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With the aim of raising awareness about the existence of underwater cultural heritage in Chile and the urgent need to protect it, UNESCO, in collaboration with the Research Centre in Maritime Archaeology of the Southeast Pacific (ARQMAR) and the Millennium Nucleus Ocean, Heritage and Culture (OHC), has launched an advertising campaign for the exhibition “The Submerged Memory”. This initiative was carried out in partnership with the outdoor advertising company JCDecaux.

The photographic exhibition, which showcases explorations of Chile’s underwater cultural heritage, was promoted by UNESCO’s Secretariat of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and implemented by ARQMAR and OHC, with funding from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).

In October 2023, the exhibition was first presented at Chile’s National Congress, in the city of Valparaíso, with the goal of raising awareness among parliamentarians about the 2001 UNESCO Convention and encouraging Chile to ratify it, as the country remains one of the Member States that has yet to do so.

From May to October 2024, the exhibition was open to the public at the Natural History Museum of Valparaíso, attracting more than 30,000 visitors. It is now available online for anyone interested in learning more about this important topic.

Visit the virtual exhibition “The Submerged Memory”.

2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

For more than two decades, the 2001 Convention has provided a regulatory framework to promote the protection and scientific study of submerged cultural resources for the benefit of humanity. The Convention has been adopted by 76 countries, including 21 from Latin America.

The Convention is supported by a broad network of partners, including universities, research centres, and non-governmental organisations from around the world