The museum is directly across the street from Hotel Das Flores. It vividly displays the importance of the whaling industry to the island where it thrived for many years prior to the ban on whale hunting in the 80's. The industry, with its specialized equipment,...More

The museum is really interesting. You can actually understand what for a work was the capture and the working out of the whales. It is sad to learn how many whales were captured and how brutally they were catched through harpoons and ropes, but also...More