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Manchones Reef Mujeres Underwater Museum aka MUSA
 Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo 77400, Mexico
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Max Depth: 21-25ft/6-8m
Average Viz: 51-60ft/16-18m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Might See Something
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Spring: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Summer: 81-85°F/27-29°C
Fall: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Winter: 66-70°F/19-21°C
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The Museo Subacuatico de Arte (otherwise known as the Underwater Museum) is an underwater museum with no walls, guides or descriptive plaques.
This unique installation of sculptures by artist Jason deCaires Taylor was designed not only to encourage appreciation of the arts, but also to draw traffic away from nearby natural reefs, which were starting to bear the strain of 750,000 visitors a year.
The museum comprises more than 400 original sculptures, which also serve as artificial reefs. Many are of human figures, making the ocean floor resemble some beautifully spooky lost world, its inhabitants frozen in space and time.
MUSA is divided into two galleries, one of which is accessible to both divers and snorkelers, the others to snorkelers only. To visit, contact a Cancun dive or snorkel operation such as
Delfin Diving,
Aquaworld or Squalo Adventures.
Museo Subacquatico de Arte (MUSA), Isla Mujeres National Marine Park; +52 998 883 1210;
www.asociadosnauticoscancun.com/museum