{"id":10364,"date":"2019-09-05T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/the-whale-room\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:56:22","slug":"the-whale-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/en\/museum-areas\/the-whale-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10364\" class=\"elementor elementor-10364 elementor-1733\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74fc66d1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74fc66d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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class=\"elementor-repeater-item-891be05 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"wal-1632159_1280\"><\/div><div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><h1 class=\"elementor-slide-heading\">A whale in the Museum?<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75603ba4 elementor-section-full_width breadcrumb-basuc elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75603ba4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;mouseenter&quot;,&quot;trigger_tablet&quot;:&quot;click_target&quot;,&quot;trigger_mobile&quot;:&quot;click_target&quot;,&quot;_hide&quot;:&quot;mouseleave&quot;,&quot;_hide_tablet&quot;:&quot;click_out&quot;,&quot;_hide_mobile&quot;:&quot;click_out&quot;,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;arrow_position_h&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;delay_in&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;delay_out&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"hotspots.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-hotspots\">\n\n\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/general-881x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9697\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/general-881x1024.png 881w, https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/general-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/general-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/general-1321x1536.png 1321w, https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/general-1762x2048.png 1762w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-hotspots__container\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a0b11af hotip ee-hotspot\" data-hotips-content=\"#hotip-content-d7ab7f3_a0b11af\" data-hotips-position=\"\" data-hotips-arrow-position-h=\"\" data-hotips-arrow-position-v=\"\" data-hotips-class=\"ee-global ee-tooltip ee-tooltip-d7ab7f3\" href=\"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/1er_etage.png\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-hotspot__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-hotspot__text\"><span class=\"ee-hotspot__icon ee-icon ee-icon-support--svg\"><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hotip-content\" id=\"hotip-content-d7ab7f3_a0b11af\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whale Hall<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7691ccba\" data-id=\"7691ccba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9ab27e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a9ab27e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But it&#8217;s true: one of the jewels of the Oceanographic Museum is a whale, a real one! Or more precisely its giant skeleton: 18 meters long and nearly three tons of bones.  <\/p>\n<p>Many other marine mammals are also on display, to be (re)discovered in a new light.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4527235 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4527235\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bd3ce0a\" data-id=\"4bd3ce0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-453f3597 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"453f3597\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cc0a14e\" data-id=\"5cc0a14e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7ac62d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7ac62d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A VOYAGE FROM PAST TO PRESENT\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df9087f elementor-widget elementor-widget-unfold\" data-id=\"df9087f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;visible_type&quot;:&quot;lines&quot;,&quot;visible_lines&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;duration_unfold&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation_unfold&quot;:&quot;Power4&quot;,&quot;easing_unfold&quot;:&quot;easeInOut&quot;,&quot;duration_fold&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation_fold&quot;:&quot;Power4&quot;,&quot;easing_fold&quot;:&quot;easeInOut&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__mask\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you enter this unusually large room, you quickly understand why it is called the Whale Room.<\/p>\n<p>A whale of more than 18 meters long dominates us. Suspended several meters above the ground, its 2.8 ton skeleton seems to float in the air. This fin whale washed up on the Ligurian coast of the Mediterranean a very long time ago. In 1896 to be precise, ten years before the creation of the Oceanographic Institute. At 123 years of age, this giant bridges the gap between past and present. This is one of the charms of this very special room, with its unique atmosphere and collection.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__trigger\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-button ee-size-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-button-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"ee-icon ee-icon-support--svg ee-icon--left ee-button-icon ee-unfold__icon ee-unfold__icon--closed\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"ee-icon ee-icon-support--svg ee-icon--left ee-button-icon ee-unfold__icon ee-unfold__icon--open\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"ee-button-text\" data-close-label=\"Read less\" data-open-label=\"Read more\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f9589d6\" data-id=\"5f9589d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe63b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7fe63b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Salle_de_la_Baleine-Son-et-lumi\u00e8res-M.Dagnino-24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Salle_de_la_Baleine-Son-et-lumi\u00e8res-M.Dagnino-24.jpg 425w, https:\/\/musee.oceano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Salle_de_la_Baleine-Son-et-lumi\u00e8res-M.Dagnino-24-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-772969b text-basic animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"772969b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-081ee44\" data-id=\"081ee44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545ae1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"545ae1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">As if they were swimming side-by-side<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9240db elementor-widget elementor-widget-unfold\" data-id=\"a9240db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;visible_type&quot;:&quot;lines&quot;,&quot;visible_lines&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;duration_unfold&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation_unfold&quot;:&quot;Power4&quot;,&quot;easing_unfold&quot;:&quot;easeInOut&quot;,&quot;duration_fold&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.5,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;animation_fold&quot;:&quot;Power4&quot;,&quot;easing_fold&quot;:&quot;easeInOut&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"unfold.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__mask\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following this whale, we travel back in time and out to sea, where thousands of its descendants still live today.<\/p>\n<p>As in the Mediterranean, this whale is not alone. Thirteen other marine mammal skeletons appear to be swimming in its wake. Most of them come from the numerous expeditions that Prince Albert I of Monaco has made on the seas of the globe. Among them is an eight-metre sperm whale. The more observant might even count all of his bones. We&#8217;ll spare you this task: there are precisely 163 of them!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-unfold__trigger\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-button ee-size-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ee-button-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"ee-icon ee-icon-support--svg ee-icon--left ee-button-icon ee-unfold__icon ee-unfold__icon--closed\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"ee-icon ee-icon-support--svg ee-icon--left ee-button-icon ee-unfold__icon ee-unfold__icon--open\"><i class=\"fa fa-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"ee-button-text\" data-close-label=\"Read less\" data-open-label=\"Read more\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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A detail that makes them even more familiar to us&#8230; For the curious, touch tablets are available in front of each specimen. 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