by Manager Port Society | Sep 4, 2025 | Places of Interest
The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center is dedicated to telling the story of America’s largest commercial fishing port. Through exhibits, programs, and events, the Center celebrates the lives and work of fishermen and their families while preserving the city’s rich...
by Manager Port Society | Sep 1, 2025 | Artifacts
One of the most iconic aspects of the Seamen’s Bethel is our famous pulpit in the Whaleman’s Chapel, but did you know that wasn’t always the case? In John Houston’s 1956 adaptation of the movie Moby Dick, a pulpit fashioned after the...
by Manager Port Society | Sep 1, 2025 | Artifacts
This Aaron Willard Jr. Gallery clock not only tells time, but an interesting story as well! Built in Roxbury Massachusetts, this clock built by Aaron Willard Jr. was presented to the New Bedford Port Society in 1833 by Lieutenant Josiah Sturgis, Captain of the USRC...
by Manager Port Society | Sep 1, 2025 | Artifacts
On February 24th, 1989, a New Bedford scalloper named Michele and Annette began to sink roughly forty miles southeast of Beach Haven, New Jersey. The eight crewmembers sent out a distress signal and escaped via life raft as they waited for help to arrive. Before the...
by Manager Port Society | Sep 1, 2025 | Artifacts
It’s no secret New Bedford is the number one commercial fishing port in the world and it’s only thanks to our numerous fishing vessels that we’ve earned such a title. Unfortunately not every vessel returns to our harbor though and we owe our...
