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Whale Museum
Orcas on display and in the water
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Cappucino, one of the whales adopted by the museum
Source www.whalemuseum.orgNestled in the San Juan Islands, the Whale Museum is part natural history museum, part research station. The museum supports and does research on three pods of Orca whales living in the adjacent Salish Sea.
Though Orca whales live around the world, they are particularly concentrated in the coastal waters of North America, from Alaska to Washington. In the Native American traditions of the Pacific Northwest, the Orca, or killer whale, is the ruler and guardian of the sea, for its pure size and strength. In their mythology, the whales live in houses and towns at the bottom of the sea.
At the Whale Museum, the gallery teaches visitors about these amazing mammals, including a genealogy of the orcas in the Salish Sea. It also features a video on Orcas of the Northwest and has a whale phone where you can listen to the songs of different whales.
Visitors must take a ferry to Friday Harbor, but the museum is near the ferry landing.
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- Hours Daily 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's D
- Website Whale Museum
- Address 62 First St. N., Friday Harbor, Washington, United States
- Cost $6; Seniors (65 yrs.+): $5; Ages 5-18 and college students with current I.D.: $3; Children under 5: FREE!
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Anonymous
March 14, 2011
Stay away. I worry that these people eat young children. They are really really weird. Stay away. You have been warned...
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