CEDAM

Shipwreck Museum

The museum is a fascinating display of wreckage and artifacts collected from shipwrecks along the eastern coast of Mexico.

Exhibits include 16th century breech-loading cannons and an elephant tusk from the wreckage of a 17th century ship carrying African slaves and ivory.

Artifacts including checker pieces, fragile dinnerware, ship decorations and parts are displayed from the shipwrecks of El Matancero (1741), the steamship Golden Gate (1962) and Tweed (1847) among others.

The museum was founded by Pablo Bush Romero in Akumal in 1959 but was been relocated to the Puerto Aventuras marina 10 years ago.

Cedam is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, conservation & non-intrusive exploration of underwater natural and archaeological resources.

The museum is supported by donations at the door.

Open daily from 10am-1pm and 2-6pm.