New Bedford Whaling Museum

Local nameNew Bedford Whaling Museum
LocationNew Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history of the international whaling industry and the "Old Dartmouth" region in the South Coast of Massachusetts. The museum is governed by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, and its collections include over 750,000 items, including 3,000 pieces of scrimshaw and 2,500 logbooks from whaling ships, both of which are the largest collections in the world. The museum's complex consists of several contiguous buildings housing 20 exhibit galleries and occupying an entire city block within the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.

The museum also houses a collection of fine art, including works by major American artists who lived or worked in the New Bedford area, such as Albert Bierstadt, William Bradford, and Albert Pinkham Ryder, as well as a collection of locally produced decorative art, glassware, and furniture associated with the rise of New Bedford as a whaling port in…

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford_Whaling_Museum

Official Website http://whalingmuseum.org/

Phone 508-997-0046

Address 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740, USA

Coordinates 41°38'6.747" N -70°55'23.346" E

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