The Eden Killer Whale Museum in Eden, South Coast, Australia | Museum | Zoological Museum | Wildlife

The Eden Killer Whale Museum has been in operation for over 75 years and is recognised as one of the most progressive and innovative Museums in Eden, regional New South Wales in Australia.

The Eden Killer Whale Museum is a publicly owned facility managed by a small but enthusiastic voluntary committee and has been extensively upgraded and expanded in the last 20 years. The Committee's aim is to implement the best Museum practices whilst still providing entertaining and educational presentations to our visitors to Eden. The Museum provides a program of touring exhibitions sources through partnerships with metropolitan Museums whilst regularly updating and changing our existing displays. If you want to make the most of your visit to The Eden Killer Whale Museum in New South Wales or you have limited time, guided tours are ideal. Each tour is personalised and run by a member of the 'Friends of the Museum' group or one of our Committee members. Your host knows all about the Museum's exhibitions and can add really interesting background information to your tour.

Tours operate regularly during the holiday periods but tours for groups of 10 or more can be arranged upon request. A 20% discount is allowed for group tours of 10 people or more which have been pre-booked by 7 days and which are paid for at the time of the visit. For more regular tour patronage (Bus Tours etc.) we are happy to discuss arrangements which better suit your circumstances.

If you or any member of the group suffer from some sort of disability we are happy to make arrangements to ensure that the visit to the Museum is as enjoyable as possible.

Eden's Killer Whales
At times the pod numbered up to 36. However with few records available we only have names for 21 of the killer whales that were recognisable and known by name. Cooper, Hooky's sub-pod is the only one where the members are known for certain. The other pods are probabilities based on research. It is unknown why Cooper's sub-pod had all left by 1912. However it is assumed that the decline in number of their main source of food (migrating baleen whales) led to their departure from the area. In the early years of Eden whaling in the 1840s there were reportedly around 50 killers spread through 3 main pods. All three pods cooperated together. One pod stationed far out to sea would drive whales in towards the coast, another pod would attack the whale and another pod would be stationed ahead of the whale in case it broke loose. The Eden Killer Whale Museum Shop has a diverse range of products and is open during normal Museum hours and entry to the shop is free.

We have a large selection of Museum-inspired gifts, souvenirs, books, apparel and DVDs.