The Whaling Museum & Education Center , formerly known as The Whaling Museum , is a maritime museum located in Cold Spring Harbor , New York dedicated to the local history, the maritime heritage of Long Island and its impact on the whaling industry.
8-535: The Museum, which welcomes about 20,000 visitors annually, is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums . The Whaling Museum Society was founded in 1936, with the Museum opening in 1942. Its exhibit space is 2,500 square feet including an educational workshop. The museum holds about 6,000 documents and artifacts from Cold Spring Harbor and other Long Island whaling towns. Its collection includes
16-647: A 19th-century whaleboat with original gear and a large collection of scrimshaw . Additional displays 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
24-422: A community repository from the Museum's founding in 1936. Totaling 6,000 pieces, most pieces speak to the 19th century whaling industry, specifically Long Island whaling, as well as the local history of Cold Spring Harbor and its growth as a maritime port. The collection includes: In 1932, a small number of residents of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, commissioned a monument commemorating the village's earlier days as
32-475: A whaling port. A boulder was dredged from the harbor and erected on the village square and lists the names of the nine vessels in the fleet. In later years the monument was moved to the museum's property, where it remains today. American Alliance of Museums The American Alliance of Museums ( AAM ), formerly the American Association of Museums , is a non-profit association whose goal
40-666: Is to bring museums together. Founded in 1906, the organization advocates for museums and provides "museum professionals with the resources, knowledge, inspiration, and connections they need to move the field forward." AAM represents the scope of museums, professionals, and nonpaid staff who work for and with museums. AAM represents more than 25,000 individual museum professionals and volunteers, 4,000 institutions, and 150 corporate members. Individual members include directors, curators , registrars, educators, exhibit designers, public relations officers, development officers, security managers, trustees, and volunteers . Museums represented by
48-551: The Long Island coastwise trade under sail and records from the Cold Spring Harbor Customs House (1798 until 1908). The museum hosts educational events and exhibitions year-round, including films, lectures, performances, and special events, connecting the subject of whaling to other subjects in art, science, and culture. The majority of the Museum's collections were donated over time, starting as
56-813: The National Museum in Washington, D.C. , on December 21, 1905, for the "purpose of discussing the advisability of endeavoring to establish an association of the museums of America." Major events in the history of the Alliance include: Media and Technology (M&T) is a Professional Network of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). The M&T Network is the AAM link between museums and media technologies. It identifies, examines, and advocates appropriate uses of media technologies in helping museums meet
64-513: The members include art , history, science , military, maritime, and youth museums , as well as public aquariums , zoos , botanical gardens , arboretums , historic sites, and science and technology centers. At the 2014 American Alliance of Museums conference, the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced there are now at least 35,000 museums in the US. An informal meeting was held at
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