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Press Releases
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2021 Press Releases
01.04.21 Whaling Museum’s 25th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon Moves Online Jan 8-10, 2021
2020 Press Releases
10.20.20 Whaling Museum offers half-price admission to New Bedford residents
10.19.20 Whaling Museum offers free admission to Westport and Dartmouth residents
10.13.20 Nautical photographer Onne van der Wal returns to Whaling Museum’s Sailors’ Series
10.08.20 Whaling Museum exhibition brings together historic and contemporary masterworks
10.07.20 Lighting the Way Votes campaign covers how, when, where, and why to vote
09.09.20 Live online concert to feature mosaic of melodies from around the world
09.08.20 Online talk to reveal industrial evolution of Port of New Bedford in photos
08.27.20 Virtual Panel Discussion on Women of Color Organizing for Social justice and Equality
08.03.20 Whaling Museum to unveil public art honoring local historic women
06.30.20 New Bedford Whaling Museum Plans for Reopening
06.24.20 Lighting the Way adds 100th historic woman of the SouthCoast on June 25
06.08.20 Common Ground: A Community Mosaic asks, “What’s your story?”
06.05.20 New Bedford Whaling Museum supports local teachers and frontline workers
06.03.20 Monumental book is first in three decades about beloved New Bedford artist
04.30.20 Whaling Museum’s Sailors’ Series moves online
04.20.20 Call for online community participation in public art project
03.30.20 New Bedford Whaling Museum Releases ‘Museum from Home’ Activities Online
03.13.20 New Bedford Whaling Museum Announces Closure in Response to Coronavirus Concern
03.08.20 Navy Day at Whaling Museum highlights ocean research efforts
03.02.20 Whaling Museum, YWCA showcase works of art inspired by historic SouthCoast women
02.19.20 Maritime Weekend highlights history, lore, and beauty of maritime art and antiques
02.18.20 Youth Voices for the Ocean exhibition raises ocean conservation awareness
02.06.20 Application Period Open for Educators to Participate in Moby-Dick Teaching Institute
02.05.20 Whaling Museum’s Sailors’ Series features adventures at sea
02.03.20 Whaling Museum hosts Art Week during February vacation
01.28.20 New book: The Voices of Marine Mammals
01.23.20 New Bedford Whaling Museum opens second exhibition in Cabo Verde
2019 Press Releases
11.18.19 Whaling Museum Seeks New Museum Guides
10.17.19 Whaling Museum’s Moby-Dick Marathon returns January 3-5, 2020
10.17.19 A 1920s Mystery Affair is a who-dun-it for teens, and by teens
10.09.19 Event will link educators with people and programs at Whaling Museum
10.03.19 Sailors’ Series speaker to explore rich heritage of Azorean Whaleboat
10.02.19 Emily T. Mead is Whaling Museum’s new Director of Philanthropy
09.12.19 Portraits of a City takes an intimate look at turn of the century New Bedford
09.05.19 Symposium to focus on Dutch Golden Age Art, Climate, Culture, and Innovation
07.25.19 Harnessing the Wind features music inspired by summer, wind and waves
07.19.19 De Wind is Op! Lecture looks at climate, culture, and innovation in Dutch maritime painting
07.02.19 Party for the Ocean headlines slate of Whaling Museum family programs
06.24.19 Summer Lighting the Way tours will focus on women who changed history
06.13.19 New Exhibition to Explore Climate, Culture, and Innovation in Dutch Maritime Painting
06.10.19 Exhibition celebrates the Cape Verdean experience
05.29.19 Exhibition and Lecture on Nationally Known Artist Norman Fortier
05.10.19 Exhibition features artwork documenting American maritime legacy
05.02.19 Mother’s Day walking trail tour features historic women of the SouthCoast
04.09.19 Whaling Museum hosts one-of-a-kind dance performance April 28
04.05.19 Symposium to focus on Whaling, World Cultures, and Contemporary Issues
04.02.19 Eat, see, hear like a North Atlantic right whale on April 15 at the Whaling Museum
03.22.19 New Bedford Whaling Museum Receives $1.5 Million Gift
