Arts & Culture: Museums

 
Battleship Cove, Fall River
www.battleshipcove.org
Location: [map]   5 Water St.
Fall River, MA 02722



Phone: 508.678.1100
Fax: 508.674.5597
Email: battleship@battleshipcove.org
Info: 4/1-6/30 9am-5pm; 7/1-Labor Day 9am-5:30pm; Labor Day-4/1 9am-4:30pm

Discover Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of historic naval ships. Tour five National Historic Landmarks: Battleship Massachusetts; Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; Submarine Lionfish; and PT Boats 617 & 796. Battleship Cove is the Bay State's official memorial for September 11, 2001, WWII, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars. Open year-round.

 
Culture Park
www.culturepark.org
Location: [map]   69 Walden Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: 508.996.0122
Info: Culture Park is a theater and performing arts collaboration engaged in creating theater that is challenging, bold, and innovative. Culture Park highlights the multi-cultural facets of New Bedford and the region and focuses on providing opportunities for area theater and performing artists and playwrights through its workshops, play labs, and film events. For more information contact Rebecca Schade.

 
Fall River Historical Society
www.lizzieborden.org
Location: [map]   451 Rock Street
Fall River, MA 02720
Phone: 508-679-1071

 
Freetown Historical Society
www.freetownhistory.8m.com
Location: [map]   Slab Bridge Road
Assonet, MA 02702
Phone: 508-644-5310

 
Gallery 244
www.umassd.edu/cvpa/gallery_244.html
Location: [map]   715 Purchase Street
New Bedford, MA 02747
Phone: 508.999.8904
Info: Operated by the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Gallery 244 is the citys newest art exhibition. The gallery is located in the historic Star Store Building, a recently restored New Bedford landmark.

 
Long Plain Museum
www.rixsan.com/nbvisit/attract/longmuse.htm
Location: [map]   1203 Main Street
Acushnet, MA 02743
Phone: 508-763-8626

 
Marine Museum of Fall River
70 Water Street, Fall River MA 02721
Location: [map]   70 Water Street
Fall River, MA 02721
Phone: 508-674-3533

 
Mattapoisett Historical Society
www.mattapoisetthistoricalsociety.org
Location: [map]   5 Church Street
Mattapoisett, MA 02739
Phone: 508-758-2844

 
New Bedford Art Museum, The
www.newbedfordaremuseum.org
Location: [map]   608 Pleasant Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: 508.961.3071
Info: Founded in 1996, the NBAM is a private non-profit organization which showcases the work of professional artists from across the region.

 
New Bedford Fire Museum
www.rixsan.com/nbvisit/attract/firemuse.htm
Location: [map]   51 Bedford Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: 508-992-2162

 
New Bedford Museum of Glass
46 North Water Street, New Bedford MA 02740
Location: [map]   46 North Water Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: 508-984-1666

 
New Bedford Whaling Museum
www.whalingmuseum.org
Location: [map]   18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, MA 02740

Phone: 508.997.0046
Fax: 508.997.0018
Email: mpantages@whalingmuseum.org
Info: 9am - 5pm daily

The most comprehensive museum in the world devoted to the interaction of humans with whales. There's something for everyone at the Whaling Museum - for the art lover, the history buff, the entire family! Experience the unexpected during a summer filled with great exhibitions, programs, and special events.

 
Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum
www.ocandfrrailroadmuseum.com
Location: [map]   Battleship Cove
Fall River, MA 02720
Phone: 508-674-9340

 
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Museum
www.rjdmuseum.org
Location: [map]   396 County St.
New Bedford, MA 02740

Contact: Kate Corkum
Phone: 508.997.1401
Info: Mon-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm, Sun 12:00-4:00pm. Admission is $5 for adults.

Built in 1834 for whaling merchant William Rotch, Jr., this Greek Revival mansion located on a full city block of formal gardens, is the best example of the "brave houses and flowery gardens" described by Herman Melville in Moby-Dick. The house and gardens chronicle 150 years of economic and social evolution of the city, as reflected in the residencies of the Rotch, Jones and Duff families. The Museum offers permanent and changing exhibits, lecture and concert series, and special events. A self-guided audio tour is available to visitors with admission. For more information, visit our website or contact the Museum office.

 
Seamen's Bethel
www.rixsan.com/nbvisit/attract/bethel1.htm
Location: [map]   15 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, MA 02740

Phone: 508.992.3295
Info: During summer months, open 10 am - 4 pm Monday-Saturday, 1 pm - 4 pm on Sunday.

Though not a "museum" in the strict sense of the word, the Seamen's Bethel is living history. From the early part of New Bedford's whaling era to the present day, the Bethel has served as the fishing community's non-denominational house of worship. Built in 1832, the Bethel was made famous as the "Whaleman's Chapel". It was described in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Melville worshipped there before leaving New Bedford on the whaleship Acushnet in 1841. All are welcome to church services, and tours are available.

 
Sippican Historical Society
www.sippicanhistoricalsociety.org
Location: [map]   27 Main Street
Marion, MA 02738
Phone: 508-748-1116
Email: info@sippicanhistoricalsociety.org

 
Somerset Historical Society
www.somerset.k12.ma.us/historicalsociety/
Location: [map]   274 High Street
Somerset, MA 02726
Phone: 508-675-9010

 
Westport Historical Society
www.westporthistory.com
Location: [map]   25 Drift Road (Bell School House)
Westport, MA 02790
Phone: 508-636-6011
Email: westhist@gis.net




 
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