The Living Brain

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New Bedford Whaling Museum Trip

Our trip to the New Bedford Whaling museum on June 20th, 2023 was excellent! Share some of the lovely historical sights that we enjoyed.

Photos by Elsa Tian, Anthony Farrell and Traci Swartz.

Two attendees pose by a seaweed sculpture outside.

The right whale skeleton that hangs in the whaling museum lobby.

Various historical Save the Whale memorabilia.

The prow of the replica Lagoda, a half-scale whaling barque.

One attendee takes photos of historical ship accoutrements.

Numbered contents of a traditional Sailor's Sea chest.