Exploring new Underwater Museums
“Underwater Sculpture Garden”: Underwater Art Gallery, Archaeological Underwater Museum, or Underwater Pilgrimage...
During the last 10 years, with the help of many people, Underwater museums have been “coming up for air” as a means to expand tourism; promote marine ecological development and enrichment, as well as support environmental awareness. In recent months several new museums have opened, while others are in the process of opening the doors to the public.
Let’s Explore!
France announced three (3) locations for new Underwater Museums:
One is Musée Subaquatica de Marseille which opened last month near Les Catalans Beach...
Découvrez le Musée Subaquatique de Marseille
(Made in Marseille, Youtube; September 25. 2020)
Another one is located in Ajaccio, Corsica where sculptures by Marc Petit have been submerged...
Musée Sous-Marin Marc Petit dans le Golfe d’Ajaccio: étude Créeocéan
(Créeocéan, YouTube; April 19, 2018)
This is what the works of the Aquatic Museum in Cannes will look like...
(F. Binacchi/ANP, tellereport.com; October 17, 2020)
Greece opened an Underwater museum in August 2020:
Greece’s First Underwater Museum on Alonissos Opens to Public
(Maria Paravantes, news.gtp.gr; August 4, 2020)
https://news.gtp.gr/2020/08/04/greeces-first-underwater-museum-alonissos-opens-public/
Alonissos_Peristera_2_Copyrights_ΥΠΠ-ΕΕΑ, βίντεο Matteo Collina, Univerità della Calabria-DIMEG (Efthimis Ath, Youtube; July 8, 2020)
Sri Lanka opened their first and second Underwater museums in Galle Harbor in June and July 2020:
Here is a closer look...
Sri Lanka’s second Underwater museum declared open in Trincomalee
(Newsfirst Sri Lanka, YouTube; July 10, 2020)
NMK National Museum of Kenya Underwater Museum is slated to open in 2022:
Underwater Pilgrimage
Via Crucias Underwater Museum By Nautica Trogir (Nautica Trogir, Youtube; October 29, 2017)
Open to Artists
United States UMA (Underwater Museum of Art, Florida): Opened in 2018, the museum offers qualified Artists the ability to have their artwork chosen and exhibited in the their Underwater Museum.
“A Deep Dive into the United States” - First Underwater Museum (Abigail Abesami, 30a.com; September 24, 2020). https://30a.com/underwater-museum
Call to Artists: https://umafl.org/call-to-artists/
Underwater Museum Of Art 2019 Deployment (UMAFL, YouTube; October 1, 2019)
No Scuba Gear needed...
There are other Underwater museums that exist which do not require actual diving to visit!
China The Baihelung Underwater Museum; Fuling, Chonqing Municipality - Open since 2009.
Egypt Underwater museum in Alexandria - Ongoing project planning.
Egypt revives plans for underwater Alexandria museum (David Rogers, Global Construction Review; 21 October 2015)
https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/egypt-reviv3es-plans-underw8ater-alexa7ndria/
Work in Progress
India will also endeavor to open an Underwater museum in Pondicherry - Date to be determined. (Everything’s 1s; February 9, 2019). https://everythingat1s.com/underwater-museum-in-pondicherry-indias-very-first-underwater-museum/