Add Cancun’s Underwater Museum to Your Bucket-List Disha Roy Choudhury - India Today
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The Cancun Underwater Museum (2krugel)

Located in Cancun, Mexico, is the Cancun Underwater Museum, a non-profit organization, devoted to conservation. Conceived by Marine Park Director Jaime Gonzalez Canto, the museum was completed only very recently, in 2013.

There are three galleries - two underwater and one on land. Inside the museum are housed 500 life-sized sculptures, mostly by Jason deCairesTaylor, among five other Mexican sculptors. The sculptures are based on the theme of interactions between man and environment. Taylor's work, what he himself calls The Silent Evolution, depicts how humans co-exist with nature, causing both positive and negative impact on the same.

All artworks are made out of material that promote coral and marine life. As the statues were made with pH-neutral cement, coral, seaweed, and algae are able to grow, which marine wildlife can colonise and feed upon.

In the past few years, the museum has attracted a lot of tourists worldwide. In 2013 alone, over 100,000 visitors took a tour of the museum. So, when are you planning to visit?

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