Collections Gallery
The museum holds over 6,000 artifacts documenting Long Island's maritime history. Click on images to see more!
A few things that could be found in the museum:
A few things that could be found in the museum:
Scrimshaw
When on a whale voyage there would be time between each whale sighting, it could take months to see a whale. Whalers needed a way to pass time on the ship, since they lived in cramped spaces and it would be easy to have cabin fever. Whalers decided to take whale teeth and carve drawings. These drawings were memories of loved ones and what they saw during their voyage. See more...
Tools
There were many tools that the whalers used during their voyages. They used harpoons to hunt whales. Sometimes whales would get away with the harpoons in them. Other tools that were used were boat spades, this would be used to scrape away blubber. Blubber would be boiled in a big cauldron to make sperm oil and candles and other paraphernalia. Most of the whale was utilized. See more...
Whale Bones
See how big whale bones are! Be able to touch the vertebrae of a whale and see the full skull of a baby killer whale. See the structure of the whale and how it compares to humans and other animals. See more....
and Much More!
There are many interesting artifacts that could be found in the museum. There is a ship's wheel and look out hoops that you can touch and go on as well as interactive activities. See more...
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