New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

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|- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Location: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Nearest city: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Coordinates: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Area: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Established: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top" | Visitation: | (in ) |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Governing body: | |} New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is a United StatesNational Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is maintained by the National Park Service. The park commemorates the heritage of the world's preeminent whaling port during the 1800s.

Established in 1996, the park encompasses 34 acres (14 hectares) spread over 13 city blocks and includes a visitor center, a National Historic Landmark District, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the Seamen's Bethel, the Schooner Ernestina, and the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum.

The enabling legislation also established a legislative connection with the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, to commemorate the more than 2,000 whaling voyages from New Bedford to the Western Arctic.

External links

• [National Park Service: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park]
• [New Bedford Whaling Museum]
• [The Schooner Ernestina]

 

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