Friday, May 8 | Day Trip | $ 95.00 per person
If you have any questions, please contact the Membership Department: membership@whalingmuseum.org or EXT. 153.
FAQs
- Can I bring my friend who is not a member? This trip is available for Museum Members only. Your friend is welcome to become a member to join!
- What is included in the trip price? The price includes transportation via private coach to and from the Peabody Essex Museum, as well as admission to the Museum, and a private curator-led tour.
- Are the tours accessible for people with mobility issues? All public areas of the Peabody Essex Museum are wheelchair accessible, with the exception of their historic houses. They have limited wheelchairs and walkers available, please inform us in advance if you want us to request one for you.
- Are there recommended places to eat nearby or inside the museum? The Museum has a café, but there are many local restaurants nearby. Here are a few suggestions: Witchside Tavern, Rockafellas Restaurant, Olde Main Street Pub, Gula Gula Café, and The Tavern
- Is this trip refundable if I cancel? This trip is non-refundable.
Members’ Day Trip: Peabody Essex Museum
Friday, May 8 | Day Trip | $ 95.00 per person
Join the New Bedford Whaling Museum for a day trip to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Enjoy a private curator-led tour of the exhibition Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone, plus free time to explore the museum, have lunch, and visit Salem. Travel with a member of our curatorial and membership team and connect with fellow Museum members on this special outing.
About the Exhibition
Edmonia Lewis became the first sculptor of Black and Indigenous (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Beginning her career in Boston in 1863, she traveled to Rome in 1866 to join the leading American sculptors of her generation, breaking international, racial and gender barriers. Discover the first museum exhibition of its kind to gather the full range of Lewis’s art alongside works by her contemporaries and the generations of artists she influenced. Together these 115 objects foreground Lewis’s life and work within her worlds and reveal her true mastery of marble. Your tour of this exhibition will be led by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Ph.D., The George Putnam Curator of American Art and Lydia Peabody, Curator at Large.
See the PEM website for more information about this can’t miss exhibition.
Itinerary
7:45 am: Meet at the NBWM plaza
8:00 am: Depart via private coach
10:00 am*: Arrive at Peabody Essex Museum
- Curator-Led Tour of Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone exhibition
- Self-Guided Museum exploration
- Lunch and Free time
3:00 pm: Depart Salem
5:30 pm*: Arrive back in New Bedford
*time subject to change based on traffic patterns
