The New Bedford Whaling Museum, which sees more than 80,000 visitors a year, is planning to expand its campus with a new ...

Researchers are pouring over old whaling-ship logs at the Providence Public Library to see if the records can help us ...

"An essential destination and an economic driver for the region, the museum is the largest cultural organization south of Boston and an anchor of New England's SouthCoast." The Whaling Museum ...

“Covering the period 1790 to 1910 with most of the data from the 1840s to sixties, which was the heyday of New England whaling. We can compare that to modern-day observations that we get from ...

Chowder is taken very seriously in New Bedford as our reader's poll named their favorite. Here's a recap of the most-read ...

and the oldest wooden commercial whaling vessel still afloat. Ship logbooks of its many whale hunting voyages, along with hundreds of others from New England, may provide a treasure island for ...

in all New England.” New Bedford, near where Melville embarked on his inspirational whaling voyage on Jan. 3, 1841, has never forgotten. The New Bedford Whaling Museum hosts a 25-hour “read-a ...

If you can't choose between relaxing beaches and forest hikes, get the best of both worlds in this small coastal city in ...