What's Happening
COMMON GROUND: ARTS & CULTURE COMMUNITY STORIES
Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm
We invite you to a special program offered in concert with our Common Ground exhibition, where we hear from storytellers and invite you to reflect on and share your own connections to the SouthCoast. The event begins with stories in the Cook Memorial Theater, followed by a cocktail reception with lite bites and access to the exhibition space.
CRANBERRY BOG WALK
Saturday, April 8 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Explore a local cranberry bog in Marion and take in the spectacular views of 23-acres of bogs surrounded by small ponds and upland forests. White Eagle supports a rich diversity of habitats including upland pine, mixed hardwood forest, shrub and wooded swamp, freshwater marsh and cranberry bogs. The White Eagle property and surrounding land make up a 482-acre contiguous parcel of land that is home to several rare and threatened species including the Easter Box Turtle, the Spotted Turtle and the Water-will Stem Borer (a type of moth).
A TITANIC EVENT
Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 11:30 am
oin us on April 16th for a special anniversary screening of James Cameron’s TITANIC with pre-show food and activities inspired by the film. Hosted in collaboration with New Bedford Film Society and New Bedford Food Tours. The Whaling Museum doors open at 11:30 AM with pre-show programming and activities. Grab a period inspired snack provided by Scuttlebutt Coffee House, listen to a live violinist, and search for the “Heart of the Ocean” necklace in a scavenger hunt. Costumes Encouraged!
READING AMERICAN LANDSCAPES: WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN SCENE WITH NAOMI SLIPP
Thursday, April 20 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Chief Curator Naomi Slipp, as she discusses the museum’s current exhibition, Re/Framing the View: Nineteenth-Century American Landscapes. Naomi will discuss how women of the nineteenth-century were faced with limited opportunities presented during their lifetimes, but how some carved out successful careers as professional artists painting landscapes and still lifes.
DUNHAM’S BROOK CONSERVATION AREA WALK
Saturday, April 22 | 10:30 am - 12:00 am
This “Spring Awakening walk” at Dunham's Brook Conservation Area will highlight a range of diverse natural habitats. The trailhead crosses a small meadow before entering an extensive wet forest, a portion of which contains a beautiful boardwalk and provides excellent bird watching. The trail then rises onto a ridge which opens to a corn field and oak-holly forests. Although, the corn field is no longer in operation, it is now covered with winter rye as a way to revitalize the tired soil.
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Permanent Gallery spotlight
Whales Today
An exhibition dedicated to the science and behavior of whales, their cultural impact, the current threats to their survival, and empowering all to support conservation efforts.
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