2023 ANNUAL REPORT
AMANDA McMULLEN President & CEO
ANTHONY R. SAPIENZA Chair, Board of Trustees
Dear Friends,
It was the year of YOU!
You came to the New Bedford Whaling Museum for learning, programs and fun. You were able to enjoy our new 3D film series, ten new special exhibitions and our extraordinary permanent galleries. You soaked up special high notes such as our Seaweed exhibition and the return of the New Bedford Lyceum—a dynamic 200 year old platform for engaged community dialogue. You went on a digital whaling voyage and you listened in to our new audio guide which dazzled with voices from our community. You came to New Bedford to enjoy the Whaling Museum from 36 countries and all 50 states. And, more than 80,000 of you visited the Museum in 2023!
Because of you we supported our amazing graduating class of High School Apprentices who went off to Bridgewater State University, Georgetown University, Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. You made it possible for the Museum to advance our efforts to reach more in our community. Thanks to your support, we took steps towards removing barriers to participate – particularly for New Bedford residents and students. In 2023, 33% of our audience benefited from one of the Museum’s 20 discount admission programs (14% increase over 2022!) and 32% of guests were New Bedford residents—up from 18% just two years ago.
In the following pages you will feel the energy of what you made possible. Our efforts to Welcome, Engage, Steward & Thrive have never felt more alive than they do right now. Thanks to you, the Museum is making an impact. As we surge forward to reach new heights, we remain grateful to our members, donors, volunteers, professionals and trustees who make everything we do possible. You are the reason we
Our blockbuster exhibition, A Singularly Marine and Fabulous Produce: the Cultures of Seaweed saw significant press coverage in Forbes, The Boston Globe, WBUR, and the Wall Street Journal
The Boston Globe raved, “In the ‘weeds (in a good way).” Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast called the exhibition one of the best exhibitions in 2023.
The New England Museum Association awarded Naomi Slipp an Excellence Award for her leadership on this exhibition!
81,000 VISITORS
790 SCHOLAR VISITS
2,300 MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS
13,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS
The Museum serves as a cultural hub drawing new and wider audiences to enjoy events, lectures and programs, including First Fridays, exhibition related programming, Portuguese & LusophoneWorld Series, Moby-Dick Marathon, Sailors’ Series, and school vacation week activities. The community activated Museum space for private events—such as weddings, memorial services, and private parties—with a total of 66 facility rentals in 2023.
6,800 FIELD TRIP STUDENTS
10,960 BIG BLUE MOVIE VISITORS
700 SQUID DISSECTIONS
500 WHALING LOGBOOKS AND JOURNALS DIGITIZED
Powered by Bloomberg Connects, the Museum launched our new Museum guide app. Available in over 30 languages, this app is your gateway to the Museum’s highlights and incredible stories, all at your fingertips. You can seamlessly embark on a highlights tour, hear expert insights, and view Museum artifacts.
100% of Senior High School Apprentices matriculated to a fouryear educational institution, entered military service, or secured gainful employment.
We set an institution record! We reached more than 4.23 million people through social media! Social engagement grew in 2023, to 8617 Instagram and 19,587 Facebook Followers, 1,481 YouTube subscribers, and 359 Tik Tok Followers.
Our most viral post reached close to one million people and promoted November’s Local History Guild with Wampanoag artist Julia Marden.
Anthony (Tony) R. Sapienza, Chair
Douglas Crocker II, 1st Vice Chair
Bernadette Souza, 2nd Vice Chair
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons, Treasurer
Ricardo Bermudez, Assistant Treasurer
Paulina Arruda, Clerk
John N. Garfield, Assistant Clerk
Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D., Past Chair
Anthony (Tony) R. Sapienza, Chair
Paulina Arruda
Christina Bascom
Ricardo Bermudez
Susan Costa
Douglas Crocker II
Betsy Fallon
John N. Garfield, Jr.
David Gomes
Edward M. Howland II
Meg Howland
James S. Hughes
Hon. D. Lloyd Macdonald
Ralph Martin
Eugene Monteiro
Michael Moore, Ph.D.
Gilbert Perry
Victoria Pope
Dana Rebeiro
Maria Rosario
Lucy Rose-Correia
Brian J. Rothschild, Ph.D.
Nancy Shanik
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons
Bernadette Souza
Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D.
