First Underwater Art Museum in the U.S. to Debut in Florida in 2018

  The first permanent underwater art museum in the United States  will debut just off the coast of Grayton Beach. For the first installation, the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County will place seven sculptures on the seafloor.  

 The museum’s purpose is, first and foremost, to showcase one-of-a-kind sculptures in a unique way. However, the real motive behind the installations is to foster marine life in the Gulf Coast. The vast majority of the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico is a “barren sand flat” environment similar to an underwater desert. That lack of coral, rocks, and the like is ideal for swimmers, but is among the worst habitats for marine life to thrive. Artificial reefs are a proven way to attract fish and provide anchors for marine plants and invertebrates.Numerous conservation societies have established similar underwater art installations around the world. Most notable are the Museo Atlantico in Spain’s Canary Islands and Mexico’s Museo Subacuático de Arte (MUSA) in Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc near Cancun. The latter features more than 500 permanent sculptures and exhibits, making it one of the most significant underwater attractions of its kind in the world.Florida’s Underwater Museum of Art is scheduled to open in early- to mid-2018 with seven jury-selected sculptures for the first installation.   

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