From Pursuit to Preservation: The History of Human Interaction with Whales
Explains and explores the human fascination with whales and the history of whaling in New Bedford and in a global context
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Working Waterfront, Photographic Portraits
This exhibit focuses on local shoreside workers and their jobs, photos by Phillip Mello.
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Classic Whaling Prints
This exhibit traces the most important and most influential pictorial images of whaling through four centuries..
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Sea & Sky: Atmospheric Explorations by William Bradford and Other Marine Artists
exhibit probes the interaction of the sea and the sky as seen in the forms and colors of clouds. READ MORE

Dutch Whaling in the Golden Age
Old Master paintings and prints, sumptuous decorative arts, exquisite navigation instruments and rare natural history specimens.
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British Paintings & Scrimshaw
A splendid array of paintings, prints, illustrated shipboard journals, and scrimshaw...many of the finest pieces in the world.
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New Bedford Art Glass
A beautiful and diverse collection representing the major styles of Mount Washington, Blackmer, Pairpoint, Smith Brothers, and Gunderson art glass
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KOBO
He's Big & Beautiful. Come learn about our famous blue whale, Kobo!
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The Lagoda
Come aboard the world's largest ship model!
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Portraits of a Port
Museum classics return! See whaling history in its prime featuring the finest examples of scrimshaw anywhere.
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The FORECASTLE
A full size replica of a ship's FORECASTLE. Come and see what its like to live on a whaling ship's close quaters!
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