Museum of Underwater Art

Go diving or snorkelling through a 12-metre-high coral greenhouse - located 18 metres below the water on the Great Barrier Reef.

GREAT BARRIER REEF, TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA

BE INSPIRED

Discover a world below. Preserving our local people, history and stories through underwater art installations by the World's leading underwater sculptor - Jason deCaires Taylor.

The Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) is a globally-significant asset to Townsville North Queensland and the surrounding regions and more broadly to Queensland and Australia. As the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, MOUA will act to highlight reef conservation, restoration and education on a global scale.

MOUA offers a contemporary platform to share the stories of the reef, and the culture of its First Nations people, as well as spark a meaningful conversation and solution to reef conservation.

The sculptures have been conceptualized by world-famous underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor. Two installations are already in place on The Strand and at John Brewer Reef - approximately 80 kilometres off the coast with a further two locations planned at Magnetic and Palm Islands.

Jason deCaires Taylor

Jason deCaires Taylor is the World's leading underwater sculptor. Jason's works, including the MUSA underwater museum in Mexico, have reached a global audience of over 1 billion people.

Where

GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA

Four Unique Locations

CORAL GREENHOUSE

OCEAN SIREN

PALM ISLAND

MAGNETIC ISLAND
EXPLORE TODAY

Situated on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia off the shore of Townsville, North Queensland the Museum of Underwater Art is a globally-significant attraction.

Along with being a major tourism attraction, economic injector, job generator and marine science and research hub, it will, through art, act to highlight reef conservation, restoration and education on a global scale.