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Links to Museums and Sources / References Concerning Whalecraft
Here is a compilation of notable whaling museums and institutions. Please note that some links may require the use of their search functions to locate specific topics, and many include additional links for further exploration. U.S. Museums18 Johnny Cake Hill New Bedford, MA 02740-6398 (508) 997-0046 The New Bedford Whaling Museum has merged with the Kendall Whaling Museum, bringing the Kendall collections to New Bedford. The library and archives collection at New Bedford is now known as the Kendall Institute. https://hellmanwhalingcollection.org/the-collection/whalecraft/ Hosting courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association 15 Broad Street P.O. Box 1016 Nantucket, MA 02554 508 228 1894 https://nha.org/ email: library@nha.org "The Robert and Nina Hellman Collection represents five decades of effort by a husband and wife team to amass one of the largest private collections of tools and artifacts related to world whaling." U.K. Museumshttp://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/lib/museums.htm#uk Ferens Art Gallery Queen Victoria Square Hull HU1 3RA England Old Market Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE 30 1NL England List of Museums
Panmure Place Montrose, Angus DD10 8HE e-mail: montrose.museum@angus.gov.uk South Road Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland e-mail: general@abheritage.demon.co.uk St. Ayles, Harbourhead,Anstruther, Fife KY10 3AB Scotland e-mail: rgwp@st-andrews.ac.uk Shetland Museum Service Lower Hillhead, Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0EL England e-mail: shetland.museum@zetnet.co.uk http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/museum/collections_and_history/sea/whaling 52 Alfred Street Stromness, Orkney Islands KW16 3DF Scotland Pannett Park Whitby, North Yorkshire TO21 1RE England Aberdeen and Dundee Scotland (Search for Whaling) East India Square Salem, MA 01970 Francis Street Stornoway Isle of Lewis Western Isles HS1 2NF Claverton Manor Bath, BA2 7BD St. Peter Street Aberdeenshire Heritage HQ Aden County Park Mintlaw Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 5FQ Broughty Ferry Dundee DDS-2BE (Angus,ex-Tayside) Scotland 01382-776121 Queen Victoria Square Kingston-Upon-Hull HU1 3DX (East Riding of Yorkshire, ex-Humberside) England Main Street P.O.Box 25 Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (631) 367-3418 Main and Garden Streets Sag Harbor, NY (516) 725-0770 P.O. Box 195 Mangonui, NZ San Francisco maritime NHP Building E Fort Mason Center San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 556-3002 P.O. Box 6000 75 Greenmanville Ave. Mystic, CT 06355-0990 (860) 572-0711 2 Whaler's Lane Nantucket, MA 02554 http://www.nha.org Some Whaling MuseumsCompiled by Klaus Barthelmess, Cologne, GermanySchwachhauser Heerstr. 240 28213 Bremen Germany Whaling department phone +49 - 421 -361 - 3575 fax +49 - 421 -361 - 3905 Breitestr. 9 26919 Brake Germany Good collection on German South sea whaling phone +49 - 4401 - 6791 Museumstr. 23 22765 Hamburg Germany The collection includes a significant array of whaling art but fewer whaling tools. A wooden model of a Kongsberg 90 mm gun was transferred to the German Maritime Museum, with the corresponding harpoon located at the Heimatmuseum Borkum. Bahnhofsplatz 13 28195 Bremen Germany The museum possesses a Cordes double-barrel harpoon cannon from 1867, which Svend Foyn experimented with. This item may have been lost from the Focke Museum collection during WW II. One smooth-bore barrel was used to fire a gun harpoon, while the grooved barrel shot a bomb lance. Am Fleth 43 25348 Glückstadt Germany +49 - 4124 - 3808 or -6448 25938 Wyk auf Föhr Germany Some items represent both historical and modern whaling activities of the islanders. Roelof-Gerritsz-Meyer-Strasse 26757 Borkum