Admission
Museum members and children under 6 free.
Group rates by appointment. Adults $10, senior citizens and students $9, children (6–14) $6. Museum is fully accessible.
Directions

Hours
Daily, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. every second Thursday of the month.
Museum Research Library
791 Purchase Street, New Bedford
Admission: members free, non-members $10


The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest museum in America devoted to the history of the American whaling industry and its greatest port. Through exhibits, publications, and programs, the Museum brings to life the whaling era and the history of the local area. It houses the most extensive collection of art, artifacts, and manuscripts pertaining to American whaling in the age of sail - late eighteenth century to the early twentieth, when sailing ships dominated merchant trade and whaling.

18 Johnny Cake Hill | New Bedford, MA | 02740-6398 | Tel. (508) 997-0046
Fax: (508) 997-0018 | Library Fax: (508) 207-1064

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