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Maritime Sites

New Bedford Whaling
3
National Historical Park,
New Bedford, MA
MAP F4 • 33 William St • 508 996
4095 • Open 9am–5pm daily (Jan–
Mar: closed Mon & Tue • Adm
• www.nps.gov/nebe
In the 19th century, New Bedford
was the world’s leading whaling port.
Many buildings of the era, including
the Seamen’s Bethel chapel men­
Skeleton, Nantucket Whaling Museum tioned in Herman Melville’s Moby-
Dick, have been preserved at this
Nantucket Whaling
1 park. Don’t miss the extraordinary
Museum, Nantucket, MA
scrimshaw carvings and a half­scale
MAP H5 • 13 Broad St • 508 228 1894 whaling ship at the New Bedford
• Open late May–Oct: 10am–5pm Whaling Museum.
daily; call for winter hours • Adm
Penobscot Marine
• www.nha.org 4
Partially set in a former whale­oil Museum, Searsport, ME
refinery and candle factory, this MAP Q3 • 2 Church St • 207 548 2529
museum tells how one small island • Open late May–mid-Oct: 10am–5pm
dominated a lucrative industry for Mon–Sat, noon–5pm Sun • Adm
nearly a century. A 46­ft (14­m) • www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org
sperm whale skeleton suspended Tiny Searsport was home to 10
from the ceiling sets the tone. percent of America’s deep­water
sea captains by the close of the 19th
Mystic Seaport, CT
2 century. Recapture the adventure of
that time with captains’ chests from
MAP D5 • 75 Greenmanville
Ave, Mystic • 860 572 0711 • Open the China Trade, a whale’s jaw, and
Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm daily; Nov: a wall of portraits of some 300
10am–4pm daily; Dec & mid-Feb– Searsport sea captains.
Mar: 10am–4pm Thu–Sun • Adm
Maine Maritime
• www.mysticseaport.org 5
Walk the decks of a tall ship, or see Museum, Bath, ME
carpenters replank a vessel at this MAP P4 • 243 Washington St
“museum of America and the sea.” • 207 443 1316 • Open 9:30am–5pm
Mystic Seaport replicates a daily • Adm • www.mainemaritime
19th­century coastal village museum.org
with craftspeople plying their Ships have been built at the
trades, historic vessels, and mouth of the Kennebec
a working shipyard. River for more than three
Tall ship, Mystic Seaport

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