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Learn about biology, technology, local and global history, art and anthropology as you participate in our school programs. Experience life aboard the whaleship Lagoda and raise the anchor and sails on the replica fo’c’sle. Follow the migratory route of a North Atlantic Right Whale on a map. Come into contact with Inupiat and Native Hawaiians through role-play. Feel the weight of a sperm whale’s tooth. Experience what whale vision is like. Climb into a whaleman’s bunk. Smell the whale oil dripping off a blue whale skeleton. Our hands-on, minds-on learning opportunities enable your students to understand whales and New Bedford history in a unique and memorable way.