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In Edo Japan, Artists Captured Whales Like Never Before

by Claire Voon February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

The whaling industry was an important economic force in both the United States and Japan, but each society captured the subject matter very differently in art.

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The Artist Who Preserved the Vanishing Technology of Knots

by Allison Meier December 18, 2017December 18, 2017

Thou Shalt Knot at the New Bedford Whaling Museum celebrates the legacy of Clifford W. Ashley, artist and author of the most influential book on knots.

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Conserving America’s Longest Painting, a 19th-Century Whaling Panorama

by Allison Meier February 13, 2017February 10, 2017

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is working to put the 1,275-foot “Whaling Voyage Round the World” panorama back on view.

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