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Whalers Village Museum at KaanapaliThe girls can only tolerate a museum for a short period when shopping and the beach are so close by, so the free admission allows us to get our Maui history in several quick visits during our stay I use a ratio of one fifteen minute museum visit for every five Whaler's Village stores entered.
Whalers Village Museum Exhibits
And we can drop by just about anytime - the Whaler's Village Museum is open daily from 9:30 am to 10 pm in Whaler's Village at the Kaanapali Beach Resort. The museum has all sorts of exhibits:
• one of the largest scale models of a whaling ship in the world, which has a replica of the cramped living quarters of whaling crews • Hawaii’s largest collection of harpoons, tools, sea chests, sailor journals, and ship logs • artifacts, photo murals, movies, and graphics about the sailors
• a 19th-century birdcage made from whale bone • ornaments and utensils made from whale tooth ivory Of course, there is also a museum gift shop which sells jewelry, sculptures and a large selection of books about whales and whaling. As long as you are at Whalers Village, there are other free Maui activities - watch the free hula show or visit Kaanapali Beach. Whalers Village Museum VideoMy video of the Whalers Village Museum includes old whalers songs and some background whale sounds - grunts, squeals and whistles, as well as some video of diving whales.Click on the PLAY button in the image below to view the video.
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• scrimshaw - engraved or tattooed pictures on sperm whale teeth and sperm whale bone, etched in with knives and rubbed over with ink to bring out the design.
