A former whaling factory
In São Roque do Pico, the Whaling Industry Museum occupies the former whaling factory and explores an important part of the island’s industrial history.
Museu da Indústria Baleeira
In São Roque do Pico, the Whaling Industry Museum occupies the former whaling factory and explores an important part of the island’s industrial history.
The museum looks at whaling as an industrial system, not simply as a maritime activity, through the buildings, machinery and working spaces of the former complex.
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Time needed1h30
AccessIn São Roque do Pico
PLACE · LANDSCAPE · EXPERIENCE
Why this place belongs on the journey
The museum looks at whaling as an industrial system, not simply as a maritime activity, through the buildings, machinery and working spaces of the former complex. Museu do Pico identifies it as the first museum of industrial archaeology in the Azores, installed in the former São Roque whaling station. Museu do Pico is installed in the former Fábrica da Baleia in São Roque and is presented as the first museum of industrial archaeology in the Azores.
The museum documents the former whaling industry through the industrial complex, its equipment and the spaces used to organise the activity. The visit presents whaling not only as a maritime activity but as an industrial system involving buildings, machinery and working organisation. The museum provides industrial context for São Roque’s maritime history and complements the island’s coastal and whaling heritage. In São Roque do Pico, the Whaling Industry Museum occupies the former whaling factory and explores an important part of the island’s industrial history.
It fits naturally into a São Roque day and is particularly useful when you want to balance outdoor scenery with a substantial indoor visit.
ON SITE
What to know
Machinery, buildings and working organisation
The visit presents whaling not only as a maritime activity but as an industrial system involving buildings, machinery and working organisation.
Understanding an industrial system
The museum looks at whaling as an industrial system, not simply as a maritime activity, through the buildings, machinery and working spaces of the former complex.
A historical reading of Pico’s coast
Museu do Pico identifies it as the first museum of industrial archaeology in the Azores, installed in the former São Roque whaling station.
CHOOSING YOUR VISIT
How to fit it into a day
It fits naturally into a São Roque day and is particularly useful when you want to balance outdoor scenery with a substantial indoor visit.
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