New Bedford Whaling Museum
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18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Massachusetts
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum focusing on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the 'Old Dartmouth' region. It features collections with over 750,000 items, including 3,000 pieces of scrimshaw and 2,500 logbooks from whaling ships, both of which are the largest collections in the world, as well as five complete whale skeletons.
The museum also houses a collection of fine art, including works by major American artists who lived or worked in the New Bedford area, such as Albert Bierstadt, William Bradford, and Albert Pinkham Ryder, as well as a collection of locally produced decorative art, glassware, and furniture associated with the rise of New Bedford as a whaling port in the 19th century.
The museum's Bourne Building houses the Lagoda, a half-scale model of a whaling ship that was commissioned in 1916 and is the world's largest model whaling ship.
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Lat: 41.635518 Lng: -70.923056
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