Blue Whale Wash 2014

Each year, the Museum's blue whale model gets spruced up in an annual scrub down. In the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, visitors at the Museum watched as members of the Exhibition department use long-handled brushes and vacuums to wipe away the dust from the 94-foot long, 21,000-pound model.

#bluewhales #whales #washing #cleaning #AMNH #exhibitions #models #vacuuming

***
Subscribe to our channel:

Check out our full video catalog:

***

This video and all media incorporated herein (including text, images, and audio) are the property of the American Museum of Natural History or its licensors, all rights reserved. The Museum has made this video available for your personal, educational use. You may not use this video, or any part of it, for commercial purposes, nor may you reproduce, distribute, publish, prepare derivative works from, or publicly display it without the prior written consent of the Museum.

© American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY

[suzieq]

We're gonna need a bigger vacuum. 

[amightysailingman]

It's a whale. Couldn't you just hose it down? Better yet, add a sprayer to the blowhole to give visitors below an occasional unexpected surprise for that extra bit of authenticity.

But seriously, when we went to AMNH on class trips many decades ago, I found the whale to be awe-inspiring but terrifying. Never could shake the feeling when walking under that imposing mass that it might break loose and come crashing down on me. Still raises the hairs on the back of my neck even today. Irrational, I know.