Germany Traditional whaling gear on display is mostly replica; however, there is authentic modern gear donated by the late whaleman Hans Loose from the WILLEM BARENDSZ. Additionally, a wooden harpoon matching the Altona Kongsberg model serves as a lamp, and an 18th-century two-flued harpoon iron functions as a weathervane. Katharinenberg 14 a 18438 Stralsund Germany i.a. a Greener gun from the Rostok whaleship NORDSTERN Hans-Scharoun-Platz 1 27568 Bremerhaven Germany One of the top whaling collections globally, featuring the world's first museum whale catcher, RAU IX, which is still afloat. Herzog-Adolf-Str. 25 25813 Husum Germany Small whaling department phone +49 - 4841 - 2545 Im Dorfe 3-5 28757 Bremen - Vegesack Germany Nice whaling collection from German south sea whaling 6060 Hareid Norway Seal hunting museum, with walrus harpoons Museumsgate 39 Postboks 2025 3201 Sandefjord Norway Possibly the finest whaling museum, housing a stunning collection of modern whalecraft and a fully operational museum whale catcher, SOUTHERN ACTOR (note: it does not engage in whaling). http://www.sandefjord.kommune.no E-mail: museene@sandefjord.kommune.no Mehavn Norway Svend Foyn exhibit Hvistendahlsgate 31 9800 Vadsø Norway Dedicated to the world’s first modern whaling station established by Svend Foyn, including the Svend Foyn archive and an extensive collection of modern whale gear, many of which are Foyn's original prototypes. Farmannveien 30 3111 Tønsberg Norway Svend Foyn archive and superb collection of modern whale gear,
much of which Foyn's original prototypes from obsolete manufacturers,
much from the local manufacturer Henriksens Mek Verksted. Larvik Sjøfartsmuseet Kirkestredet 11 3280 Larvik Norway An exceptional provincial whaling collection in what was once the third-largest "capital" of modern Antarctic whaling. Bygdøynesveien 37 0286 Oslo 2 Norway Features interesting harpoon cannons and whaling exhibits. Søndre Tollbudgate 11 B Boks 900 9001 Tromsø Norway Primarily focused on sealing, it includes gear such as walrus harpoons and lances & lances 9170 Longyearbyen, Svalbard Norway Has minimal whaling artifacts from both historical periods, mostly reproductions, and some archaeological finds. phone +47- uuuu -21384 Hafnarfjörður Iceland Icelandic national maritime museum, a good study collection of harpoons for various marine prey. Iceland A massive private folk museum with both indoor and open-air exhibits. It boasts an extensive collection of harpoons for all kinds of marine prey, essential for distinguishing between whale, seal, shark, and tunny harpoons, types used until the mid-1900s. (East Icelandic Fisheries Museum) Eskifjörður Iceland A small study collection features harpoons for various marine prey and early modern whaling equipment. Iceland A local whaling museum is in the process of being established at a former station site. Juvrevej 60 6792 Rømø Denmark [17th century Arctic whaling captain's homestead] Avenue Saint-Martin 98000 Monaco Monaco The museum houses a complete Peterhead bottlenose whaleboat, along with extensive whale gear acquired and used by a prince around 1900. Marineland-Antibes 306, avenue Mozart 06600 Antibes France An eclectic whaling collection, comprising about 600 of 3000 items, is part of the private maritime collection of Marineland president Roland de la Poype. This collection includes some first-rate art and various whaling gear. Esplanade du Rocher-de-la-Vierge 64200 Biarritz France Exhibit on Basque whaling Rue Vauban - Ville Close B.P. 118 29181 Concarneau France A fisheries museum exhibits traditional French, Azorean, and modern Norwegian whaling equipment, compiled and donated by a former French elephant sealing entrepreneur and basking shark fisherman. It also features some intriguing experimental basking shark harpoons. Museu da Fabrica da Baleia 9970 Lajes das Flores Flores, Açores Portugal A tryworks and whaling station has been