R. Davis Webb, Ph.D.
Alison Wells
Lisa Whitney
Susan M. Wolkoff
David W. Wright
Kayleigh Almeida
Robert Amaral
Annie Atherton
D. Jordan Berson
Ian Borim
Traci Calabrese
Brett Carlsen
Alexander Corralejo
Kelly Corralejo
Melanie Correia
Kindra Davern
Noah Durette
Rachel Dwyer
Michael Dyer
Elizabeth Fallon
Paul Foster
Gillian Fournier
Drew Furtado
Joshua Goncalves
Victoria Hughes
Andrew Iarocci
Michael Lapides
Ymelda Rivera Laxton
Phoebe Magee
Monica Maranhas
Jacob Mark
Amanda McMullen
Kylie McWilliams
Emily Mead
Henry Moniz
Allison Myron
Dania Noriega
Michael Novak
Beatriz Oliveira
John Pimentel
Mark Procknik
Yamilex Ramos Peguero
Sophia Ponte
Timothy Raymond
Emily Reinl
Emma Rocha
Robert Rocha
Fallon Rosario
Monique Roy
Traecy Saint-Louis
Samantha Santos
Catherine Saunders
David Soares
Benjamin Shiek
Nathan Silveira
Naomi Slipp
Emma Sylvia
Cecelia Tavares
Michelle Taylor
Nelson Terra
Waverly Verissimo
Karissa Walker
Marina Dawn Wells
Jennifer Zanolli
Robert Saltzman, President
Diane Sullivan, Vice President
Kamile Khazan, Recording Secretary
Judith Giusti, Corresponding Secretary
Sylvia White, Comptroller
James Anderson
Marion Aymie
Melody Barlow
Susan Barnet
Janice Bastoni
Mary Biltcliffe
David Brownell
Gerald Bruen
Erin Burlinson
Paula Cabral
Lorraine Carey
Russell Carey
Charles Chace
Mitchell Cleveland
Carole Clifford
Penny Cole
Mary Crothers
Sylvia Daley
Melissa Desjardins
Christina Dodd
Mary Farry
Deborah Fauteux
David Ferkinhoff
Marilyn Ferkinhoff
Patricia Fernandes
Debby Flynn
Thomas Flynn
Michele Fortin
Jennifer Gady
Nancy Gentile Keighley
James Grinnell
Susan Grosart
Maria Harrington
Patricia A. Harrington
Robert Hussey
Ellen Johnston
Donna Junier
Estelle Keches
Priscilla Keffer
Dyan Kieltyka
Anne Kirschmann
Barbara Kratovil
Janice Linehan
Lee Loranger
Charles Loveridge
Rosemary Lucas
Larry Lutvak
Kathy Mann
Andrea Marcovici
Kathleen McAuliffe
Jerome McGourthy
Richard McLaren
Louisa Medeiros
Joanne Mendes
Robert Mogilnicki
Morgan Mowbray
Catherine O’Gorman
Cody Oliveira
Helen Pereira
Gilbert Perry
Barbara Poznysz
Jane Pucello
Joseph Quigley
Jennifer Rodriguez
Richard Schenker
Joanne Seymour
James Soden
Lois Spirlet
Harrison StewartRacicot
Cynthia Stone
Ellen Stone
June Strunk
David Sylvain
William Tatro
Michael Taylor
Kenneth Teixeira
Katherine Veiga
James Verni
Raymond Vezina
Paul Vien
Joyce Viera
Lorna Walker
Gordon Waring
Sylvia White
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza, Chair
Paulina Arruda, Clerk
Christina Bascom
Ricardo Bermudez, Assistant Treasurer
Douglas Crocker II, 1st Vice Chair
John N. Garfield, Jr., Assistant Clerk
Edward M. Howland II
James S. Hughes
Ralph Martin
Victoria Pope
Bernadette Souza, 2nd Vice Chair
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons, Treasurer
Carol M. Taylor, Ph. D., Past Chair
R. Davis Webb
Lisa Whitney
MUSEUM ADVISORY COUNCIL
Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D., Chair
Lisa Schmid Alvord
Nathaniel J. Bickford
Mary Jean Blasdale
Joanne Cameron
Paula Cordeiro
Carl J. Cruz
William do Carmo
Roy Enoksen
Armand Fernandes
Barbara Ferri
Vanessa Gralton
Lucille Hicks
Maryellen Sullivan Hughes
Patricia A. Jayson
William N. Keene
David N. Kelley II
Elizabeth T. Kellogg
Frances F. Levin
Joaquim Livramento
Joseph E. McDonough
George B. Mock III
Faith Morningstar
Barbara Moss
Barbara Mulville
Celeste Penney
Alice Rice Perkins
John C. Pinheiro
Carlos Ribeiro
Donald S. Rice
Cathy Roberts
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Christine Schmid
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Janet P. Whitla
David Wyss
AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE
Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D., Chair
Ricardo Bermudez
John N. Garfield, Jr.
David Gomes
Hon. D. Lloyd Macdonald
Victoria Pope
Lucy Rose-Correia
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Nancy Shanik
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS COMMITTEE
John N. Garfield, Jr., Chair
Edward M. Howland II
James S. Hughes
Ralph Martin
Victoria Pope
Quentin Ricciardi
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Mark Schmid
Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D.
Susan M. Wolkoff
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Douglas Crocker II, Co-Chair
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons, Co-Chair
Paulina Arruda
Christina Bascom
Jewelle & Nathaniel Bickford
Betsy Fallon
James S. Hughes
Betts Howes Murray & F. Wisner Murray
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Tricia & Chris Schade
Bernadette Souza
Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D.
R. Davis Webb, Ph.D.
Wistar Wood
CABO VERDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Carl J. Cruz, Co-Chair
Eugene Monteiro, Co-Chair
Carlos A. Almeida
Patricia L. Andrade, M.D.
