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Whalers' Museum

Whalers' Museum

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Whalers' Museum

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Location: Lajes Do Pico

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Danny B.

October 18, 2022

The whaling museum in Lajes shows the everyday life and background of the former whalers on Pico.

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Onkel Ernie

June 6, 2024

The whaling museum in Lajes do Pico offers an impressive look back to the time when whales were hunted in the Azores rather than just observed. Various products made from the killed animals, lances and harpoons, and a whaling boat are on display. In addition, a film with scenes from a sperm whale hunt is shown in a separate room. The former whale processing factory on Faial (which has also been a museum since the end of whaling in the early 1980s) can also be seen. And like the "Peter's Scrimshaw Museum" in Horta, this museum also houses handicraft exhibits made using the scrimshaw technique. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw

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Mandy F.

July 7, 2025

Definitely worth seeing!
It tells the story of whaling on Pico.
The film vividly depicts how simple and difficult life is on Pico (Lajes) and how the men killed such a gigantic animal with simple means.
The museum is very inexpensive and even free to visit on Sundays.

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Whalers' Museum

1. Piscina Natural de Lajes – View of Mount Pico loop from Lajes do Pico

2. Museu dos Baleeiros – Piscina Natural de Lajes loop from Lajes do Pico

3. Lajes do Pico Harbor – Piscina Natural de Lajes loop from Lajes do Pico

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