Articles with the theme Cancun Underwater Museum

Cancun Underwater Museum with AquaWorld

Last weekend the guys from AquaWorld invited the writer Sharon Drechsler and Yucatan Holidays to experience a subsea adventure. The first stop was a Submarine and later on, an snorkeling tour to the Mesoamerican Reef (the second largest in the world, just behind the one in Australia) to visit one of the Cancun Underwater Museum’s sculpture: La Jardinera de la Esperanza (The Gardener of Hope). This is what happened:

A great tour and a great experience! If you want some information on this tour (or many others), drop me a line to info@yucatanholidays.com. 

The Cancun Underwater Museum Pictures and Details

Man on Fire: Located in Manchones Reef on the coast of Isla Mujeres

Since November 2009, Cancun and Isla Mujeres have their own underwater museum, just like the ones in Canterbury (UK) and in the West Indies. The artist, Jason de Caires Taylor, started the first of three phases for the project with the placement of three sculptures: Hombre en Llamas (Man on Fire), La Jardinera de la Esperanza (The Gardener of Hope), and El Coleccionista de los Sueños Perdidos (The Archive of Lost Dreams).

De Caires Taylor is currently working on 400 life-size sculptures of figures called The Silent Evolution. “I am excited that this will become the beginning of the world’s largest underwater museum. This is a unique opportunity to explore the boundaries of art and combine it with reef conservation,” said the British sculptor.

If you want to visit this amazing underwater museum near Cancun, visit the Yucatan Holidays website or send us an email at: info@yucatanholidays.com

Coming soon!  The world’s largest underwater museum will start its second and third phase in Cancun and Isla Mujeres.  All photos: Jason de Caires Taylor