Candida Rose Baptista
Angelo Barbosa
Ronald Barboza
Jose Cabral
Susan Costa
William do Carmo
David Gomes
Marilyn Gonsalves
Scott J. Lima
Louis M. Ricciardi
Daniel M. Rodrigues
Lucy Rose-Correia
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
COLLECTIONS COMMITTEE
Douglas Crocker II, Chair
Constance Bacon
Mary Jean Blasdale
Mary Chandor
Carl J. Cruz
Vanessa Gralton
Thomas Cutter Hardy
Meg Howland
Frances F. Levin
Steven D. Lubar
Michael Moore, Ph.D.
Barbara Moss
John H. Ricketson
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Tina Schmid
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Ellen Stone
Alison Wells
Lisa Whitney
David W. Wright
DEVELOPMENT & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE
Betsy Fallon, Co-Chair
Lisa Whitney, Co-Chair
Annette Ewing
Emily Field
Claire Healy Foley
Karen Gierhart
Lisa Lofberg
Katherine Read
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Margot D. Stone
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons, Chair
Ricardo Bermudez
Jose S. Castelo
Douglas Crocker II
Thomas Cutter Hardy
Hon. D. Lloyd Macdonald
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Nancy Shanik
R. Davis Webb
David W. Wright
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Paulina Arruda
Carl J. Cruz
Hon. D. Lloyd Macdonald
Ralph Martin
Eugene Monteiro
Bruce Rose
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Carol M. Taylor, Ph. D.
Susan M. Wolkoff
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Ricardo Bermudez, Chair
Ted Melhado
Gilbert Perry
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Nancy Shanik
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons
David Wyss
MUSEUM LEARNING COMMITTEE
Bernadette Souza, Chair
Christina Bascom
Susan Costa
Ralph Martin
Helen Montague
Faith Morningstar
Dana Rebeiro
Maria Rosario
Lucy Rose-Correia
Brian J. Rothschild, Ph.D.
Robert R. Saltzman
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Patricia (Tricia) Schade
Diane Sullivan
Alison Wells
PORTUGUESE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Onésimo Almeida, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Gilbert Perry, Co-Chair
Michael Benevides
Rep. Antonio Cabral
Jose S. Castelo
Anthony A. Cruz
Paul Curado
James G. DeMello
Maria Gloria Desa
Steven Duarte
Armand Fernandes
Mónica Bensaude Fernandes
Rogerio Lopes
Louise D. Medeiros
Willitts Mendonca
Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa, Ph. D.
John C. Pinheiro
Victor C. Pinheiro
Donald G. Rei
Jose Ribeiro
Fernando G. Rosa
Brian J. Rothschild, Ph.D.
Sara da Silva Quintal
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
SCHOLARSHIP & PUBLICATIONS
Michael Moore, Ph.D., Chair
Mary K. Bercaw
Mary Jean Blasdale
John R. Bockstoce
Jan da Silva
Timothy Evans
Kenneth Hartnett
Judith N. Lund
Daniela Melo
David R. Nelson
Victoria Pope
Brian J. Rothschild, Ph.D.
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Robert J. Saunders
WOMEN’S HISTORY COMMITTEE
Paulina Arruda, Co-Chair
Christina Bascom, Co-Chair
Lee Blake
Carole Clifford
Jan da Silva
Betsy Fallon
Ann O’Leary
Dana Rebeiro
Anthony R. (Tony) Sapienza
Patricia (Tricia) Schade
Mary Howland Smoyer
Ellen Stone
Lisa Whitney
The New Bedford Whaling Museum continues to deepen its commitment to actively foster wider community engagement through collaborative partnerships that are reflective of our richly diverse cultural landscape.
The Museum partners with community organizations, state and local government agencies, religious institutions, and cultural groups that enhance the quality of life in our region, particularly in the following areas which reflect the Museum’s mission:
• Portuguese and Cape Verdean arts and culture programs
• Entrepreneurship and leadership development
• Downtown New Bedford activation and revitalization
• Natural resources and conservation
• LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and human rights
3rd EyE Unlimited
AHA! New Bedford
Alma del Mar Charter School
Arizona State University
ArtWeek SouthCoast
Atlantic Sea Farms
Berklee College of Music
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Boston University
Break the Anchor | CineMAR
Brown University’s Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Buy Black NB
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Cape Verdean Recognition Committee
City of New Bedford
Consulate of Portugal in New Bedford Culture*Park
Dartmouth Historical and Art Society
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust
Dennison Memorial Community Center
Descendants of Whaling Masters
Downtown New Bedford, Inc.
