Find expert insights, context, and more curated content by viewing New Bedford’s Public Art Guide on the Bloomberg Connects App for free. Install the app on your mobile device, search “New Bedford,” and explore dozens of public artworks!
Plus, view free guides on the New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum, and New Bedford Free Public Library.
New Bedford Art Museum
The New Bedford Art Museum is dedicated to engaging a diverse audience in relevant exhibitions, exemplary education, and creative experiences as a vital innovative center for the arts. On the app, explore current exhibitions, past exhibitions, classes and workshops, and museum after-hours events like immersive programs free and open to the public.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
The New Bedford Whaling Museum ignites learning through exploration of art, history, science, and culture rooted in stories of the people, the region, and an international seaport. They have a featured exhibitions tour, a tour of their collection highlights, a highlight on regional women’s history, and a Melville tour.
New Bedford Free Public Library
Their collection contains over 350 paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and historic objects, as well as approximately 1,800 prints and drawings by artists of national and regional importance. The collection includes work by John James Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, William Bradford, Ralph Fasanella, Thomas Crawford, Dodge MacKnight, Bela Pratt, Robert Swain Gifford, and others.
