whaling

When you think of New Bedford museums you undoubtedly think of the Whaling Museum. It is one of the most visited sites in the city and tells the history of an industry that put our corner of the world on the international map. Most of us have taken the token school field trip to the Whaling Museum or brought the kids on a rainy, summer day just to get out of the house, but it is not the only museu

It has the distinction of being one of the oldest buildings on Centre Street in New Bedford and it could now be your new home.

How many of these Jeopardy questions about the SouthCoast can you answer correctly?

The one-room schoolhouse once attended by the first Japanese person to live in America.

There are two new exhibits up and running in New Bedford and both have light as part of their theme.

A former volunteer announced that he plans to keep the event running this year.

On Thursday, July 20, at 7 p.m., the Westport Free Public Library will host a special presentation on a whaling art history book.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum received a $25,000 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to publish "The Art of the Yankee Whale Hunt" by the museum's senior maritime historian Michael Dyer.

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 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."