Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum

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The cool collection here includes actual artifacts from 19th-century whaling ships: sharp flensing knives, battered pots for rendering blubber, delicate scrimshaw and more. It's a bit surreal to see photos of the giant mammals in a village that's now a cute resort town.

It occupies a striking 19th-century residential home that shares space with a Masonic Temple.

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