The Whale Museum

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62 1st St, N
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Opened to the public in 1979 as the first museum in the U.S. dedicated to a species living in the wild, The Whale Museum's mission is to promote stewardship of whales and the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research.

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M H B.
7/27/2024

This is my second visit. I learned about Springer, a lost young orca that was rescued and returned to its family pod. Sweet. And the documentary film SONIC SEA was a shocking revelation of how...

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Eunie L.
5/20/2025

It was quite a small museum. When you enter, you are in the gift shop. From there you purchase admissions which I believe was $12 then head up the stairs to the museum. There were some interesting...

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Tonia S.
7/28/2025

This is posted in July 2025: I am fascinated with Orca, and there are two ecotypes in this area now. The museum has not kept up-to-date and I did not find one singular mention of the Biggs killer...

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Casey R.
7/21/2024

Fantastic... just fantastic! We visited Friday Harbor on a Sunday and walked the town. We were not sure what to do and the visitor guy recommended this spot. The adults had fun reading all the...

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Connie C.
6/3/2024

So...I for a tourist attraction $10 for adults and $5 for kids isn't a lot but it wasn't worth it. Took less than 30 min to run through. Tried watching old videos on a tiny screen downstairs...

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