FABRIC Art Festival
Governor Healey’s Advisory Council on Black Empowerment
Grace Church
Human Rights Commission
Inter-Church Council of New Bedford
Leadership Southcoast
Maria’s Portuguese Table
Marine Biological Laboratory
Martha’s Vineyard Museum
Massachusetts Coastal Program, The Nature Conservancy
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Melville Society
Nantucket Historical Association
National Museum of Natural History
New Bedford Art Museum
New Bedford Creative
New Bedford Economic Development Council
New Bedford Film Society
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
New Bedford Food Tours
New Bedford Historical Society
New Bedford Police Department
New Bedford Public Library
New Bedford Public Schools
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
New Bedford YMCA
New York Yacht Club
Operation Gratitude
Our Sisters’ School
Queer Arts Council of New Bedford
Rotch-Jones Duff House & Gardens
Sippican Lands Trust
Sound Explorations
SouthCoast Community Foundation
South Coast LGBTQ+ Network
SouthCoast Film Forum
St. Olaf College
Tomaquag Museum
United States Naval War College
United States Navy
University of British Columbia
University of California Davis
University of Copenhagen
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Biology Department
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth’s Center for Portuguese Studies & Culture
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Wampanoag Tribal Historic
Preservation Office
Westport Land Conservation Trust
Women’s Fund SouthCoast
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
World Wildlife Fund - US
Throughout 2023, the Museum, along with our community partners, offered more than 80 programs to over 10,000 people; almost half of these programs were free and open to the public.
Public programs offer new, vibrant, and accessible ways for our guests to connect with the Museum’s mission and content. From interactive workshops to thought-provoking lectures, our diverse range of programs in 2023 ensured that there was a rewarding experience awaiting each and every attendee.
120th Annual Members’ Meeting
250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party: The Dartmouth & The Destruction of the Tea
AHA! Night
• “Love Letters for New Bedford” film screening
• City Views
• Community Blooms
• IGNITE! Youth Art Showcase
• Made in NB
• NB Cultures | All Hands
• Pride
• Summer in the Seaport
• Under the Sea | Seaweed & Sea Creatures
• We HeArt NB
April Vacation Week
Arctic Tale: Movie Time & Craft
A Singularly Marine & Fabulous Produce: The Cultures of Seaweed
• Capturing Seaweed and More with Sunprints
• Seaweed Exploration
• Seaweed Pressing Workshop
• Seaweed Roundtable: Arts and Culture
• Seaweed Roundtable: Science and Food
August Adventures
Break The Anchor | CineMAR Short Films of the Sea Common Ground
• Stories of Activism & Reception
• Stories of Arts & Culture & Reception
• Stories of Immigration & Reception
Conservation of Charles Sidney Raleigh’s Panorama of a Whaling Voyage
Fall Fest | Trunk or Treat
February Vacation Week
First Fridays
• Australian Violinist Mark Russell
• Celtic & Americana Music
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration & Craft Workshop
• DJ Andrew “Anj” Kepinski
• Fado & Morna Music Performance
• West African Music & Participatory Djembe Drumming
• Whispers in Seaweed & Now & Soon & Somehow Forever (Spoken Word)
Holiday Stroll Buy Black NB Market
Local History Guild
• All Hands: Yankee Whaling and the U.S. Navy
• Conversation on 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
• Conversation with Aquinnah Wampanoag Artist Julia Marden
• Hometown with John Bullard
• Liverpool Whaling Trade
• New England’s Horse Trade to the West Indies in the Eighteenth Century
• Seaweed Harvesting in the Old Dartmouth Region
• “Unimaginable Sublimity”: Moby-Dick Art & Inspiration
• When Steam Ferries Connected New Bedford to the Cape & Islands, Part 1
• When Steam Ferries Connected New Bedford to the Cape & Islands, Part 2
Lightbox Collaborative Workshop
Loving Vincent Film Screening & Artist Talk
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Master & Commander Film Screening
Mátria with Catarina Gonçalves |
Drama Short & WE SEA Concert
Members’ Holiday Party
Moby-Dick Marathon Weekend
Navy Day
New Bedford Lyceum Lecture, featuring Author George M. Johnson
New Year’s Eve City CelebrationToe Jam Puppet Band
Now and Soon and Somehow Forever Artist Talk
Our Sisters School Exhibition Opening & Reception
Portuguese & Lusophone-World Series
• Manuel F. Costa Jr. Lecture and Musical Performance
• Maria Lawton
• The Portuguese and Cod Fishing in the Northwest Atlantic Re/Framing the View: Nineteenth Century American Landscapes
• Cranberry Bog Walking Tour
• Dunham’s Brook Conservation Walking Tour
• Osprey Marsh Walking Tour
• Reading American Landscapes: Women & the American Scene
• Wampanoag Lifeways with David Weeden
Rescue and Record: Whale Stranding as Art and Action Sailors’ Series
• All Hands On Deck, A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure To The Far Side Of The World!
• Crew of Three
• “One Might Fancy Oneself at Sea”: New York Yacht Club and its Collections
Seals & Society Lecture & Reception
The Wider World & Scrimshaw Symposium
Titanic Film & Food event
Traces of the Trade Film & Discussion
Under the Sea Summer Benefit Wonders of the Blue Whale
Re/Framing the View: NineteenthCentury American Landscapes
October 28, 2022 – May 14, 2023
Wattles Family Gallery
The exhibition celebrated the work of landscape artists, while offering a layered understanding of the cultural and historical meaning of such artwork.
Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) and the Arctic Imaginary
December 17, 2022 – May 7, 2023
Center Street Gallery
This exhibition showcased a crosssection of the Museum’s deep collection of objects depicting or made from polar bears.
