The Melville Lyceum is a public forum focused on current scholarship about Herman Melville, his world and the influences of his writing. It is co-sponsored by the Museum and the Melville Society Cultural Project.

These free public lectures focus on current scholarship about Herman Melville, his world and the influences of his writing. This joint project of the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Melville Society Cultural Project is generously sponsored by Baker Books.

Melville enthusiasts, art aficionados, and science lovers from universities, high schools and the general public will learn about some fascinating new scholarship into one of the giants of American literature.