Travelling Exhibition: From Whale to Tuna

The travelling exhibition From Whale to Tuna traces the transition of whaling communities to tuna fishing, highlighting the adaptation of Azorean maritime knowledge after the end of whaling. Organised into bilingual interpretive panels, the exhibition celebrates the memory of the whalers, the evolution of vessels, the role of canning factories and the importance of tuna fishing in the economic and cultural continuity of coastal communities. The narrative offers a temporal and territorial reading of this transformation, highlighting the knowledge of the seafarer, the relationship with nature and the adaptability of island communities.