03.07.19 WHOI expert to share discoveries about elusive whale species
03.06.19 Sailors’ Series lecture to focus on research vessel that helped launch modern whale conservation
03.05.19 Young people take center stage for Women’s History Month events at Whaling Museum
02.13.19 Young local writers to ‘light up’ the night in spoken word contest
02.12.19 Tiffany Henriksen is new Manager of Young Adult Programs
01.31.19 Whaling Museum to offer new indoor tours featuring historic women of the SouthCoast
01.30.19 Whaling Museum’s February Vacation Week features Paul Cuffe Day and free “Whales Today” fun
01.18.19 Whaling Museum is Offering Free Admission to Federal Workers
2018 Press Releases
12.26.18 Whaling Museum’s Annual Moby-Dick Marathon Coming Soon
11.08.18 New Bedford Whaling Museum names Christina Turner as Director of Education
10.24.18 Film A Plastic Ocean reveals the newest science in a crisis with global stakes
10.18.18 SouthCoast Film Forum brings America’s longest-running film festival to New Bedford
10.09.18 Archeologist, historian to speak about 20th century Arctic fur trade
10.04.18 Spooky Science of the Sea – October 27 at the Whaling Museum
09.19.18 Smithsonian paleontologist to speak about the past, present and future of whales
09.13.18 Manhattan Short Film Festival Comes to New Bedford Whaling Museum
09.12.18 Expert to share research on historic Indian mariners
09.05.2018 New Park and Exhibition Honor Captain Paul Cuffe
08.13.2018 Whaling Museum Seeks New Museum Guides
08.02.2018 Make your own crankie or mini-panorama at free Whaling Museum workshop
08.01.2018 Party for the Ocean – Monday, August 13 at Whaling Museum
07.24.2018 Whaling Museum experts explain the significance of America’s longest painting
07.11.2018 Ujifusa lecture to feature remarkable characters and incredible stories
07.02.2018 New Bedford Whaling Museum Resurrects America’s Longest Painting
07.02.2018 New Bedford Whaling Museum to feature SouthCoast Artist in exhibition
06.21.2018 Lighting the Way: Historic Women of the SouthCoast Launches July 12
06.21.2018 Whaling Museum Curator and Author Wins Maritime Research Award
04.30.2018 Internationally Acclaimed Author, Filmmaker, Broadcaster Philip Hoare to Speak at Whaling Museum
03.29.2018 Coline Jenkins to speak about first Central Park statue to honor women’s history
03.28.2018 Spring Break at the Whaling Museum, April 16 – 20
03.16.2018 Amanda D. McMullen to lead New Bedford Whaling Museum
03.06.2018 World’s Most Comprehensive Whaling History Database Released
02.22.2018 Exhibition features contemporary photography inspired by 19th century landscape painter
02.20.2018 The Second Half and Whaling Museum present afternoons at the movies
02.13.2018 The musical We Did It For You! arrives in New Bedford March 15
02.09.2018 28th annual Sailors’ Series lectures focus on remarkable maritime photography
02.01.2018 Internationally Acclaimed Storyteller Helps Kick off February Vacation Week at the Whaling Museum
01.24.2018 Local History Guild Discussion Series Premieres on AHA! Night February 8, 2018
2017 Press Releases
12.14.2017 Whaling Museum’s Annual Moby-Dick Marathon Will Draw International Audiences
12.7.2017 Call for applications – Summer Institute to help teachers interpret and teach Moby-Dick
11.9.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Apprenticeship Program Receives National Award
11.2.2017 Whaling Museum Historians to Explore America-Asia Relations
10.26.2017 Whaling Museum’s Moby-Dick Marathon Returns January 5-7, 2018
10.03.2017 World experts visit New Bedford for Thou Shalt Knot Symposium
09.27.2017 Manhattan Short Film Festival Comes to New Bedford
09.26.2017 Two new exhibitions explore life of Manjiro Nakahama and America – Japan relations
09.21.2017 Whales Today Lectures explore whale ecology, ocean health, marine mammal conservation
09.20.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum Conducting National Search for Next President
