{"id":51473,"date":"2014-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalresorts.com\/blog\/a-morning-at-the-largest-underwater-sculpture-museum-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T19:55:41","slug":"a-morning-at-the-largest-underwater-sculpture-museum-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/a-morning-at-the-largest-underwater-sculpture-museum-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A morning at the largest Underwater Sculpture Museum in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>On your next vacation don your snorkel mask and visit Canc\u00fan\u2019s incredible Underwater Sculpture Museum, the largest of its kind in the world and now an iconic image for the destination.<\/p>\n<p>Some 526 sculptures and impressive exhibits already grace the underwater galleries at Manchones Reef and Punta Nizuc and more are planned. Snorkeling and diving trips to the Underwater Museum are available through Thomas More Travel.<\/p>\n<p>Back on dry land, visit the Canc\u00fan Maya Museum for a fascinating introduction to ancient Mayan civilization and the vast territory that they inhabited in southeast Mexico and Central America. Learn about their art, architecture, religion, trade and society and see some of the ceramics, jewelry and other artifacts excavated at archaeological sites in Quintana Roo and the Yucat\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the Hotel Zone at Kilometer 16.5 of Kukulcan Boulevard opposite Captain\u2019s Cove restaurant, the Canc\u00fan Mayan Museum lies next to San Miguelito, a cluster of ancient Mayan buildings hidden in the forest. Admission to the museum includes entry to the archaeological site. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Photo courtesy of MUSA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>A morning at the largest Underwater Sculpture Museum in the world - Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/a-morning-at-the-largest-underwater-sculpture-museum-in-the-world\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A morning at the largest Underwater Sculpture Museum in the world - 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