Volunteer Preparatory Course
Spring 2009
Monday, February 23
Welcome
Program and Requirements
Film – The City that Lit the World
Tour New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor's Center
Frank Barrows, Acting Chief of Visitor Services
Monday, March 2
The 4 Xs of Whaling – The History of Global Whaling
Stuart Frank, Senior Curator, NBWM
"Down to the Sea in Ships" excerpts from a silent film
Monday, March 9
New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
Laura Pereira, Librarian
New Bedford Whaling Museum Photo Archives
Michael Lapides, Photo Curator
The Business of Whaling - Anecdotes
Michael Dyer, Maritime Curator, NBWM
Monday, March 16
The History of New Bedford Whaling
Stuart Frank, Senior Curator, NBWM
Monday, March 23
The Bark Lagoda and the whaleboat
Michael Dyer, Maritime Curator, NBWM
A Whaleman's Life
William Wyatt, Docent
The Fo'c'sle
Joseph Bettencourt, Docent
Monday, March 30
Whales
Bob Rocha, Science Programs Manager, NBWM
Whale Conservation/Right Whales
Thomas Flynn, Docent
Monday, April 6
Shipbuilding
Seth Mendell, Docent
New Bedford Domestic Industries and Domestic Life (tentative)
Introduction to Child Development
Sara Meirowitz, Director of Education, NBWM
Monday, April 13
New Bedford Glass
Mary Jean Blasdale, Curator of Collections (ret.)
New Bedford Artists
Mary Jean Blasdale, Curator of Collections (ret.)
Shoreside Industries: Commercial and Mechanical
Michael Dyer, Maritime Curator, NBWM
Monday, April 20
New Bedford and the Story of Whaling (A review of important information)
Seth Mendell, Docent,
Practical Applications: School Programs
Sara Meirowitz, Director of Education and Sarah Budlong, Education Assistant, NBWM
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