The Underwater Museum of Art (MUSA) in Mexico attracts lots of tourists from different countries every year because it always holds an unusual and popular public art show. What's more, it's the largest museum of its kind in the world.
People built the museum in 2009 and it opened to tourists one year later. It's not like a traditional museum, and it's an environmental project in order to protect sea life. There are over 500 different sculptures (雕塑) in MUSA. These sculptures changed as they became the home to all kinds of plants and sea animals.
There are three galleries (艺术长廊) in MUSA. The Punta Nizuc Gallery is about 4 meters deep with 33 sculptures. It is close to most of the hotels. The Machones Gallery is about 8 meters deep with around 470 sculptures. But only the people who can swim or dive (潜水) can get into this gallery and find the most famous sculptures in MUSA. There's also a third gallery called the Punta Sam Gallery. And it's as deep as the Punta Nizuc Gallery.
Visitors can enjoy the art show and get close to local sea life as they swim or dive around the museum. If you don't want to get wet, you can still visit the underwater museum — just buy a ticket of a glass boat tour. If you get there, you will have a great time.
