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Destination: New Bedford Whaling Museum

September 20, 2006 at 10:15 AM | 0 Comments

If you were that kid who stood under the giant blue whale at the Natural History Museum for a little too long, you have to check out the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The largest museum in the country dedicated to the history of whaling in America, it's one hour south of Boston.

The museum's got a ton of interesting exhibits going on, like a rearticulated 45-ton sperm whale that was found off Nantucket in 2002. Friday nights through October offer live music and the chance to roam the museum with a drink in hand. Check out the full-scale replication of an whaleship's forward section, or inspect old-school portraits of New Bedford during its whaling glory days.

Admission will set you back $10, a small price to pay to climb aboard a reconstruction of a whaling ship and learn facts you'll never remember, like the gem that a whale's ear is as big as a pencil tip and its tongue weighs more than a VW bug. The perfect adult field trip.

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