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Battleship Cove announced that it will merge with the Marine Museum at Fall River around the corner to become a unified waterfront campus.

This Saturday, several museums and historical sites across southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island will offer free entry as part of Museum Day Live!, an annual celebration sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine.

BOSTON (AP) — The New Bedford Whaling Museum has put together a digital list of all the men who set sail on whaling voyages out of the port to help people researching family history. The list contains the names of more than 127,000 sailors as young as 10 and as old as 70 who set sail from 1809 until 1927...

The museum at Battleship Cove is hosting a clam boil fundraiser from 5:30 to 7:30pm on Sunday, June 26.  It will be held on the back portion of the USS Massachusetts to benefit the restoration of the Huey Helicopter.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is looking for new volunteers who are willing to donate their time, interest, and energy to help the museum in any way possible and to advance the understanding of the whaling industry and the unique history of New Bedford.

The Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society is recruiting tour guides for its summer season, at both the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Museum at 11 Cherry Street in Fairhaven, and the Manjiro Trail.

The new Ron Howard film, "In the Heart of the Sea" is a movie that delves deep into the history of whaling in New England and one that ultimately led to herman Mellvilles' novel "Moby-Dick."

Emily Bryant, Curator of Education and Volunteers at Battleship Cove, visits the "Phil Paleologos Show" to discuss their upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations.

New Bedford has successfully survived its first pirate invasion in centuries.

An insurance mix-up is to blame for the three-week closure of the Fort Taber/Fort Rodman Military Museum. Museum Vice President Bob Bromley says the building that houses the museum also houses the Low Tide Yacht Club, and both organizations have shared insurance policies for a number of years...