Underwater Museums by Jason deCaires Taylor

Museo Atlántico, Lanzarote, Spain. 2016 Jason deCaires Taylor

Jason deCaires Taylor is renowned for creating immersive underwater art installations that blend art, nature, and environmental consciousness. His innovative work reimagines the underwater realm as a public art space allowing each creation to evolve into living, evolving ecosystems. Over the past 20 years, Taylor has collaborated with local communities around the globe, creating a series of Underwater Museums. Each project transforms barren or damaged seabeds into flourishing habitats. These spaces redefine our understanding of the underwater world by assigning it the same cultural and ecological importance as traditional museums, emphasising the importance of preservation, conservation, and education. 

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Worldwide Impact So Far...

Sculptures
1

Tidal and Submerged Works

Museums
8

Large Scale Underwater Projects

MPA
1

Newly Created For Project

Increase
1 %

In Marine Biomass

New Corals
6000

Throughout Museums

increase
66 %

In Fish Abundance

Features
1 M+

In news articles, magazines, tv, documentaries and online media outlets

visitors
500 k+

Worldwide – Yearly

sqm
10500 +

New Artificial Reefs Created

Explore the Jason deCaires Taylor’s previous works to learn more about the benefits of his sculptures, the sustainable materials used, and how art and science merge to highlight the urgent challenges facing our planet’s environment.

Jason deCaires Taylor Sculpture, MUSA, Mexico Coral Growth

Underwater Museums Combine

CULTURE

Fosters empathy, enables reef story telling, engages local communities, celebrates local history and culture, helps redefine human relationships to nature and conveys scientific information through art.

CONSERVATION

Aids fish aggregation, provides coastal protection, enables coral reef restoration, increase marine biomass, mitigates natural reef visitors, creates of marine protected areas, enables scientific study, monitoring & analysis.

TOURISM

Provides global media outreach, creates an iconic artwork for region and unique social media site, enables and supports environmental education, generates revenue for local communities, and creates investment opportunities.