converted into a museum. Barracão das Canoas Santa Cruz Ilha Graciosa, Açores Portugal A local history and whaling museum is being developed in a former whaleboat shed (status: 1990). Rua dos Baleeiros, 13 9930 Lajes do Pico Pico, Açores Portugal phone uuu - 92-67 22 76 Largo da Praça Caniçal 9200 Machico Madeira Portugal Whaling museum at the former whaling station Palacio del Mar San Sebastián Spain Exhibit on Basque whaling Industrias Massó, SA Bueu Pontevedra Spain A private maritime museum, run by the owners of the last Spanish whaling company, reportedly has a good whaling collection and is available by appointment. Postbus 9517 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands The A.B. van Deinse whaling collection, which includes some whaling gear, is held in storage. Jan Boonplein 2 1883 BL De Rijp The Netherlands Whaling exhibit Kleinzand 14 8601 BH Sneek The Netherlands Frisian whaling dept. Kattenburgplein 1 1018 KK Amsterdam The Netherlands The Dutch national maritime museum features both old and modern whaling gear. Postbus 60 8880 AB Terschelling The Netherlands Willem Barendsz memorabilia, whaling exhibit Wierdijk 12-22 1601 LA Enkhuizen The Netherlands phone +31 -228 - 35 1111 fax +31 -228 - 35 1212 netpost@zuiderzeemuseum.nl http://www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl Basque Whaling Station Information Centre Box 103 Red Bay, Labrador A0K 4K0 Canada The museum focuses on the archaeology of the local Basque whaling base from the 1530s to 1560s, showcasing an authentic excavated Basque whaling harpoon and processing gear. A superb website with lots of 16th-century whale gear is available at 1905 Ogden Street Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1A3 Canada Native, old & modern commercial whaling exhibit South Dildo, Newfoundland Canada The museum also covers modern whaling from the local whaling station, which closed in 1972, and Newfoundland sealing. Port Elisabeth Post Office Bequia St. Vincent West Indies In phase of formation, c/o. Herman Belmar Taiji-cho Higashimuro-gun Wakayama-ken 649-51 Japan A superb collection of whaling art, culture, and technology, both old and modern, is housed here, along with the drydocked museum whale catcher KYO MARU #11. The museum is part of Taiji Kujirahama Park, or Taiji Whales Park, which includes a dolphinarium, whalewatching, and more. fax +81 -739-59-3823 1 Kiyozaki Ayukawa-hama Ojika-machi Ojika-gun Miyagi-ken 986-25 Japan The drydocked museum whale catcher TOSHI MARU #16 is part of a breathtaking museum complex with striking architecture. fax +81 -225-45-3514 Kayoi Nagato-ken 671-17 Japan or +81 (0)837-23-1145 Queen Victoria Square Hull, HU1 3DX England Good whaling collection Durban South Africa Dept. on the whaling industry at Durban, 1908-1972 Cliff Street Fremantle, W.A. 6160 Australia phone + uuu - 9 - 431 - 8488 fax + uuu - 9 - 430 - 5120 Frenchman Bay P.O. Box 64 Albany, WA 6330 Australia Whaling museum at the former modern whaling station Victor Harbor South Australia Australia Imlay Street Box 304 Eden, NSW 2551 Australia Box 1118 L Hobart Tasmania 7000 Australia Grytviken South Georgia Falkland Islands and Dependencies The whaling museum at the former modern whaling station of Grytviken holds a superb collection. Hart Nautical Collections / Gallery MIT Museum 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 USA A private collection features around 3000 whaling prints and is available by appointment. Box 1327 Sag Harbor Long Island, N.Y. 11963 USA Zaans Historisch Museum Lagedijk 80 1544 BJ Zaandijk The Netherlands Formerly known as Zaanlandsche Oudheidkamer, this institution boasts one of the world's largest collections of Dutch whaling paintings, rivaling that of the Kendall, along with related applied arts and some whaling gear. This collection was established before collecting such items became popular.
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