Whaling brought together an improbable cast ... But their legacies, largely overlooked in New England history, go far beyond the money they brought home. A revered Quaker, Paul Cuffe founded ...

In whaling’s early years ... lines at some point in their lives — usually lines set for lobster traps in New England — and at least half have been entangled more than once.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum hosts a 25-hour “read-a-thon” each year of Melville’s tome about one captain’s obsession with ...

A GEM OF A FIND THAT WAS A CARPENTER SHOP BACK WHEN WHALING SHIPS WERE BEING BUILT HERE. OUR BUSINESS IS ALL ABOUT LOCAL AND NEW ENGLAND BASED PRODUCTS, SO WE’RE REALLY TRYING TO FIND SMALL ...

the New Bedford Whaling Museum delivers on every front. Nestled in a town immortalized in Moby-Dick (“perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England,” Melville wrote), the museum ...

Organizers of the annual Moby Dick reading marathon in New Bedford say they set a new attendance record this past weekend.

Every year, throngs of book lovers gather for a Moby Dick reading marathon at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, ...