The museum game has been relatively stagnant for the past few centuries, featuring the same stale, aboveground, labyrinthine hallways with artifacts behind glass cases. But now, the museum experience is being turned on its head with the opening of underwater museums around the world, such as the new Sculpture Coralarium in the Maldives.
Conceived of by environmental artist Jason deCaires Taylor, The Sculpture Coralarium is the world’s first semi-submerged tidal gallery, and it’s located in the middle of the Maldives’ largest coral lagoon at the Fairmont Sirru Fen Fushi island resort. The gallery is mainly underwater, and guests are invited to snorkel and swim through the installations. It features human-like sculptures built with marine-safe materials, and the experience is designed to promote coral growth and facilitate the expansion of the marine habitat over time.
