To See In NSW - Killer Whale Museum

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If you’re visiting Eden then I highly recommend visiting the Killer Whale Museum. This is an astonishing museum with so much history to learn about. Little miss decided she wanted to stay behind with Jamie to play with her toys so I took advantage of the opportunity to spend some time with my nephews and look at the museum by myself.

I loved that they had the foresight to preserve the skeleton of Old Tom, the orca. To see the sheer size of the orca is mind boggling. They had so much information about the okra’s and the relationship they had with the whale hunters was incredible. What I found more fascinating was that the relationship with the orca’s and the Aboriginal people was built over thousands of years. Many of the Aboriginal people were employed through the whaling stations and they were often the strongest rowers. The first boat out to the whale got it, so it was incredible to see the boat they would row out to.

I had a great time with my nephews, they were going from room to room reading the information and then coming back to me to talk about different things they loved. It was really nice to be able to do that with them and having those discussions about the different aspects of the whaling history. It was entertaining to see how excited they were to discover different facts and to be the first one to talk about it.

The most interesting part for me was that when Old Tom (orca) died that spelled the end of the whaling industry for Eden. 

Killer Whale Museum
Located: 
Eden, NSW 
Price: 
Adults $12 Kids $3 Under 5 free
Length of time to allow: 
1 - 2 hours
Kid friendly activity 
suits all ages


Lessons we learned:

  • The whaling industry was huge in Eden
  • The relationship between the orcas and humans was amazing
  • The Aboriginal people had developed the relationship with the orcas first
  • Old Tom was huge
  • His fin was taller than me
  • They could tell the orcas apart according to their fins
  • My nephews were really engaged with the museum
  • It was great seeing how interested they were
  • There was so much to see
  • There was so much information


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