Tag: New Bedford Whaling Museum
MassDevelopment provides $15M for whaling museum expansion
NEW BEDFORD – A $15 million tax-exempt bond issued by MassDevelopment will support a major expansion of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, including the...
New Bedford Whaling Museum seeing significant visitor increases
NEW BEDFORD – The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s visitation numbers have seen some substantial increases of late, including having its highest visitor count in...
Four BIPOC-led nonprofits receive $50K from SouthCoast Community Foundation
NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation awarded $50,000 in total grants to four local nonprofits through the foundation’s leadership equity fund.
The funding was...
U.S. District Court in Providence paring back amid coronavirus; other closings,...
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island on Friday announced steps to mitigate spread of the coronavirus, including closing...
BayCoast Bank to host summit discussing wealth and wellness
SWANSEA – BayCoast Bank plans to host a Wealth and Wellness Summit meeting, an all-day event on Sept. 13 in New Bedford, focusing on...
Turner named director of education at New Bedford Whaling Museum
NEW BEDFORD – Hiring from within, the New Bedford Whaling Museum appointed Christina Turner director of education.
Amanda McMullen, president and CEO, said in a...
Whaling museum curator’s book nominated for national award
NEW BEDFORD – “O’er the Wide and Tractless Sea: Original Art of the Yankee Whale Hunt,” written by Michael P. Dyer, curator of maritime...
New Bedford Whaling Museum curator wins maritime research award
NEW BEDFORD – Michael P. Dyer, curator of maritime history at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, was awarded the John Gardner Maritime Research Award...
America’s longest painting reintroduced by New Bedford Whaling Museum
NEW BEDFORD – The longest painting in America will be on display this summer through two exhibitions by the New Bedford Whaling Museum, according...
New whaling museum online database puts research, documents in one spot
NEW BEDFORD – Whaling-history buffs can now find archival ship logbooks, crew lists and voyage information at WhalingHistory.org, a whaling-history database developed by the...
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