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Hull’s Whale Museum Revival | Art News
Hull’s Maritime Museum just got a jaw-dropping upgrade, featuring a 40-foot right whale skeleton that barely fits—and kids can climb inside its ribs to peek at digital whales swimming overhead. It’s a haunting reminder of the species nearly wiped out for oil, with fewer than 400 left today. But the museum’s magic goes deeper: intricate scrimshaw art carved on whale bone and teeth, narwhal tusks turned into hatstands, and even a bizarre monkey-fish “mermaid.” Set in a historic building, the revamped space now showcases 1,300 artifacts—including dockers’ tools and maritime oddities—thanks to a…
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