Great place to go to learn about the whaling history of the entire nation, especially Long Island. Bring the kids, they'll learn a lot and have fun while doing so. Check the calendar of events on the website before you go as they have special projects, events, and treasure hunts that rotate every day.

BLAST! MUST VISIT FOR FAMILY & ESPECIALLY KIDS. Strange, out Ordianary place visit. MUST SEE. We visited on hunt of Odd activity, but left informed (learned), adventure & loads fun Kids & adults alike. Walked in and handed a Harry Potter Map find objects in. Harry Potter Museum left & Whale Museum Right. Smaller museum, well packed interesting objects, and well laid out. Great whaling history! Be sure walk around out front, back & sides of building for more discoveries. They'll WHALECOME! You, family and kids to a delightful time. Thanks for 2 DYNO kids help finding objects & memorable experience.

Great place to take children. Parking can be difficult but if you don’t mind waking a little there is a small parking lot nearby on Bedlam Street. Any one interested in the sea will love this place. Extremely informative about the lives of whalers and interesting story’s with beautiful displays that are easy to read and understand, there are also fun in learning displays for young teens plus in depth experience programs for younger children. For the half hour I was here I realized that this is not only a fascinating look at Americas Whaling history but a very mindful reality about whales today I highly recommend.

We stopped in while visiting family in the area. What a great little museum on whaling on Long Island. The scrimshaw pieces they have are fantastic, they even have an example of scrimshaw on baleen. The kids had a great time and they usually have fun activities for kids going on too. The staff are great. It's worth the stop for an hour or so.

We learned a lot about the history and technology of whaling in LI and New England. Tiny museum, pleasant setting and very educational, with many hands-on activities for kids.

This is a really great little museum that was really more interesting than I expected it to be. It's well balanced with exhibits interesting for both adults and children as well. Well worth checking out if you're nearby. Easy to spend an hour or two there.

This is definitely a kids museum. Very interesting and full of displays and slam full of kids running around screaming. Still, alot of good relics to check out

It was very interesting learning about whaling industry on Long Island.

Quick 30 minute educational trip. Very nice!

Great museum had an amazing afternoon there today. The museum was both informative and interactive. There were beautiful artifacts, paintings, and displays throughout the building. I am looking forward to coming back in the future and seeing what future events take place.

A very informative museum. Great for children.

Wonderful displays of artifacts Extremely attentive staff. All around terrific experience

Have been coming here since I was kid. Nice exhibits. Great for kids. Need to add Ambergris exhibit. Kinda dated. Also new ship speed reductions to help reduce whale strikes by ships on US East Coast

Very interesting museum!! Our 8 year old was busy with the scavenger hunt, while we were enjoying a wonderful exhibition. Lady who is selling tickets is very nice and resourceful. I am so curious about whaling now that I feel I have to read Moby Dick now! 🙂

Fun little museum to visit with the kids. Hatchery close by, you can visit both on the same day.

Excellent visit. Stimulating for the 10 year old grandson. Highly recommend it

Very cool place...so much to see and read and experience...lovely young lady Amanda at front desk...great place

My grandkids loved it. Spent 2 hours hours there longer than I thought they had great time.

5 star to support my community. It's a small meusem, very nice history, back room for kids to draw and make tiny crafts which they nicey layed out. We need to keep these precious meausums alive 😊

We visited from Northen Westchester for a unique Unicorn Party! The staff are amazing! My daughter who is a unicorn lover at heart had a magical time. Definitly worth the trip.

This is a cute little museum. My 2 kids had fun, and there are a lot of hands on items for kids and even adults to enjoy. Can be done in about an hour or so. It's just down the road a bit from the main downtown area of Cold Spring Harbor, and a 10 minute drive from Oyster Bay as well. So if you're looking for kid friendly activities in the area, this is a great option.

hi your are actually wrong about that 1996 was not along time ago it was just yesterday other people should try to rethink their concept of time i am interested in the whaling industry and i examine alot of 1800s history i am going to update my review i went here in 1996 i want to find out more about the whaling industry of the 1800s

Jam-packed with interesting artefacts and exhibits about whaling and local history. Definitely more than we could see in one short visit. Well worth the stop.

Lots of great information on the history...some cool artifacts....some gross smells that were unexpected. Great place to spent and hour with kids.

Pretty cool place for a piece of Long Island history.