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The Old Dartmouth Historical Society

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

The Old Dartmouth Historical Society Explore the history of the Museum, and enjoy displays of locally made art glass and silver, alongside furniture and paintings by resident turn-of-the-century artis

Sailor's nook

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Sailor's nook Imagine living and working on a whaling ship in this pretend-play space with hands-on activities, dress-up clothes, telescopes, play food, stuffed animals, and more. Sit at the desk to w

Kid's Corner

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Kid's Corner Kid’s Corner is a calming play space for our littlest visitors stocked with ocean-themed children’s books (from board books to YA), soft toys, and engaging activities – including a felt o

First Friday: Funk Lab with MonteiroBots

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page First Friday: Funk Lab with MonteiroBots June 5, 2026 This isn’t a typical concert—expect an interactive, community-driven experience where the audience becomes part of the music. Help shap

Filter by Year

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Filter by Year 2025 2024 2023 Visit Page “Entangled in the lines”: Figuring Moby-Dick November 8, 2024 March 9, 2025 This exhibition will display selections from the NBWM’s collection of artwork relat

Exploring Our Ecosystem: Climate Change, Whales, and Us

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Exploring Our Ecosystem: Climate Change, Whales, and Us Learn how watersheds and ecological networks connect people, environment, and plants, explore how human activity and climate change impacts ecol

“Entangled in the lines”: Figuring Moby-Dick

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page “Entangled in the lines”: Figuring Moby-Dick November 8, 2024 March 9, 2025 This exhibition will display selections from the NBWM’s collection of artwork related to Herman Melville and Moby

29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival

Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 AM UTC · Whaling Museum

Enjoy the magic of cinema like never before with theater-quality projection in the Cook Memorial Theater, bringing every frame to life with stunning clarity and vibrant detail. Each short film earns a

Wider World & Scrimshaw

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page Wider World & Scrimshaw June 14, 2024 November 11, 2024 The Wider World & Scrimshaw takes the Museum’s scrimshaw collection (objects carved by whalers on the byproducts of marine mammals) a

WHALE STRANDING: Daniel Ranalli

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page WHALE STRANDING: Daniel Ranalli May 19, 2023 February 19, 2024 Massachusetts artist Daniel Ranalli has been fascinated by the subject of whale strandings since he observed one first hand in

Visit Page

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Up From the Depths: Natural Selections from our Collections

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page Up From the Depths: Natural Selections from our Collections October 11, 2024 October 13, 2025 The collections of the New Bedford Whaling Museum / Old Dartmouth Historical Society are an imp

Traveling Exhibitions

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Traveling Exhibitions Bring the Museum to your venue. Visit

The World of Moby-Dick

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

The World of Moby-Dick High School-CollegeUp to 100 students | 90 minutesOffered Tuesday - Friday Herman Melville walked the streets of New Bedford before leaving on a whaling voyage in 1841 - as did

The Stars that Guide Us: Roy Rossow

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page The Stars that Guide Us: Roy Rossow December 15, 2023 April 21, 2024 The Stars that Guide Us created by New Bedford-based contemporary artist Roy Rossow, represents a significant creative e

The City that Lit the World

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

The City that Lit the World This gallery charts the growth of New Bedford from a small coastal village to a booming city. The whaling industry catalyzed New Bedford's economic growth and shoreside wor

Special Exhibitions

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Special Exhibitions Temporary exhibitions with a start and end date. Visit Permanent Exhibitions These are permanent Museum collections. Visit Upcoming Exhibitions Plan ahead, we do! Visit

Seals and Society

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page Seals and Society Traveling This multi-panel exhibit dives into the daily lives of these specially-adapted animals, with a focus on harbor and gray seals, the two most locally abundant spec

Scrimshaw Art

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Scrimshaw Art Grades: K-8 Scrimshaw was an art form used to help whalers pass the time on long voyages. Try creating your own scrimshaw designs! Explore Activity

Scrimshaw

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Scrimshaw The museum houses the largest collection of scrimshaw in the world. Defined as objects carved by whalers while on shipboard on the byproducts of marine mammals, such as teeth, baleen, and bo

Sailors’ Series: Sailing into Oblivion: 271 Days Alone at Sea

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page Sailors’ Series: Sailing into Oblivion: 271 Days Alone at Sea August 6, 2026 Experience an evening of endurance at the Whaling Museum’s Sailors’ Series! Captain Jerome Rand shares the gripp

Research Resources

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Research Resources Explore topics and finding aids. Read More Search the Collections Search for items in the online database. Read More Rights and Usage Permissions for digital content Read More

Reflect on Ahab’s obsession in Moby-Dick, and ties to American violence and public discourse

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Reflect on Ahab’s obsession in Moby-Dick, and ties to American violence and public discourse

Reading & Research Room

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Reading & Research Room The Museum is pleased to offer on-site access to collections for researchers, students, and community members by appointment. Access is open to all collection areas, including

Proteanna: Susan Heideman

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page Proteanna: Susan Heideman May 29, 2026 November 2, 2026 Artist Susan Heideman (b. 1950) has explored bio-morphic shapes of the ocean’s “in-between entities” for nearly twenty years in her P

Permanent Exhibitions

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Permanent Exhibitions These are permanent Museum collections. Visit

Past Exhibitions

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Past Exhibitions Exhibition archive, occasionally adding new content. Visit Traveling Exhibitions Bring the Museum to your venue. Visit

Overheard Underwater: Perri Lynch Howard

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Overheard Underwater: Perri Lynch Howard May 17, 2025 November 11, 2025

Now and Soon and Somehow Forever

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page Now and Soon and Somehow Forever June 16, 2023 November 26, 2023 Steeped in the histories of global whaling and deeply tied to the objects in the Museum collection, Pettit and Corby poetica

New Ecologies: May Babcock

Sat, Mar 28, 4:00 AM UTC · New Bedford Whaling Museum

Visit Page New Ecologies: May Babcock November 20, 2026 April 18, 2027 Providence based artist May Babcock (b. 1986) is an eco-centric artist that creates paper works and sculptural forms from natural