>> IT MAY BE THE WORLD’S LARGEST PASSENGER PLANE, BUT THE A380 IS ONLY TWICE AS LONG AS THE LORD -- WORLD’S LARGEST MAMMAL, THE BLUE WHALE.
THIS GROWS TO MORE THAN 100 FEET IN LENGTH.
THAT IS NOT ALL THAT IS BIG.
>> THIS IS THE BIGGEST HEART IN THE WORLD.
IT IS ABOUT 1000 POUNDS COMPARED TO LESS THAN ONE POUND FOR A HUMAN HEART.
THEY COME THROUGH 1400 GALLONS OF BLOOD WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 1.5 IN OUR BODIES.
IT IS BIG ENOUGH THAT A GROWN MAN CAN CLIMB INTO IT.
THIS MORNING WE HAD 7/9 GRADERS IN IT.
-- SEVEN 9TH GRADERS IN IT.
>> I HAD TO HAVE IT.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE U.S.
IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR US TO SHOW THE SCALE OF THE ANIMALS.
THE BLUE WHALE ABOVE ME IS AN ADOLESCENT.
HEART THISHEART --
I THINK IT CREATES THE AWE OF SPECTACLE FOR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW ENORMOUS THESE OTHER ANIMALS ARE.
>> WE THINK AND DREAM REALLY BIG.
>> AMANDA, MUSEUM PRESIDENT.
>> OUR COLLECTION IS MASSIVE.
INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THINGS YOU WOULD NOT NORMALLY SEE.
WE ARE THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF WAILING ARTIFACTS IN THE WORLD.
>> INCLUDING THE LARGEST SHIP MODEL IN EXISTENCE.
BOB, DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.
>> IT IS A HALF SCALE REPRODUCTION OF IT MASSIVE WHLING BARK.
THEY WENT UP BETWEEN 2015 AND 2016.
THIS WAS --
BETWEEN 1915 AND 196.
>> IT IS MODELED -- >> IT STARTED SAILING AROUND KILLING SPERM WHALES.
>> THIS IS NOT JUST FOR SHOW.
>> WE PUT PEOPLE ON THIS EVERY DAY INCLUDING OVER 12,000 SCHOOL KIDS EVERY YEAR.
>> EVERYTHING IS THE SCALE.
THE BOATS, THE SAILS.
>> HE WOULD HAVE HIS BUNK HERE.
HIS BED WAS ALWAYS LEVEL.
FIRST MATE WOULD BE HERE.
>> NOT TO SCALE?
THIS BLUBBER HOOK.
>> THIS IS THE ONE LIFE-SIZE OBJECT ON HERE.
>> BLUBBER WAS THE MONEYMAKER.
HERE, IT WAS BOILED AND CHURNED INTO OIL, MAKING BEDFORD THE CITY THAT LIT THE WORLD.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.
THE MUSEUM IS UNVEILING THE LARGEST PAINTING IN NORTH AMERICA.
A QUARTER-MILE LONG PANORAMA.
>> IT WAS A WAY OF DISPLAYING A GIANT PAINTING THAT WAS MEANT TO GIVE YOU THE ILLUSION OF BEING IN THE PAINTING.
THE ENORMITY OF THESE PAINTINGS AS PART OF THE PUBLIC SPECTACLE EXPERIENCE.
LIKE EARLY CINEMATOGRAPHY.
THEY WERE MEANT TO SCROLL ACROSS THE SCREEN.
>> THIS PATRICE THE GLOBAL VOYAGE OF A NEW BEDFORD WHALING SHIP.
FOUR SPOOLS, EACH 300 PLUS FEET LONG.
>> IT IS LONGER THAN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS TALL.
IT WAS DONATED EXACTLY WHAT HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND DISCOVERED IN A BUILDING IN NEW BEDFORD.
IT HAD LARGELY BEEN FORGOTTEN BY THAT POINT.
AS EACH SECTION WAS CONSERVED IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT A HIGH RESOLUTION.
WE WILL ALSO SHOW A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE OVERWHELMED BY THE IMMENSITY OF IT.
>> WE ARE A SMALL, DYNAMIC TEAM THAT WE DREAM BIG.
THE PANORAMA IS THE SYMBOL OF THINKING BIG.
>> STARTING IN JULY, TWO OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BOTTOM.
>> ONE PROJECTED IN A THEATRICAL SETTING INSIDE THE MUSEUM.
THE OTHER AT THE KILBOURN MILL IN NEW BEDFORD WHERE THE ORIGINAL WILL BE ON DISPLAY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> I LIKE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IN PITTSBURGH THEY ARE BUILDING THE WORLD’S LARGEST PAPER AIRPLANE.
>> IT IS HISTORY.