Its Oceanographic Museum, formerly directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is one of the most renowned institutions of its kind in the world.
It took 11 years to build, using 100,000 tons of stone from La Turbie.
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The Oceanographic Museum (Musée océanographique) is a museum of marine sciences in Monaco-Ville, Monaco.
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The role of the museum and its director, François Doumenge when the discovery was made public is still heavily debated.
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He won a scholarship to France in 1939 and worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, at the Marine Biological Stations at Banyuls-sur-Mer and at Roscoff.