Moby Dick in Days of Pestilence and Chaos
December 22, 2022 – February 26, 2023
Observation Deck Gallery
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, artist Aileen Callahan (b. 1941) explored themes of contagion and plague, and the known, the unseen, and the feared, as described by Herman Melville (18191891) in Moby-Dick (1851).
Common Ground: Community Stories
January 26, 2023 – August 6, 2023
Braitmayer Galleries
Common Ground presented a diverse, inclusive, and celebratory accounting of the lived experiences of South Coast residents through story collection.
5th Annual IGNITE: Youth Showcase of Art Inspired by Historic Women of the SouthCoast
March 7, 2023 – March 26, 2023
Observation Deck Gallery
Young artists in grades 4 through 12 participated with art inspired by historic women of the South Coast.
Our Sisters’ History: An Exploration of New Bedford During the 1800s
April 1, 2023 – April 20, 2023
Observation Deck Gallery
This exhibition by sixth-graders from Our Sisters’ School was a culmination of student research using primary sources to deepen the arts, literacy, and social studies curricula of the integrated
humanities and arts unit ”New Bedford in the 1800s.”
Framing our Heritage
April 26, 2023 – May 12, 2023
Observation Deck Gallery
Curated by the Museum’s High School Apprentices, who connected artifacts from the Museum collection with hand-made objects, family treasures, photographs, music, and original art by Apprentices.
Whale Stranding: Daniel Ranalli
May 19, 2023 – February 26, 2024
Observation Deck Gallery
This print series was set in conversation with NBWM collection items related to historic whale strandings, and whaling logbooks and stamps.
Marine Heatwaves
May 23, 2023 – January 18, 2024
Jacobs Family Gallery
An installation created by visual artist Deb Ehrens (b. 1963) in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution oceanographers Caroline Ummenhofer and Svenja Ryan. The project layered historical and contemporary imagery with information related to marine heatwaves, and their environmental impact.
Seals and Society
June 15, 2023 – July 30, 2023
Turner Gallery
Colalborating with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, this multi-panel exhibition explores the daily lives of pinnipeds, with a focus on locally abundant harbor and gray seals.
Now and Soon and Somehow Forever
June 16, 2023 – November 26, 2023
Center Street Gallery
Co-created by artists William Pettit (b. 1972) and Candice Smith Corby (b. 1972), the exhibition represented a transatlantic creative process connecting the desires and longing of nineteenth-century maritime travel with the physical separations created by the COVID pandemic.
“A Singularly Marine & Fabulous Produce”: the Cultures of Seaweed
June 16, 2023 – December 3, 2023
Wattles Family Gallery
This major exhibition of over 125 works probed humankind’s fascination with seaweed from 1780 to today. Art, science, and industry combined in this innovative exhibition that thinks about the past cultures of seaweed, and its applications today and into the future.
Art on the Plaza
June 6, 2023 – present Plaza
Marnie Sinclair (b. 1945) created the outdoor sculptures Kin and Seamore the Seal from recycle materials, wire and hardware cloth.
All Hands: Yankee Whaling and the U.S. Navy
September 1, 2023 – September 8, 2024
Braitmayer Galleries
All Hands! explores the deep historical connections between American whalers and the U.S. Navy from the 1700s to 1920.
The Stars that Guide Us: Roy Rossow
December 15, 2023 – April 21, 2024
Center Street Gallery
Featuring paintings of New Bedford’s working waterfront, the work addresses contemporary maritime trade and historic celestial navigation, connecting mariners of today with whalers of the past.
All Hands: Yankee Whaling and the U.S. Navy
Vistas: A Journal of Art, History, Science and Culture Volume 2, Issue 1
Vistas: A Journal of Art, History, Science and Culture Volume 2, Issue 2
Daniel Ranalli: Whale Stranding
A Singularly Marine & Fabulous Produce: The Cultures of Seaweed
2023.1, Gift of Rick Donaghy Ships Bell: ca. 1500s (Dutch), recovered by M/V Michigan of New Bedford in 1980 on George’s Bank.
2023.2, Transfer from the University of California, Riverside
Twenty-seven photographs and ephemera relating to Trevor Housby’s book The Hand of God: Whaling in the Azores, ca. 1970.
2023.3, ODHS Purchase
George F. Parlow, New Bedford, MA, Portrait of unidentified Black woman, ca. 1860s. Carte-de-visite.
2023.4, Gift of John Sweeney
John O’Neil studio, New Bedford, MA, Group portrait, c. 1890.
2023.5, Gift of David Anderson
Trade card: “William H. Cook, dealer in all kinds of paper stock, old iron, brass, copper, lead, pewter, whale’s teeth, walrus’ tusks, &c.”
2023.6, Gift of Marion Antiques
Collection of local dairy bottles and milk bottle carriers.
2023.7, ODHS Purchase
Helena de Kay Gilder (American; 18461916), sketchbook, ca. 1886; three signed charcoal on paper drawings; Portrait of Annie KcKim, watercolor and pencil on paper; and Flower Study (early work), watercolor and pencil on paper.
2023.8, Gift of Bristol County Sheriff’s Office
Collection of negatives and prints (mug shots) and historic prison records from the Ash Street Jail, New Bedford; 1800s jail cell bedframe; Additional miscellaneous items from the jail.
