Underwater Walk-Through
(larger than life)

Imagine yourself the size of a small fish, and you can imagine this gallery, which features a 12-times life-size underwater scene to explore the tiny organisms that sustain the estuary. Large sculptures of plants, fish, and invertebrates surround the walkway, and shimmering underwater light adds a sense of reality to the scene. Our goal in this immersion experience is to demonstrate the tremendous diversity of this environment and to bring to life the critical array of tiny organisms that sustain the ecosystem at the base of the food web.

Artist Jason Bourque created a model of the Underwater Gallery to help us plan the sculptures and mural painting.	Estuarine ecologist Joan Herrera collects samples of organisms that will be sculpted in the Underwater Gallery. All artwork in the display will be scientifically accurate.

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