点评:This is an excellent small museum with amazing stories well presented. Its spectacular centrepiece is the skeleton of "Old Tom", an orca who was the leader of a pack of orcas who frequented Twofold Bay, the body of water beside which Eden sits.
The story of "Old Tom" and his pod, its role in the whaling industry in Twofold Bay and the role of similar pods with both earlier colonists and local indigenous people is amazing. The museum presents it so very well.
There are many exhibits that fill out the history of the whaling industry in this area but also the histories of logging, the other major industry in the early days of Eden, and other maritime pursuits, fishing and transport. There's even a good exhibit from the local football (soccer) club the Eden Killer Whales that explains the club' colours, black and white. It's not hard to guess.
A visit to this museum is a highlight of any visit to Eden. It's an inexpensive, very instructive, fascinating use of 2 to 4 hours of your time.
翻译:这是一家很棒的小型博物馆,里面讲述了许多精彩的故事。博物馆的核心展品是“老汤姆”的骨架,这头虎鲸是一群虎鲸的首领,它们经常出没于特沃福德湾,伊甸园就坐落在这片水域旁边。
“老汤姆”和他的鲸群的故事、它在特沃福德湾捕鲸业中的作用以及类似的鲸群在早期殖民者和当地土著人中的作用都令人惊叹。博物馆很好地展示了这一切。
博物馆里有许多展品,不仅讲述了该地区捕鲸业的历史,还讲述了伐木业的历史,伐木业是伊甸园早期的另一个主要产业,还有其他海上活动、捕鱼和运输。博物馆里甚至还有当地足球俱乐部伊甸园虎鲸队的精彩展品,解释了俱乐部的颜色,黑色和白色。不难猜出原因。
参观这个博物馆是伊甸园之旅的一大亮点。这是一种廉价、非常有教育意义、非常有趣的利用方式,只占用您 2 到 4 个小时的时间。