who are paid a percentage based on the quantity of oil returned -- a precursor to the "lay" system of wages used in later whaling voyages. Early map of Nantucket, Courtesy: Nantucket Historical ...

The fascinating new documentary "Fathaigh na Farraige" dives into Ireland's little-known whaling history. There are 26 different species of whale and dolphin in Irish waters, ranging from the ...

Harbor museum chronicles an early, influential American industry, one that helped Long Island ports grow, but one that's ...

New Bedford Whaling Museum will have four new collections on display this year, including one that reckons with its own ...

COLLABORATION Authors Alice Kinsella and Daniel Wade, pictured on The Mall in Castlebar with their book, ‘Wake of the Whale’.

New Bedford Whaling Museum chief curator joins us to discuss the exhibit 'Complicated Legacies: Museum History, White Supremacy, and Sculpture,' the legacy of artists and the conversations the museum ...

The Nantucket Historical Association will begin a restoration project in its whaling museum’s Hadwen and Barney Candle ...

The “725 Art Show” was originally conceived by the late Elinor and Bob McDade. It was an annual exhibit restricted to resident Sag Harbor artists (“725” refers to the original Sag Harbor telephone ...

The installation represents the whale’s mythological significance and Boston’s whaling history from the 19th century. COURTESY OF HANNAH BOUTIETTE Pedro Alonzo, an independent curator specializing in ...

From Oct. 11 to Sept. 7, 2025, discover a stunning collection of natural wonders at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and Old Dartmouth Historical Society's latest exhibition, "From the Depths ...