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New whale museum opening in Norway to be shaped like a whales tail. (infosec.pub)

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[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems like education-washing

The museum is funded by a combination of private money and local public education subsidies, but it is not in public ownership.

Everything depends on how they actually tackle that topic in their exhibition. You could absolutely criticise whaling while being in a country where whaling still exists. That museum would be a great opportunity to get public attention on the problem. Nobody knows though if that is the case, since it is not even open yet.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You could absolutely criticise whaling while being in a country where whaling still exists.

Absolutely, I live in the USA which is IIRC right behind Norway on the small list of commercial whaling offenders. Actually when I was in high school I lived on Long Island where there's a whaling museum that has nothing to do with modern industry and was all about the history of an extinct local industry. But it's literally a small renovated colonial farmhouse, the big swanky design of this thing suggests a very large amount of money, which does not give me hope for it's messaging.