Pinniped Lecture Series: Navy Asks: What Changes Seal Behavior in the Wild? with Monica DeAngelis

Pinniped Lecture Series: Navy Asks: What Changes Seal Behavior in the Wild? with Monica DeAngelis, Naval Underwater Warfare Center Thursday, October 21, 2021 6:00 p.m. Free via Zoom Registration Required - Register ......More

Pinniped Lecture Series: Navy Asks: What Changes Seal Behavior in the Wild? with Monica DeAngelis, Naval Underwater Warfare Center Thursday, October 21, 2021 6:00 p.m. Free via Zoom Registration Required - Register HERE The US Navy is continually working to understand protected marine resources in the areas where it operates. As part of that effort, the Navy is conducting a multi-year research project in the Northeast to learn about the health status of harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus) seal populations, and how they interact with their marine environment. This research is an important step in determining what factors might change the behavior of seals in the region. Join Monica DeAngelis, marine mammal biologist and Principal Investigator for the study, and Whaling Museum Associate Curator of Science and Research Robert Rocha for an informative discussion of monitoring efforts conducted in Rhode Island and New York, as well as preliminary results from aerial surveys and satellite tagging efforts conducted in 2021. Monica DeAngelis is a marine mammal biologist with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) with over twenty-seven years of experience in this field. Prior to joining NUWC in 2016, she supported NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service in marine mammal research and policy (1994-2016). Ms.DeAngelis has extensive knowledge of passive and active acoustics and underwater noise impacts to marine mammals. She has worked on environmental compliance issues for the military, including the Navy, and was awarded a Gold Medal from the Department of Commerce for Personal and Professional Excellence in 2014 for her work on vessel collisions with whales. Ms. DeAngelis  is the Principal Investigator conducting a behavioral response study on seals along the U.S. East Coast, a Co-Principal Investigator on pinniped tagging efforts investigating movements of seals near Navy Ranges, and Co-Principal Investigator investigating underwater explosions on the marine mammal melon. During her career she has also co-authored several publications on marine mammals.

dNB's. All Treats, No Tricks!

Join us for a free, family-friendly Halloween event in dNB! Kids, get your costumes on and grab an adult for trick-or-treat fun at local dNB businesses! Live DJ set with Anj Kepinski in Wing's Court! Plus more spooky surprises throughout dNB! Stay tuned for m......More

Join us for a free, family-friendly Halloween event in dNB! Kids, get your costumes on and grab an adult for trick-or-treat fun at local dNB businesses! Live DJ set with Anj Kepinski in Wing's Court! Plus more spooky surprises throughout dNB! Stay tuned for more details & candy stop map! Help us spread the word! RSVP & share with a friend! (Raindate: Saturday, October 30th, 2-5pm)

Kids and Canvas - Albert Pinkham Ryder Themed Paint Class

Kids and Canvas Sunday, October 24 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Exhibition Viewing 11:00 am - Painting Class Tickets: $25 Advanced Purchase Required. Buy Tickets HERE He......More

Kids and Canvas Sunday, October 24 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Exhibition Viewing 11:00 am - Painting Class Tickets: $25 Advanced Purchase Required. Buy Tickets HERE Hey kiddos! Break away from those screens and unleash your creativity at a fun, no-experience-needed painting class just for kids, ages 5 years and older! Create a one-of-a-kind painting to take home, inspired by the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s latest exhibition, A Wild Note of Longing: Albert Pinkham Ryder and a Century of American Art. See the exhibition then put your creativity caps on as you begin to paint. Painting At Splash New Bedford will provide painting kits and expert instruction, while you enjoy light refreshments and become the artist! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Thank you to our partner! Location: Jacobs Family Gallery

Jacobs Family Gallery

[Concert] Blazing the Trail: Women Lighting the Way

New Bedford Whaling Museum's Lighting the Way: Historic Women of the SouthCoast is proud to be partnering with the Tri-County Symphonic Band for: Blazing the Trail: Women Lighting the Way Held on Sunda......More

New Bedford Whaling Museum's Lighting the Way: Historic Women of the SouthCoast is proud to be partnering with the Tri-County Symphonic Band for: Blazing the Trail: Women Lighting the Way Held on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM Old Rochester Regional High School – Gilbert D. Bristol Auditorium 135 Marion Rd, Mattapoisett, MA 02739 Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door For information about the concert and how to purchase tickets visit: https://historicwomensouthcoast.org/concert/ More Info: https://historicwomensouthcoast.org/concert/ Location: Old Rochester High School - Gilbert D. Bristol Auditorium 135 Marion Rd Mattapoisett MA 02739

