New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

The New Bedford's Fishing Heritage Center has a busy month in May. Laura Orleans discussed future programs.

The Center hosts a staged reading of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'

The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center has a new exhibit showcasing the 'Fisherman's Strike of 1985-6'

Laura Orleans of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center updates WBSM's Jim Phillips on upcoming events, including the Seafood Throwdown at Custom House Square Downtown on July 27th. Townsquare Sunday with Jim Phillips can be heard each Sunday at 6am on WBSM 1420 and WBSM...

The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center would like commercial fishermen to submit any original photos for a new exhibit, “Taken Out to Sea,” which will open June 8.

The Working Waterfront Festival returns to the working piers of New Bedford, the nation’s most valuable fishing port, on Saturday, September 23, 2017.  This free, family friendly event celebrates the history and culture of New England's commercial fishing industry in a way that is authentic, hands-on, and educational...

The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center will host a Seafood Throwdown on AHA! Night, on Thursday, September 8. This event will be in collaboration with the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Mass in Motion New Bedford, and the New Bedford Farmer’s Market.

The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center will open its new location at 38 Bethel Street with a public celebration on June 25.

It was sad news to hear the Working Waterfront Festival will become a biennial event. For 12 years, this unique attraction brought visibility to the commercial fishing industry and provided a the industry an opportunity to tell its story to the public...

Alma del Mar Charter School fourth graders are getting  first-hand knowledge of our local commercial fishing industry with the help from the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. Since March, Executive Director Laura Orleans has been a “scholar in residence,” teaching  Alma scholars about the skills folklorists like her use to learn about and document local culture...