Education
To help make history inviting and meaningful in everyday life,
the Museum offers a dynamic and diverse schedule of programs targeted
toward teachers and students, local residents and Museum members,
and a national and international visitor constituency.
Our standards-based school programs in the areas of history, language
arts, culture and science directly address Massachusetts Department
of Education Frameworks and are designed to offer hands-on, minds-on
learning opportunities.
Participate in one program and spend a morning at the Museum,
or bring lunch and spend the entire day when you choose to attend
one science program and one history, language arts and culture
program.
We
encourage you to review the programs in our brochure. Discuss
with your colleagues the program(s) that best fit your needs.
Maximize your trip funds by coordinating with a fellow educator
and bringing more than one class or grade. We look forward to
meeting you and your students during the 2009-2010 school year.
New Online Kids' Activity!
"A Whaling Adventure!" uses animation and a combination of historic images, quotes, paintings, illustrations, and audio
clips to introduce young visitors to the whaling story.
Explore a 19th century whaling port and set sail on a whaling voyage around the world!
Click here to begin!
Lagoda Interactive
Due to the temporary closure of the Bourne Building, which houses the replica of the whaleship Lagoda, the museum has developed a web version of the "Lagoda of New Bedford" interactive.
The Lagoda was an important whaleship during the age of American whaling under sail. The 89-foot-long, half-size replica of the Lagoda is the centerpiece of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The model was built in the Museum's Bourne Building, which was constructed specifically to house it in 1916, when the American whaling industry was in its final years. A team of local maritime craftsmen constructed the Lagoda, guided by the advice of local whaling captains.
During the 19th century, local whaling merchant Jonathan Bourne, Jr. owned a fleet of 24 whaling vessels. He rose from store clerk to become one of New Bedford's most successful whaling capitalists. In 1841, he purchased the Lagoda, a merchant vessel that he converted into a whaling bark. She was Bourne's favorite - and most profitable - whaleship.
By the 1840s, whaling was one of America's major industries, and New Bedford became the center of the entire business. The world's largest ship model, the Lagoda remains a lasting symbol of New Bedford's and New England's great maritime past - and of the whaling industry itself.
Click here to begin!
For more information call or email:
Sarah Budlong, Education Assistant
508 997-0046 ext.185
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