ocr: - 16 BlueWhale - THE MUSEUM's Blue Whale is a treasure by virtue of its enormous and lasting pop- ularity. Bathed in the ambient blue light of the Hall of Ocean Life, this model isa powerful evocation of the mysteries of the sea and ofthe supernatural quality ascribed to the whale by SO many cultures. This replica was made in 1969 and is based on a female captured in 1925 off South Georgia Island, east of Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago at the southern tip of South America. It 11s - 0333393333X9XXX00AXX0100144N - - 00227093900004VIINIUMUAVUAUT MANUUICUCU