2023.9, Gift of Rhoderick W. Sharp
Audio archive: USB drive with full set of audio recordings and interviews made for the creation of Song of the Right Whale for BBC 5.
2023.10, Gift of Dr. Walter Powell
Scrapbook relating to Chester Howland, WW1 photos, newspaper clippings about
his publications and lectures, family photos, and folder containing draft lectures.
2023.11, Gift of Timothy Rockwell
Approximately seventy-five manuscripts ca. 1840s-60s, including letters to Charles W. Morgan, customs documents, import / export papers, ships’ documents, correspondence of whalers.
2023.12, Gift of David Nelson
One booking card for Lizzie Borden, Bristol County House of Correction, #3517, 6/3/1893; One receipt book for Lizzie Borden, Bristol County House of Correction, 1886-1897.
2023.13, ODHS Purchase
Gabriella F. Eddy (American; 18431932), Cherry Blossoms, c. 1876. Watercolor.
2023.14, Gift of Carl Cruz
Photo postcard showing costume exhibition at ODHS, 1940.
2023.15, ODHS Purchase
Ron Fortier, Triptych: New Bedford Arctic Whaling Disaster – 1871 (study #1-3/4), 2021. Acrylic on canvas.
2023.16, Gift of Janelle Cooper and Kathleen Hanson
Photographic negative of the whaler John and Winthrop. This vessel completed two dozen whaling voyages between 1876 and 1912, first from New Bedford and then from San Francisco.
2023.17, Gift of Diane and Guerdon Churchill
Clara Kingman Whelden and Captain Alexander Whelden letters, lap desk and objects collected on their whaling voyages; Ship model made by Capt. Joseph Whelden “with worm-eaten planks from the schooner Favorite docked at San Francisco in 1848.”
2023.18, Gift of Walter Powell
Scrapbook of Dorothy Howland with Chester S. Howland lecture notes, WWI correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.
2023.19, Gift of Emma Sylvia
Braley’s Creamery Inc., Dartmouth / New Bedford, MA pint dairy bottle; Dartmouth Dairy pasteurized milk bottle cap, Almeida Farm.
2023.20, Gift of Elizabeth Hazard
Three Gareth Andrews bronze sculptures of Anthem, Inua, and Sons of Death.
2023.21, Gift of Paulina Arruda
Eight postcards, Baleias E Baleeiros, published by Edição Fátima Madruga. Art by Vitor Boga.
2023.22, ODHS Purchase
Four chalk plate illustrations by Edmund D. Ashley (1871-1936).
2023.23, ODHS Purchase
Jacques-Henri Bernardin De St. Pierre, Paul and Virginia, Translated from the French of St. Pierre, to which is added The Indian Cottage: A Tale (London, 1810).
2023.24, ODHS Purchase
Rosebee (Cecelia Surdut; American; 1932-2016), The Old Farm, oil painting on artist board; Maker once known, Fort Phoenix, New Bedford, undated. Oil on canvas; Theodosia Potter Chase (American; 1875-1972), Hawthorne Street New Bedford, 1860, 1948. Oil on artist board.
2023.25, Gift of Charlotte and Charles Gibbs
Charles Gibbs, Ahab crank toy, 2019. Kinetic sculpture.
2023.26, Gift of Cynthia and Douglas Crocker
Alfred Thompson Bricher (American; 1837-1908), Low Tide, c. 1885-1895. Oil on canvas.
2023.27, Gift of R.D. Madison in honor of Maggi Kerr Peirce
Collection of library print materials, including the United States Hydrographic Office, Maury’s Wind & Current Chart, 3rd edition 1852. No. 3. Series A. Engraved by Sherman & Smith, NY.
2023.28, Gift of Helen Richmond Webb
Nine photo postcards of Washington Shore Whaling including Gray’s Harbor; Photograph of the gas schooner Charles Hanson; photographs of modern whaling, one dated 1961; Twenty-six study prints of NW Coast Whaling and sealing.
2023.29, Gift of Marion Antiques
Photo album with twenty-seven mounted photographs of New Bedford area waterfront.
2023.30, Gift of Anthony R. Sapienza
Dark blue plaid Joseph Abboud menswear suit, “Black Label” line.
2023.31, Gift of Dorothy B. Jenkins and Peter D. Blatchford
Scrimshaw powder horn, four scrimshaw handled drivers, foot shaped ivory bodkin, baleen busk, pair of scrimshaw teeth with depictions of small girls, single scrimshaw tooth of Columbia; Antonio Jacobsen (American; 1850-1921), River Queen (steamship), 1892. Oil on canvas; New Bedford and Fairhaven Signal Book; James T. Church (1801-1870) daybooks for a New Bedford sailmaker; Whaling journal kept onboard the ship Horatio of New Bedford (1877-1881); Four small passbooks, records for the bark Smyrna;
One pamphlet New Bedford Traders in Rhyme (New Bedford, 1860).
2023.32, Gift of Jim Eychaner
Hexagonal lidded box with sailor’s knot motif.
2023.33, Gift of Mrs. Desmond Fitzgerald
Hooked rug depicting a farm scene, ca. 1860s.
