A Whale of a Spring Clean ; with 21/2 Miles of Scaffolding, 48 Brushes and Ten Vacuum Cleaners, a Museum's Prize Exhibit Gets a Monster Makeover

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FOR the first time in 12 years, the Natural History Museum in London, is giving its prized 115-year-old blue whale skeleton a spring clean.

It is covered in a thick layer of dust which will take eight specialists, working along 21/2 miles of scaffolding, three weeks of cleaning to remove.

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A Whale of a Spring Clean ; with 21/2 Miles of Scaffolding, 48 Brushes and Ten Vacuum Cleaners, a Museum's Prize Exhibit Gets a Monster Makeover

They will use ten special vacuum cleaners, 48 soft bristle brushes and 328ft o...