast of Isla Mujeres, the sculptures are between 20 and 30 meters deep; visitors can explore the stunning artwork by free diving or by wearing diving suits.

 

Beautiful and eerie images of the unique Cancun Underwater Museum

Guests to the submerged exhibition hall can expect an extraordinary encounter as the sculptures are portrayed in different subjects, shapes, postures, and articulations.

 

Underwater Museum of Art off the Coast of Cancun / Isla Mujeres

In order to create the ideal environment for coral growth and survival, the sculptures were made of concrete with a neutral pH.

 

Discover the Cancun Underwater Museum

a section of the piece “Silent Evolution.”

 

Drowned world: welcome to Europe's first undersea sculpture museum |  Sculpture | The Guardian

The statues are home to numerous other aquatic species in addition to being the location where coral species are grown.

 

Drowned world: welcome to Europe's first undersea sculpture museum |  Sculpture | The Guardian

Over 750,000 people visit the underwater museum in Cancun each year.

Underwater Museum of Art off the Coast of Cancun / Isla Mujeres

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