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New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA

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New Bedford Whaling Museum

See an 89-foot half-scale whaling ship and whale skeletons hanging overhead in a museum about New Bedford's whaling history.

18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740 · New Bedford, MA

About New Bedford Whaling Museum

This museum tells how New Bedford's whaling fleet tied a small seaport to the world, through art, science and local history. Its centerpiece is the Lagoda, a half-scale model of a whaling bark built inside the building in 1916, 89 feet long with a 50-foot mainmast. Whale skeletons hang overhead, including a humpback, a sperm whale and a North Atlantic right whale. Adult tickets are $24 and a guided highlights tour at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. is included.

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