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===Museums=== Sandefjord is home to Europe's only museum dedicated to [[whaling]], which is located in the city center.<ref name="visitnorway.com" /><ref name="DP91" /> The museum was one of the first original museums in Norway when established in 1917. Today it boasts over 150,000 photographs as well as exhibits of marine animals, a restored whale catcher, and more.<ref name="atlasobscura.com" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of The Museum – Hvalfangstmuseet |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/the-museum/history-of-the-museum/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060433/http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/the-museum/history-of-the-museum/ |archive-date=22 June 2018 |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Hvalfangstmuseet.no}}</ref> A whale catcher named ''[[Southern Actor]]'' is docked at Museum's Wharf and is a part of the Maritime Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order. It was constructed by [[Sevilla Whaling Co.]] in 1950 and brought to Sandefjord in 1989.<ref name="FO97" />{{rp|395}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Actor – Hvalfangstmuseet |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/southern-actor/ |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Hvalfangstmuseet.no}}</ref> Museum's Wharf ("Museumsbrygga") was established in 1995 and both the ''[[Gaia ship]]'' and ''Southern Actor'' were placed at the wharf.<ref name="FO97" />{{rp|394}} There are six protected buildings in Sandefjord as of 2008: City Museum (Bymuseet), Maritime Museum (Sjøfartsmuséet), and the three farms Elverhøy, Nordby, and Auve farms. The city's oldest house, which is located at Skippergaten 6 and was built in 1667, is also one of the city's protected structures.<ref name="RD" />{{rp|258}} The City Museum and Maritime Museum, along with [[Sandefjord Museum]], are the three museums found in Sandefjord. Sandefjord Museum is among the world's largest whaling museums.<ref name="IT94" />{{rp|104}}<ref name="TS" />{{rp|140}} It was established in 1917 and was a gift to the city from [[Lars Christensen]].<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|314–315}}
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