The Museum of underwater shapes Photo: the Museum of underwater shapes

Museum of underwater sculptures in Cancun, opened in December 2010. In this unique Museum displays 403 sculpture, the height of a human, covered with marine waters at a depth of 2 meters to 10 meters.

The creators of the project were James Gonzalez Cano of the National Marine Park, Roberto Diaz of the Cancun Nautical Association and Jason de Kairos Taylor.

In the manufacture of the figures used materials used to maintain corals. It is the cement, sand, silica, fiberglass, and live corals – the final touch that made by the nature. The weight of the structure lying on an area of over 420 square meters, more than 180 tons.

Sculptor Jason Taylor had to spend under the water to about 120 hours, by the way, concurrently he is also a scuba diving instructor. Specially designed technology allows them to consolidate the figures so that they are not demolished. The prepared specimens were immersed at the bottom of the ocean on a two-ton basis.

In a conventional Museum, the conditions under which the exhibits must remain intact as long as possible, but here is the opposite. The composition is constantly changing. This is facilitated by the growing coral and marine life.

The exposition attracts tourists with its size, scale, uniqueness and unusual location in the shallow waters of the Caribbean. For not wanting to dive into the water, there are boat excursions glass bottom, where the sculptures can be admired from above. This is one of the most frequented sea areas in the world for a year, it takes about 750 thousand tourists.

Today in the underwater Museum 4 exposition: "the Gardener of hope", "the Collector of lost hopes", "Man on fire" and "the Silent evolution". They are all offspring of Jason Taylor.

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