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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. The new structure includes the Gosnell Hall Whale Hunt Gallery, where a 46 foot (14 meter) long sperm whale skeleton is suspended from the ceiling.
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 ...
History of Whale oil on Nantucket on Plum TV; Whaling: Early Photos Archived 2009-11-10 at the Wayback Machine – slideshow by Life magazine; Whaling in New Zealand in the 19th & 20th centuries; from Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand "Whaling Tools in the Nantucket Whaling Museum" by Robert E. Hellman
Essex departed from Nantucket on August 12, 1819, on what was expected to be a roughly two-and-a-half-year voyage to the whaling grounds off the west coast of South America. The route towards Cape Horn was an indirect one dictated by the prevailing winds of the Atlantic Ocean .
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The renowned whaling museum, at 18 Johnny Cake Hill, offers a unique and immersive experience into the world of international whaling industry and the colonial history of the South Coast region.
When is the Whaling City Festival car show The Whaling City Festival 4th annual car show will be held on Sunday, July 9 from 12 to 3 p.m. Registration is from 8 a.m. to noon. What's on the menu?
The William Rotch Jr. House, now the Rotch–Jones–Duff House and Garden Museum, is a National Historic Landmark at 396 County Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the United States. The three families whose names are attached to it were all closely tied to the city's nineteenth-century dominance of the whaling industry.