09.20.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum expands Whales Today exhibition
08.30.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum Joins Initiative to Bridge Income Inequality in the Arts
08.17.2017 “Scrimshaw 101” Seminar at the Whaling Museum
08.02.2017 Whaling Museum to receive two grants from National Endowment for the Humanities
07.19.2017 The Sippican Hotel during the Golden Age of Marion
07.17.2017 Symposium to explore Yankee whaling industry as first venture capital business model in USA
07.11.2017 Former Attorney General of Ireland to speak about the Good Friday Agreement and its impact on Brexit
07.07.2017 Party for the Ocean Monday, July 17 – Family Event Explores Ocean Health
07.06.2017 Whaling Art History Book and Exhibition Offer New Perspectives on Life at Sea
07.06.2017 Author of Rowing for My Life to lecture at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
06.28.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum CEO Moving on the New Position in Nantucket
06.14.2017 Thou Shalt Knot Exhibition to Celebrate Clifford W. Ashley
06.13.2017 Whaling Museum Seeks New Volunteers
06.06.2017 Give to the Whaling Museum by Dining at Not Your Average Joe’s in Dartmouth
05.30.2017 Whaling Museum honors Lusophone connections with new Portuguese-language website
05.18.2017 Award-winning Photojournalist Peter Pereira to Exhibit Regional and International Work
05.11.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum 114th Annual Meeting Friday, May 19
05.02.2017 Captain Joshua Slocum: A Man for All Oceans – Book Launch and Exhibition Opening
04.26.2017 Celebrating Sippican: the Golden Age of Marion – Lecture and Exhibition Opening
04.14.2017 Symposium marks revitalization of historic Mariners’ Home and Seamen’s Bethel
04.12.2017 Little Lagoda soon to set sail across Atlantic
03.30.2017 New Bedford Whaling Museum to Host Symposium on one of New Bedford’s Finest 19th Century Artists
03.27.2017 Spring Break at the Whaling Museum, April 17 – 21
02.16.2017 Whaling Museum to Revitalize and Greatly Expand Captain Paul Cuffe Park
01.30.2017 Internationally Acclaimed Storyteller Helps Kick off February Vacation Week at the Whaling Museum
01.19.2017 Spring Lecture Series Dedicated to Storied Adventures at Sea
01.12.2017 Presidential objects bear witness to history
01.3.2017 New Grant Funding for Whaling Museum to Help Local Youth with College Readiness and Success
2016 Press Releases
12.19.2016 Hundreds to gather at New Bedford Whaling Museum for 2017 Moby-Dick Marathon
12.13.2016 NBWM awarded $25,000 grant for new book; Grant from Robert David Lyon Gardiner Foundation
11.16.2016 Whaling Museum looking for multi-lingual, multi-cultural volunteers
11.09.2016 Cabo Verdean Minister of Culture, Abraão Vicente, coming to New Bedford
11.07.2016 Free family-friendly event at the Whaling Museum to celebrate one hundred years
10.26.2016 Painting by elephants part of Timeless Toys exhibit at Whaling Museum
10.17.2017 The “Haunted Whaleship” Event Returns to the Whaling Museum October 29
10.05.2016 New program in schools brings science to life for New Bedford students – All About Whales
10.03.2016 Illustrated Seminar “Scrimshaw 101” at the Whaling Museum
09.29.2016 Special Centennial Programming at the New Bedford Whaling Museum this Fall
09.21.2016 Exhibition features photographs of early 20th C Norwegian whaling in Co. Mayo Ireland
09.12.2016 Manhattan Short Film Festival to be Hosted by the New Bedford Whaling Museum
09.08.2016 Upcoming Free Lecture – Empowering Muslim Women and Communities: A Personal Story
09.01.2016 New Bedford Whaling Museum names Sarah W. Rose as Vice President, Education and Programs
07.14.2016 “Party for the Ocean”: Free family-friendly event PLUS evening screening of “Sonic Sea” & panel
05.11.2016 Whaling Museum opens new family interactive zone on Sunday, May 22
05.11.2016 Inner Light: The World of William Bradford
05.02.2016 Collaborative Efforts Lead to “Sharing the Seas: Safe Boating for Sailors and Whales”
