New Bedford Whaling Museum

New Bedford AHA! Night features July family events, free Whaling Museum entry, a downtown scavenger hunt, and live music.

New Bedford welcomes the Portuguese Tall Ship Sagres this July. Explore the historic harbor event schedule, free public vessel tours, and top SouthCoast summer community festival listings.

Downtown New Bedford hosts a free Pride block party on June 11 for AHA! Night. Events feature a street festival, local drag shows, live jazz, and a unique museum contradance.

AHA! Night returns to New Bedford with free preservation-themed events, museum activities, historic tours and Whaleman statue restoration.

AHA! Night returns to New Bedford with Project Planet theme, featuring parade, art exhibits, climate programs and downtown events on April 9.

New Bedford Film Festival 2026 showcases 100+ films, global entries, panel discussions, and youth filmmaking challenges across multiple city venues.

Richard Reeves will speak in New Bedford about the education gap, boys falling behind, and solutions like later school starts and pre-K reform.

AHA! Night returns to downtown New Bedford Feb. 12 with indoor arts, storytelling, music, museum events, and free activities at the Zeiterion and Whaling Museum.

Explore Heidi Whitman’s haunting new art installation "Ahab’s Head: American Vengeance" at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Celebrate Halloween at the New Bedford Whaling Museum with crafts, a movie, and a costume parade perfect for kids and families.