Cold Spring
Harbor Whaling Museum -
Whales Whaling Museum Maritime Ships - Cold
Spring Harbor Suffolk County Long
Island New York
The
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum is about
people, Long Island and the sea. It explores
the history of whaling in Long Island and
Cold Spring Harbor.
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Cold Spring
Harbor Whaling Museum
Whales Whaling Museum Maritime Ships
The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum is
about people, Long Island and the sea. It
explores the history of whaling in Long
Island and Cold Spring Harbor. The Cold
Spring Harbor Whaling Museum explores the
relationship between Long Islanders and the
Sea.
Our goal is to get people closer to their
personal connections with the ocean, and
understand people’s impact on our oceans –
and the ocean's impact on us - by delving
into our whaling past.
The Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits
objects and documents pertinent to whaling,
especially the regional whaling history of
Long Island, whale conservation, and the
history of Cold Spring Harbor as a maritime
port. The Museum serves a broad and diverse
public audience.
The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum has
served three generations of Long Islanders,
having opened its doors to the public in
1942.
The Whaling Museum is the only facility on
Long Island and in New York State open
year-round which focuses primarily on the
whaling history of the region. Its
collection provides the community and its
constituents with a significant link to the
understanding of one of Long Island’s
earliest major industries- whaling. The
collection was formed by the local community
who recognized the need for a repository to
preserve the region’s local maritime history
and Cold Spring Harbor’s whaling past.
The Museum's object and archival holdings of
6,000 artifacts document the whaling and
general maritime history both of Cold Spring
Harbor and Long Island in general.
Highlights of the collection include New
York State's only fully-equipped 19th
century whaleboat with original gear and one
of the notable scrimshaw collections in the
northeast. Additional objects include
whaling implements, ship’s gear,
navigational aids, ship models and maritime
art. The library and archival collection
contains 2,800 primary and secondary volumes
and manuscript material from the Cold Spring
whaling fleet, ship’s logs, journals and
business correspondence of the Cold Spring
Whaling Company, family documents dealing
with maritime commerce on Long Island,
records of the Long Island coastwise trade
under sail and records from the Cold Spring
Harbor Customs House (1798-1908).
Through a combination of permanent and
changing exhibitions, special events and
educational programs the Museum uses its
resources to the fullest to provide services
to the public. The Museum provides
innovative Museum education programs on Long
Island, with 12,000 school attendees
annually.
Hours
Summer: Open Daily 11:00AM-5:00PM Memorial
Day-Labor Day.
Winter: Open Tuesday-Sunday, 11:00AM-5:00PM,
Holiday Mondays, including school breaks.
Admission
Adults: $6.00
Seniors: $5.00
Students: $5.00 (ages 5-18)
Children: Free (under 5 years of age)
Family: $19.00 (up to 6 individuals in one
household)
Members: Free
Active Military: Free
Sunday 11:00AM-12:00PM: Admission by
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Cold Spring
Harbor Whaling Museum
301 Main Street
P.O. Box 25
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
t 631-367-3418
ndayan@cshwhalingmuseum.org
www.cshwhalingmuseum.org
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