Hi Steemians,
Have you ever been to a whaling museum? How much do you know about whales? I believe that you may have gone on several whale watching tours, how do you care a quick tour with me to the famous whaling museum in the New Bedford in Ma?
As soon as you walk into this museum, in the center of the show room on your left, high up in the air, you will see the skeletons of 4 whales. The one at the back is Humpback whale. It has been in this museum since 1936. The one in the middle, which is also the biggest one is Blue Whale. It has been in this museum for more than 10 years. It's around 66ft long, and was not fully grown. The skeleton weighs more than 8,000lbs. The nearest one to the entrance are from a 49ft female right whale, when it was accidentally killed in Nov 2004, she was ten months pregnant.
On the first floor by the main show room of the skeletons, there is a knot room presenting different type of knotting for fishing and whaling, tools people used for braiding, plying etc. You can't imagine how many different knotting human have invented. It's really amazing and out of imaginary.
Can you image what they used to make this flower? It's not just any regular handcraft, it's flower of hair represents each member of the Tabor family. Isn't it cool?
In the showroom on the 2nd floor, there is another skeleton of a sperm whale. The museum presents stories of the whaling history in this town, who caught the whales, what did they do with the whales after they caught them etc. People caught whale for its valuable blubber, baleen, or spermaceti. People also used to use the whale skin and skeleton to build houses with no waste.
On the 2nd floor, there is room showcasing a huge whaling boat. You can climb up the boat and feel it yourself. On the 3rd floor, they have many specimen of sea animals like sea lion and walrus. They still remain the lively look.
I didn't expect the museum to be this big. There are many other rooms one afer another, presenting different themes and cultures. There is a room for Chinese and Japanese respectively, and many galleries with sailing boating theme and people, etc. There is a plaque saying "have compassion for all mankind" by Yuan Shikai, the first president of the republic of China after 1911 revolution. There are also many Chinese antiques and drawings. As a Chinese, it's good to see these antiques from my home country, I hope they were obtained by the proper ways. Historically a lot of Chinese precious antiques were robbed or stolen. Anyhow, I am glad that they are well preserved and open for public to admire.
I hope you like the quick tour with me. If you are interested, you may pay a visit to this museum, the admission fee per person is $17.
大家好，
不知道大家对鲸鱼有多少的了解？相信很多人都有过出海看鲸鱼的经历。你有到过鲸鱼博物馆吗？想和我一起去快速走一趟了解一下吗？
我们去了在麻省New Bedford 的鲸鱼博物馆。 一进馆的大门，在你的左手边就是一个大的展厅。在展厅的空中吊着4 具鲸鱼的骸骨。
最里面那只是座头鲸。1936 年开始就已经到了该馆。它旁边一条是蓝鲸，是最大的鲸鱼。这条鲸鱼有66 英尺长，还没有完全长成年。 骨骸有8千磅。最靠门的那条是露脊鲸。大的是母亲，她在2004 年被意外杀死的时候，已经有了10 个月的身孕。
在一楼还有结绳展厅。展示了各种你想象不到的打法。还有各种打结工具等。
你看到那个花饰图案的作品吗？可以想象得到它是什么吗？原来它是一个家庭的家庭数，是用每个家庭成员的头发编成的。 是不是很特别？
走上二楼的第一个陈列室里是另一只巨头鲸的遗骸。这个陈列馆里介绍了猎鲸的历史，什么人猎鲸，猎到后做什么等。鲸鱼浑身都是宝。大家拿鲸脂， 鲸虚，鲸腊都是非常值钱的东西。以前人们还用鲸皮和骨骼盖房子，什么都没有浪费掉。
巨头鲸陈列室里面是船陈列室。里面有首巨型的猎鲸船。你可以到船上去感受一番。在三楼有更多的说明，还有一些海上动物的标本，它们都维持着活着的时候的样子。
我想象不到这家博物馆有这么大。一个房间套一个房间。各自展示不同的主题。我还看到中国和日本厅。还有袁世凯的亲笔题词。作为中国人，看到这些中国的老物件，不免有点惊喜和伤感。希望这些物价是通过正常的途径得来的。但不管如何，看到它们被精心保持，开放给公众参观也算是欣慰了。
希望你喜欢我这短暂精炼的博物馆介绍。如果有兴趣的话，你可以自己去走走和体验。真是很不错的周末选择。