Finding the website of this museum might be difficult considering it hasn’t even been constructed yet, but it is certainly one that is worth mentioning. Architect and designer, Jacques Rougerie, is doing a great job getting the proposal of the museum out there! Information about the planned museum is all over the internet and has even been featured in articles published by National Geographic News and BBC News.
The underwater museum is to be constructed in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean right off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. This is thought to be the site of the famous Queen Cleopatra’s palace before it sank into the sea due to earthquakes. For years archeologists have discovered buried treasures such as sphinxes and statues of the gods. The proposed underwater museum will be both inland and underwater. Underwater fiberglass tunnels will allow visitors to see underwater structures once belonging to the magical city.
Plans for the proposed museum
Rougerie feels its only necessary to allow the historical structures to remain on the seabed out of respect for the history of the once above-water city. However, he wants visitors to be able to experience such grand artifacts and believes his museum is the perfect way to do so. Funding and logistical concerns are still in the way of Rougerie’s hopes and dreams, yet he has the city of Alexandria on his side. The city believes that the attraction will enhance its tourism industry as well as well as its historical significance.
The proposal of the museum has made headway on the internet and will hopefully do so physically.
It’s good that the plans for the museum are already on the Internet so that this not even constructed yet museum can gain fans. It is even on Facebook already with the location and architectural details about it too. The pictures are incredible and people are writing on the Wall page every day! A museum as different and over the top as this should put itself even more out there online. Right now if I type in “Underwater Museum” in Google, I will also get results about the one in Mexico. I hope the underwater exhibits can be preserved long enough.
Isabella, it’s cool to know that the plans for the museum are on Facebook and that people are engaged. This is obviously an incredibly novel and cool idea, and I really hope that the museum gets the funding and support it needs to be completed. The pictures are INCREDIBLE, so I think they are a really powerful tool to market the museum even before it happens. It’s great that these artifacts will remain underwater, as they can be better understood there, although maybe not better seen. With this museum, I hope people will be able to learn more about this part of history.