Old Rochester High School - Gilbert D. Bristol Auditorium

Look Again - A Visual Thinking Strategies Program

Look Again  A Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Program Tuesdays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Wattles Family Gallery What can we learn by observing art? What can we gain by listening to others? What more can we learn as we take a mome......More

Look Again  A Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Program Tuesdays 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Wattles Family Gallery What can we learn by observing art? What can we gain by listening to others? What more can we learn as we take a moment to take a closer look? Look Again is a participant driven learning and community building activity. Participants will gain perception, critical thinking, listening, language, collaboration, and reflection skills by observing and discussing a piece of artwork.  Join us Tuesdays at 2:00 pm as we look closely at artwork from this summer’s landmark exhibition, A Wild Note of Longing:Albert Pinkham Ryder and A Century of American Art, which brings together major masterworks of New Bedford native, Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). Location: Wattles Family Gallery

Wattles Family Gallery

Bank of America Museums on Us Weekend

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit o......More

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit or debit card with photo ID to gain one free general admission. Cardholder only. Employees: Present your current and valid Corporate ID or proof of employment and a valid photo ID and receive one free general admission. Employee only. Online reservations are not needed for this benefit. You may redeem your benefit at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival.

Bank of America Museums on Us Weekend

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit o......More

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit or debit card with photo ID to gain one free general admission. Cardholder only. Employees: Present your current and valid Corporate ID or proof of employment and a valid photo ID and receive one free general admission. Employee only. Online reservations are not needed for this benefit. You may redeem your benefit at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival.

VIRTUAL -- We Are All WhalersBook Talk with Michael J Moore

We Are All Whalers  Book Talk with Michael J Moore Thursday, November 18, 2021 6:00 p.m. Book Talk (Photo Caption: Carolyn Miller and Michael Moore, WHOI, NOAA Permit # 21371)   Free - Registration Required Register ......More

We Are All Whalers  Book Talk with Michael J Moore Thursday, November 18, 2021 6:00 p.m. Book Talk (Photo Caption: Carolyn Miller and Michael Moore, WHOI, NOAA Permit # 21371)   Free - Registration Required Register HERE With experiences as a marine scientist and the current veterinarian at WoodsHole Oceanographic Institute, Michael J. Moore takes us on a raw, but hopeful journey through the words of his newest publication, We Are All Whalers, as he discusses how we can share in the salvation of marine mammals. Michael’s research has given us insight into the physiology and pathology of imperiled animals, and how we - all of us - are whalers. Learn about the ways we contribute as a society to the effects of trauma through the shipping and fishing industries, how to improve our habits, and implement ways to create lasting conservative efforts to reduce the threat on large whale survival and welfare. Join Michael as he talks about his research, experiences, and current works in this hour-long talk, and purchase a copy of his newest publication, We Are All Whalers. About the book The image most of us have of whalers includes harpoons and intentional trauma. Yet eating commercially caught seafood leads to whales’ entanglement and slow death in rope and nets and the global shipping routes that bring us readily available goods often lead to death by collision. We—all of us—are whalers, marine scientist and veterinarian Michael Moore contends. But we do not have to be. Drawing on over forty years of fieldwork with humpback, pilot, fin, and in particular North Atlantic right whales—a species whose population has declined more than twenty percent since 2017—Moore takes us with him as he performs whale necropsies on animals stranded on beaches, in his independent research alongside whalers using explosive harpoons, and as he tracks injured whales to deliver antibiotics. The whales’ plight is a complex, confounding, and disturbing one. We learn of existing but poorly enforced conservation laws, of perennial (and often failed) efforts to balance the push for fisheries profit versus the protection of endangered species caught by accident. But despite these challenges, Moore’s tale is an optimistic one. He shows us how technology for rope-less fishing and the acoustic tracking of whale migrations make a dramatic difference. And he looks ahead with hope as our growing understanding of these extraordinary creatures fuels an ever-stronger drive for change. Purchase a copy We Are All Whalers HERE. (link to come soon) 

Bank of America Museums on Us Weekend

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit o......More

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit or debit card with photo ID to gain one free general admission. Cardholder only. Employees: Present your current and valid Corporate ID or proof of employment and a valid photo ID and receive one free general admission. Employee only. Online reservations are not needed for this benefit. You may redeem your benefit at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival.

Bank of America Museums on Us Weekend

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit o......More

Bank of America’s Museum on Us Program Customers and employees of Bank of America, and its affiliates, enjoy free admission the first weekend of each month! Customers: Present your active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust) credit or debit card with photo ID to gain one free general admission. Cardholder only. Employees: Present your current and valid Corporate ID or proof of employment and a valid photo ID and receive one free general admission. Employee only. Online reservations are not needed for this benefit. You may redeem your benefit at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival.