Whaling and its Colossal Impact” exhibit opens May 24 and continues through Feb. 16, 2026, at Mystic Seaport Museum, inviting ...

The whaling panorama, recognized as the longest painting in North ... who saw sections of the panorama as a child. It’s not fine art, but it’s an “artwork of national historical importance,” she said.

The painting is normally located in the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, but for the next year, it will be on display at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. MN Marine Art Museum ...

After the art piece was created ... in storage and later donated in the early 20th century to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, which has loaned the piece to the Winona museum.

A new exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum uses sound, science, and art to create a one-of-a-kind underwater experience. Overheard Underwater lets visitors step into an immersive world of marine ...

Whaling's popularity as well as the industry's violence and death were immortalized through maps, paintings, and photographs.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) allows for whaling on otherwise protected animals when it is conducted by certain indigenous people to satisfy subsistence needs. The rules for aboriginal ...