Digital Collection
CONTACT
web@whalingmuseum.org
(501) 997-0046 x131
Existing and emerging digital technologies affect how we envision and deliver our collections. Digital Engagement at the Museum develops and collaborates on projects that seek to reach a wider audience.
- Create and use tools that support digital access and scholarly activities.
- Integrate digital tools and methods with traditional scholarly research.
- Create shared spaces, both virtual and physical, where research and learning can take place.
Project Links
A hypertext, annotated edition of Herman Melville’s work The Encantadas; or, Enchanted Isles (1856) that aims to create a simple, direct reading/teaching interface.
Explore more digital content on: Flickr, Digital Commonwealth, and Internet Archive
Online Collections

New Bedford Whaling Museum Online Collections Database
The library holdings consist of 18,000 published titles in ten languages documenting American and international whaling history, voyages and travels, exploration, natural and local history.