The Sea organ is an architectural sound art object and an experimental musical instrument, which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps. The device was made by the architect Nikola Bašić as part of the project to redesign the new city coast, and the site was opened to the public on 15 April 2005. The waves interact with the organ in order to create somewhat random but harmonic sounds. The Sea Organ has drawn tourists and locals alike. In 2006, the Sea Organ was awarded the ex-aequo prize of the fourth edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space.
