{"id":189,"date":"2017-02-10T03:45:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T03:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/?p=189"},"modified":"2020-09-25T02:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T02:30:11","slug":"musa-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/10\/musa-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSA &#8211; Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2009 a monumental underwater contemporary museum of art called MUSA (Museo Subacu\u00e1tico de Arte) was formed in the waters surrounding Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-193\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN0365-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN0365-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN0365-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN0365-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN0365-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The project founded by Jaime Gonz\u00e1lez Cano, Director of the National Marine Park, Roberto D\u00edaz Abraham, then President of the Cancun Nautical Association and English sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor now consists of over 500 permanent life-size sculptures and is one of the largest and most ambitious underwater artificial art attractions in the world.<\/p>\n<p>he Museum aims to demonstrate the interaction between art and environmental science and form part of a complex reef structure for marine life to colonize and inhabit whilst increasing biomass on a grand scale. All of the sculptures are fixed to the seabed and made from specialized materials used to promote coral life. The total installations occupy an area of over 420sq meters of barren substrate and weighing in at over 200 tons<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-190\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1515-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1515-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1515-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1515-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSCN1515-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-191\" 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