The Jūrmala City Museum can be reckoned to be Latvia's capital of underwater exploration. The museum has become the premises for the Underwater Archeology Centre and the Underwater Cultural and Historical Heritage Association, in which Latvian and well-known foreign underwater researchers and divers work together.

Jūrmala is an ideal place for cultural and active recreation, eco-tourism and underwater research, as well as being a centre for sports, thanks to its natural resources, biological diversity, largely untouched nature, resort, and the nearby sea.

Experts from the Jūrmala City Museum have explored both Latvia's inland waters and the Baltic Sea, and their findings are now exhibited at the museum's exhibition halls.

The "Ships in the Ocean Depths" exhibition tells visitors about the fate of ships which played important roles in Latvian history, for instance, the steamship "Saratow" (built in Copenhagen in 1888), where the interim government of the Republic of Latvia sought rescue, as well as Latvian warships and submarines, among them the Russian Empire warship "Moskva" (built in 1711), and other ships which sank in the Baltic Sea. The exhibition presents objects related to shipping in the Baltic Sea from the 9th century right up to today.

Over 22 years, underwater explorers and archeologists from Jūrmala have researched, explored and filmed hundreds of historic and cultural objects: shipwrecks found at the bottom of the sea, ruins of an ancient harbour and lighthouse, hydra-technical constructions, relics of the stone age, traces of war, and other remains. Several popular-scientific publications have been released – booklets and books, publications and reports, video and DVD films. More information on the Jūrmala City Museum's (29 Tirgoņu Street, Majori) exhibition and working hours is available in Latvian, English, Russian, German, Lithuanian, Estonian, Swedish, Finnish and  French at the website www.jurmala.lv.