The Mattapoisett Museum is housed in an 1821 church and a carriage house built to fit the period. The collection at the Mattapoisett Museum contains important artifacts and local curiosities. Much of ...

New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...

Prominent Nantucket whaling merchant Joseph Rotch resettles to New Bedford, anticipating the city's future importance to the whaling industry. During the Revolutionary War, whaleships are targeted ...

which was the heyday of the New England whaling era. We can compare that to modern day observations that we get from satellites or metrological stations. It helps us put recent trends into a long ...

Our new research uncovers what we believe ... of slavery in the U.S. – the rise of the whaling industry. Starting around 1650, whaling expanded along the Northeast coast of the British American ...