Atlantic Museum
Duration: to consult
From 10 years
Introduction
Diving something new, something different, available to everyone
Dawn Dives Academy Lanzarote is an EOMA center (Official Society of the Atlantic Museum) certified by Cact Lanzarote and Cabildo Lanzarote. We hold a license to dive year-round in the only underwater museum in Europe. Our instructors are fully familiar with the museum’s history and the meaning of the artworks, and they will share this knowledge with you throughout the experience.
The experience is tailored to your needs and your diving level, but the minimum level required to visit the Atlantic Museum is Scuba Diver. Take the Scuba Diver course with us to visit the museum.
It is a calm dive, during which we go through all the sculptures so that you can appreciate them up close. Access to the museum is by boat.
*If you do not have a diving certification, you must take the Scuba Diver course before the visit.
Requirements
- From 10 years old
- Scuba diver or higher
Museo Atlántico
The Atlantic Museum of Lanzarote opens its doors to the world
Internationally acclaimed sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has installed the final phase of his latest project “Museo Atlántico”, the first museum of contemporary underwater art in Europe. Located on the coast of Lanzarote, Spain, this unique and permanent facility is 14 meters deep.
The creation of this monumental project has lasted more than two years and aims to create a strong visual dialogue between art and nature. Designed with a conservationist approach to create a large-scale artificial reef, the first works, which were installed in February 2016, have already seen a considerable increase in species generation and abundance rates and are already frequented by angel sharks, banks of barracudas and sardines, octopus, marine sponges and the occasional butterfly stripe.
This is the first time that Taylor installs such large architectural structures. The new facilities include a wall of 100 tons and 30 meters in length; the sculpture of a botanical garden that makes reference to the local flora and fauna and a composition of 200 life-size human figures that form a human whirlpool.
The museum, which occupies an area of 50×50 meters of sandy seabed devoid of life, is built with materials of neutral pH respectful with the environment, and all the pieces have been designed to adapt to the endemic marine life.
The project has been promoted by the Centers of Art, Culture and Tourism of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, whose network is incorporated. He also counted on the co-financing of the Government of the Canary Islands.
