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Nantucket Whaling Museum, Nantucket Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tickets: Adult - $25, Senior - $23, Youth (six to 17) - $10 Whaling was an integral part of the coastal New England economy and ...
It is run by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Whaling Museum is the flagship site of the Nantucket Historical Association’s fleet of properties. Restored in 2005, the Nantucket Whaling Museum has an expanded exhibit and program space that connects the 1847 Hadwen & Barney Oil and Candle Factory and the 1971 Peter Foulger Museum.
Whaling Museum: Nantucket: Nantucket: Nantucket: Industry: Includes restored 1847 candle factory, whaling industry artifacts, local maritime and historic artifacts, operated by the Nantucket Historical Association Whately Historical Society Museum: Whately: Franklin: Pioneer Valley: Local history: website: Whipple House Museum: Ipswich: Essex ...
This event started the Nantucket whaling industry. A. B. Van Deinse points out that the "scrag whale", described by P. Dudley in 1725 as one of the species hunted by early New England whalers, was almost certainly the gray whale, which has flourished on the west coast of North America in modern times with protection from whaling. [23] [24]
Mosey over to the Whaling Museum where you'll learn about the island's 400-year history through the thousands of art, artifacts, and treasures on display (including a 46-foot sperm whale skeleton ...
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Nantucket is a uniquely preserved New England seaport, largely developed during the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the whaling industry dominated the town's economy. By 1774, Nantucket accounted for about sixty percent of the New England whaling fleet. In 1840, the town's population peaked at roughly 9,000.
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