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AHA New
Bedford
AHA! (Art, History & Architecture) is New Bedford's free Downtown
Cultural Night and collaborative cultural organization with 42
downtown venue partners.
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Artworks!
384 Acushnet Ave, New Bedford
Located in an historic 130 year old building in downtown New Bedford,
four floors are filled with galleries, classrooms, a ceramic studio,
teen arts center, and an audio-visual computer lab.
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Buttonwood Park
Zoo
425 Hawthorn Street, New Bedford
Buttonwood Park Zoo is a 10 acre zoo feature over 30 exhibits and more
than 200 animals, including elephants, bison, cougars, bears, river
otters, lynx and farm animals.
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Ernestina
10 State Pier, New Bedford
The Schooner Ernestina is the only surviving 19th century Essex- built
Grand Banks fishing schooner and the only surviving sailing
transatlantic packet schooner to carry immigrants to America.
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Fire Museum
51 Bedford Street (Corner of Sixth Street), New Bedford
The museum is an authentic fire house and features restored vehicles,
uniforms to try on, bells to ring, and poles to slide down. Old Fire
Station No. 4 was built in 1867 and was possibly the oldest
continuously working fire station in the country until 1979.
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Fort
Taber Park & Military Museum
1000c Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford
Located on Clark's Point at New Bedford's southern-most tip, this
47-acre park features important historical landmarks, as the site's
former use as a military reservation dates back to the American
Revolution.
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Gallery
X
169 William Street, New Bedford
Gallery X is a contemporary, cooperative art gallery of Visual,
Performing and Literary artist members and volunteers. This former
church building has been transformed by Gallery X into two exhibition
spaces: the Main Gallery upstairs and the Frederick Douglass Gallery
located on the lower level.
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New
Bedford Art Museum
608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford
The New Bedford Art Museum engages the public in experiencing,
understanding and appreciating art.
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New
Bedford National Park Service
33 William Street, New Bedford
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is the only national park
site dedicated to preserving and interpreting America's nineteenth
century whaling story.
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New Bedford Preservation Society
388 County Street, New Bedford
Promoting restoration and preservation of New Bedford's historic structures and offering both guided and self-guided walking tours.
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New Bedford
Symphony Orchestra
Zeiterion, 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford
Founded in 1915, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (NBSO) is one of
the oldest regional orchestras in the United States performing the
full range of the world’s great classical and new music
repertoire.
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Ocean
Explorium
174 Union Street, New Bedford
The Ocean Explorium consists of a series of living aquatic
environments, interactive exhibits and numerous outreach
initiatives.
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Rotch-Jones-Duff House Garden & Museum
396 County Street, New Bedford
Located on a full city block of gardens, this national landmark was
built for whaling merchant William Rotch, Jr. in 1834. Designed by
Richard Upjohn, the House is one of the finest surviving examples of
residential Greek Revival architecture.
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Seamen's
Bethel
15 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford
The Seaman's Bethel was immortalized as the "Whaleman's Chapel" by
Herman Melville in his classic novel Moby-Dick. Built between 1831 and
1832, the Bethel continues to this day as a house of prayer and
standing memorial to those New Bedford whalemen, and now fishermen,
who have lost their lives at sea.
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University
Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Star
Store
715 Purchase Street, New Bedford
The Star Store is home to a number of impressive exhibition spaces -
most notably the University Art Gallery.
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Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society
The purpose of the society is to provide an organizational framework
within which individuals, institutions, schools, community groups,
industry and commercial organizations, and the public sector will
collaborate in an effective manner to promote and enhance the Sister
City relationship established between Fairhaven/New Bedford and
Tosashimizu, Japan on December 2, 1987.
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Working Waterfront
New Bedford is a famous old whaling port continues to earn its living
from the sea. Herman Melville shipped out of this port in 1841; the
experience inspired him to write Moby-Dick. Today, New Bedford is an
authentic seaport city with a large fishing fleet and working
waterfront.
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Zeiterion
684 Purchase Street, New Bedford
The mission of the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center is to provide New
Bedford and the region with performing arts programming of excellence
that inspires, educates, engages and entertains.
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