2023.34, ODHS Purchase
Old Mystic Connecticut postcard; skeleton of a whale captured in Hudson Bay, ca. 1915.
2023.35, Gift of Brian Belli
Fossilized sperm whale tooth found while dragging scallops aboard M/V Victor of New Bedford on Georges Bank.
2023.36, Gift of Marnie Sinclair in honor of Nature’s Babies
Marnie Sinclair, “Kin,” 2023. Single-use plastic, wire, paint, and hardware cloth.
2023.37, Gift of Edmund F. Tavares
One box of ship model maker’s tools owned and used by Chester W. Eldred of Fairhaven, MA; One unfinished clipper ship hull model.
2023.38, Gift of Marilyn L. Eckstine
Four banker’s boxes of raw whale’s teeth; One Fijian Tabua; Five packets of antique scrimshaw and two canes.
2023.39, Gift of D. Jordan Berson
Live oak wood fragments, from original construction of U.S.S. Constitution, ca. 1780. Removed from vessel during repair work in the early 2000s.
2023.40, Gift of Mr. Gerald Crown
Eulalie Bouasse-Lebel (1809-1898)/ Maison Bouasse-Belel, Histoire Naturelle Cryptogames | Algues from Encyclopedie Bouasse-Lebel, c. 1875. Lithograph, 20 x 26 inches.
2023.41, ODHS Purchase
Photographer with his camera, New Bedford, MA, c. 1880s. Cabinet card. Stamp on back reads “Joseph Gunther/ New Bedford, Mass.”
2023.42, Gift of Mary Lou Gallop
Slop book, Bark William Baylies, 1889; Crew account book with agent owner accounts, bark Andrew Hicks, 1888.
2023.43, ODHS Purchase
Anneli Skaar, The Island Whale, 2022. Limited edition #20/25, published by Two Ponds Press.
2023.44, Gift of Shelley M. Perry
One Boston Almanac, 1840.
2023.45, Gift of J. Terry Fernandez
Bedford Commercial Insurance Company policy issued to Joseph Grinnell dated 12/21/1838; Charles W. Morgan, Marine Bank accounts payable receipt dated 7/1/1835; Bill of sale re: Ship Euphrates to Cornelius Grinnell Jr.; Ichabod Hillman letter dated 5/2/1803.
2023.46, ODHS Purchase
Thomas Hathaway China trade insurance document.
2023.47, ODHS Purchase
Captain John Alden account book, 1782-1800, Fairhaven, Mass.
2023.48, Gift of Gloria Strain
Boxed cup plates from the Whaling History series by Normand J. Bergeron, New Bedford.
2023.49, ODHS Purchase
Clement Nye Swift (American, 18461918), Completing the Cargo, 1880. Oil on canvas, 58 x 86 inches.
2023.50, ODHS Purchase
Two Maury wind and current charts; Whaleman’s shipping paper for the bark Martha out of New Bedford (1872); Payroll ledger for the Old Colony Steamboat Co., October 1886; Records and account book for schooner Racine, 1870-1884.
2023.51, Anonymous donor
Broadside size reprint of August 3, 1930 advertisement in the New Bedford Sunday Standard for Wilson Chapel funeral parlor, 479 County St., New Bedford, highlighting their 80th anniversary.
2023.52, ODHS Purchase
Leander Plummer II (American, 18571914), Eight carved oak chairs, ca. 18901892 (Photograph on Page 12).
2023.53, Gift of Mr. Paul L. Zellar
Harpoon, sheath, broken lance tip, sailmaker’s palm, and caulking iron from sea chest of Edward Doud Aiken (18861972) of Grand Haven, MI, son of George W. Aiken (Bark Sappho, 1886).
2023.54, ODHS Purchase
One banner for the New Bedford Grand Army of the Republic headquarters, c. 1890; One banner for the New Bedford Centennial of 1947.
2023.55, Gift of Melanie Correia
Portraits by New Bedford photographic studios, including M. Goulart, Arcade Studio (J.D. Ferreira), E. Berthiaume, Loring Studios, M.B. Pereira, Frenette, and Art Studio (M.S. Borkowski).
2023.57, ODHS Purchase
Horsehair fly whisk with whalebone handle; Whaling journal from the bark Camilla of New Bedford (1867-1871); Whaling journal from ship Chris Mitchell of New Bedford (1856-1860); Folder of documents of the bark Petrol of New Bedford.
2023.58, Gift of Rita Pacheco
Four Portuguese language newspapers (two partial): PROGRESSO / O Correio Portuguez published by F.C.B. Silva & Co., 62 Crapo Street New Bedford. Dated: January 6, 1906 and January 13, 1906.
2023.59, Gift of John Bockstoce
Research notes and index card files compiled by John Bockstoce related to Arctic whaling, bowhead whale project, and Arctic Indigenous people.
2023.60, ODHS Purchase
Miscellaneous objects and photographs from the estate of funeral director James E. Barton (1943-2023), including commemorative, religious and funerary items of local origin.
2023.61, Gift of George Mock Nye products, postcard, and printer’s stamp.
