"The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England..nowhere in all America will you find more patrician-like houses, parks and gardens more opulent, than in New Bedford…all these brave houses and flowery gardens came from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. One and all, they were harpooned and dragged up hither from the bottom of the sea." H. Melville, "Moby-Dick"
What you’ll hear
9 places to explore in this park.
- 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Plaza
- Double Bank
- Mariners' Home
- Nathan and Polly Johnson House
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center
- Rodman Candleworks
- Seamens Bethel
- U.S. Custom House
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