The Institute of Diving is a non-profit, educational organization formed in 1977. The initial idea for establishing the institute and its museum was conceived in 1976 by a group of divers from the U.S. Navy’s SEALAB Program and representatives from commercial, academic, scientific, medical, and sport diving fields. Museum of Man In the Sea is a museums and institutions company based out of 17314 PANAMA CITY BCH PKY, Panama City Beach, Florida, United States.