Underwater sculpture museum in Marseille to open soon - video

The underwater sculpture museum in Marseille will soon open its doors. Admittedly, masks will be required, but fortunately only diving masks!

Already on 24 September 2021. The French will open another museum for divers. State-of-the-art facility was created in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Marseille. The south of France is a great place to dive. And now every diver has another good reason to go there.

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Work in progress

At the moment, the creators of the museum for divers are in the process of sinking and adding new exhibits. The Underwater Sculpture Museum in Marseille, like the other objects around the worldThe underwater sculpture museum in Marseille, like other underwater sculpture museums, is made up of specially prepared sculptures. As well as being aesthetically pleasing, they provide a wonderful breeding ground for local flora and fauna.

So visitors to the museum, that is divers, freedivers and snorkellers with mask and snorkel, will be able to admire not only the statues themselves, but also the life flourishing around them. This is also the main objective creating this type of facility – to give a boost to the flora and fauna and to strengthen the local ecosystem.

The creators will sink a total of ten sculptures on the seabed as part of a museum for divers. At this point, most of them are already underwater and slowly growing into the underwater landscape. In September, just before the opening, the last sculpture, representing Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon, will be sunk.

Different faces of underwater sculptures

The creators of the new facility want the sculptures that make up the museum to convey an appropriate message. They include a polar bear with a melting piece of ice, which draws attention to the problem of global warming. Another piece is a giant sea urchin, a species that is threatened with extinction. In addition, we also find here the ruler of the seven seas – Poseidon.

It is also worth mentioning that the underwater sculpture museum in Marseille has a very modern face. Well, the exhibits have been equipped, among other things, with sensors to test the quality of the water, as well as cameras so that the image from under the water will be available live on a dedicated and free app.