A new installation by artist Nancy Train Smith is viewable from the San Francisco Room deck.
Images of New Bedford and Fairhaven from the permanent collection.
William Bradford as artist, innovator, adventurer, observer of history, culture and science.
A selection of Rena Bass Forman's prints taken from her trip in 2006 to the West coast of Greenland.
Marine models viewed as a true decorative art form. Collections of the past, present and future.
Beautiful glass lighting, including the renowned Pairpoint “puffy” and reverse-painted table lamps, together with art glass made locally by the Mt. Washington Glass Company.
This exhibit highlights the men, matériel and activities aboard a whaling vessel.
Grab your passport and experience the diversity of cultures encountered by whalers as they travel the world.
A sumptuous exhibition of the best, most representative, and most compelling curiosities of our vast scrimshaw holdings.
A multi-media experience about prominent merchant, philanthropist, community leader, civil rights advocate and abolitionist Captain Paul Cuffe (1759 - 1817).
Connections between New Bedford and Cape Verde, the unique characteristics of Cape Verdean culture, and the special legacy of that culture and history here in New Bedford.
Chronicling Azorean/American cultural exchange in the 19th century.
The story of human interactions with whales would be incomplete without discussing today's scientific work.
Climb aboard an 89-foot, half-scale model of the Bark Lagoda, built inside the Bourne Building in 1915.
Outdoor Sculptures, Contemporary Sculptors Respond to the Whaling Museum Collections
Come learn about the four whale skeletons at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Explores the human fascination with whales and the history of whaling.
The full spectrum of whaling weaponry devised in the 19th century, from classic harpoons to massive guns, providing new insight into the greatest big-game hunt ever pursued by man.
A full size replica of a ship's Forecastle. Come and see what its like to live on a whaling ship's close quarters!
