Once the whaling capital of the world, New Bedford is now America's #1 commercial fishing port. Discover the largest Whaling Museum in the world, dedicated to the global interaction of humans and whales. Located in the heart of the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park, the museum complex features five magnificent whale skeletons, a walk-on 1/2 scale ship model of the bark Lagoda and 15 galleries devoted to art, history and science. Check out the five whale skeletons, including the rare blue and the northern right.