05.02.2016 Lagoda – World’s largest ship model & its “brick berth” mark 100 years in 2016
04.29.2016 Background on Lagoda/Bourne Building Centennial
04.26.2016 Massachusetts high school students visit Iceland
04.22.2016 New Bedford Whaling Museum hosts 7th Annual Nautical Antiques Show, May 13
04.14.2016 Whaling Museum summer programs and events
04.04.2016 Right Whale Day lets families explore and learn together – Monday, April 18
03.25.2016 New Bedford Whaling Museum to host 28th annual Scrimshaw Weekend, May 13-15, 2016
03.03.2016 Sailors’ Series: A Century of Design & Invention
01.04.2016 Nuno Sá photography exhibition Oásis opens at the Whaling Museum, Jan. 7
01.04.2016 Media Alert Whaling Museum, Cabo Verde Ministry of Culture, City of New Bedford to Reveal International Cultural Partnership Plans
2015 Press Releases
12.03.2015 Innovative Climate Tracking Initiative Launched – Old Weather: Whaling
12.03.2015 ‘Party for the Icebergs’ Free Family-Friendly Event Saturday December 5th at the Museum
11.18.2015 A Christmas Carol at the Whaling Museum
11.13.2015 New film ‘Counting Fish’ debuts on Harvest of the Sea Day, Nov. 22
11.02.2015 Whaling Museum issues multiple RFPs for exhibit expansion, campus enhancements
10.23.2015 “Heart of the Sea” Lecture Series to be offered Whaling Museum, Nov. 3-17
10.05.2015 Whaling Museum opens new $8 million learning center
09.22.2015 Bristol Community College and Whaling Museum Partner to Host Global Film Festival
09.21.2015 The Schooner Ellenor Anchors Museum’s Bradford Collection
09.18.2015 New Biography Chronicles Famed Yachtsman and Designer C. Raymond Hunt
09.16.2015 Meditation workshop at the Whaling Museum this Sunday Sept. 20
09.15.2015 Second-Half Lecture Series returns to the Whaling Museum
09.09.2015 Whaling Museum to host NY Times Best Selling Author Anthony Amore
08.20.2015 International program brings together two world-renowned maritime institutions
08.12.2015 Robert Rocha assumes presidency of National Marine Educators Association
06.26.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum opens Dr. Gilbert and Frima Shapiro Gallery, July 4
06.03.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum extends hours on ‘Evening Tuesdays’
05.26.2015 Annual meeting day to include dedication of new International Gallery, May 29
05.11.2015 Annual Scrimshaw Weekend to include discussion of controversial bills
05.08.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum earns top nonprofit rating
04.29.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum awarded $50,000 grant to restore famous panorama
04.21.2015 Sailors’ Series focuses on maritime archeology at World Trade Center site, April 23
04.15.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum to establish satellite exhibition space in Cabo Verde
04.12.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum position on Bill H-1275 (pdf)
04.10.2015 “Energy & Enterprise: Industry and the City of New Bedford” opens April 17
03.30.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum kicks-off April vacation week with Right Whale Day celebration!
03.26.2015 Painting with a Splash for Kids is coming to the New Bedford Whaling Museum on April 11
03.24.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum to host 27th annual Scrimshaw Weekend, May 15-17, 2015
o3.23.2015 ‘Schooling With Whales’ Weekend Teachers Workshop, April 18-19, 2015
02.23.2015 Painting with a Splash is coming to the New Bedford Whaling Museum
02.14.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum closed Sunday, February 15
02.10.2015 Feb. 12 Sailors’ Series lecture featuring Llewellyn Howland postponed due to potential snowstorm
02.06.2015 The Voices of Whales: Whaling Museum Receives a Major Gift from WHOI
02.04.2015 Sailors’ Series celebrates 25 years with diverse lineup Feb. 12 – May 7
01.26.2015 New Bedford Whaling Museum closed January 27 & 28
01.23.2015 Presidents’ Day kicks off February vacation programs at the Museum, Feb. 16-20