2023.62, Gift of James Harvie
One ALS: Honolulu, June 15, 1861, from Caleb Carr (1829-1885), carpenter, to wife Abby Kelly Eddy (1834-1876), both of Bristol, RI.
2023.63, Gift of Sally Aldrich
Charles L Morse, illustrator, group of ten postcards of Nonquitt/South Dartmouth, 1981.
2023.64, ODHS Purchase
Three original photos of an Arctic explorer, produced by Brown (studio), New Bedford.
2023.65, Anonymous donor
One glass plate negative of “Gidley Farm resident.”
2023.66, Gift of Benjamin Harris “Walrus hunting scene,” c. 1799-1800. Engraving from Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte (Augsburg: Martin Engelbrecht, 1792-1834).
2023.67, Gift of Charlie Chace Records of Descendents of Whaling Masters.
2023.68, Gift of Chris Hart
One package of Greeno African Violet Planter Mix containing blue whale, ca. early 1960s.
2023.69, Transfer from East Hampton Library, East Hampton, NY
Whaling logbook from the ship Harrison The entries date from March 1851 until November 1852, and the ship left from New Bedford.
2023.70, Gift of Cynthia and Douglas Crocker
William Bradford (1823-1892; American), Off the Coast of Labrador, 1880s. Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches; Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902; American), Mountain Lake at Sunset, c. 1882. Oil on board, 14 x 20 inches; William Trost Richards (18331905; American), Conanicut Island, RI, 1885. Oil on panel, 15 x 26 inches.
2023.71, ODHS Purchase
Duke Riley (American; b. 1972), No. 384 of the Poly S. Tyrene Memorial Maritime Museum, 2023. “Scrimshaw” on plastic bottle.
2023.72, ODHS Purchase
Denise Wallace (Iñupiaq; b. 1957), Seal Hunt Ring, 1990. Sterling silver, fossilized walrus tusk ivory, and lapis lazuli.
2023.73, Gift of Maura Coughlin
Harper’s Weekly fold-out supplement dated 12/19/1874 with scene of Seaweed Gatherers; one vintage French postcard (Pornichet) of cart loaded with seaweed being pulled; photograph of oxcart with seaweed and man shoveling.
2023.74, ODHS Purchase
Candice Smith Corby (American; b. 1972) and William Pettit (American; b. 1972), Far and Away, 2021. Oil-on-linen painting.
Touring exhibitions and collection loans allow for objects from the museum collection and projects organized by our curators to travel, building brand exposure and increasing accessibility to and awareness of the museum and its mission outside of the city of New Bedford.
Re/Framing the View: NineteenthCentury American Landscapes
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
October 14, 2023 - August 4, 2024
Seals and Society
Province Lands Visitor Center
Provincetown, MA
August 1 – September 12, 2023
GARSCON Conference
Baltimore, MD
September 16 – 19, 2023
Seacoast Science Center
Rye, NH
October 2 – December 12, 2023
OL2023.2 – American Folk Art Museum/ Historic Deerfield
Unnamed Figures: Black Presence & Absence in Early American Vernacular Art, AFAM, November 15, 2023–March 24, 2024; Historic Deerfield, May 1, 2024–August 4, 2024: Joseph Russell Shoemaker Dining Room of Abn. Russell, New Bedford, ca. 1848. Watercolor on paper, 1962.4.13; Joseph Russell Shoemaker South Parlor of Abraham Russell, Esq., New Bedford, ca. 1848. Watercolor on paper, 1962.4.10
OL2023.3 – Seastreak, LLC
Long-term loan of model of the Kate Cory, 2016.53.
OL2023.4 – Northeast Maritime Institute, Fairhaven
Long-term loan of cannon and cannonball from the HMS Nimrod, 2001.100.11093
OL2023.5 – Mystic Seaport Museum
Spineless: A Glass Menagerie of Blaschka Marine Invertebrates, October 21, 2023 through March 2, 2025: Journal kept on schooner Emeline of Mystic from 1843 to 1844 by Washington Fosdick; Journal kept onboard Lucy Ann of Wilmington, Del. from 1841 to 1844 by John Martin.
In 2023, 71 objects from the Museum’s collection were treated for repair or stabilization.Some were relatively simple interventions while others were complicated, requiring the involvement of multiple conservators. Categories of treated objects include: Glass, Scrimshaw, Paintings, Furniture, Works on Paper, Biological specimens, Ship Models, Tools, Toys and Machinery.
The most complex conservation initiative in 2023 was undoubtedly the fullcleaning and lining reversal performed on the first panel, Sailing Day, off Palmer’s Island, New Bedford, Ship NIGER from Charles Sidney Raleigh’s 275foot-long Panorama of a Whaling Voyage painted between 1878-1880. In 2022, the Museum was awarded a competitive national grant from the “Save America’s Treasures” program, a National Park Service grant program in collaboration with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Museum commissioned Gianfranco Pocobene Studio to execute this ground-breaking conservation project. The single panel underwent over 380 hours of work to restore it to its original appearance, and advanced techniques in art conservation.
Education is at the heart of NBWM’s mission to ignite learning through explorations of art, history, science and culture. Through field trips, school groups, adult learning opportunities and group tours, we welcomed learners of all ages into the Museum, as well as out in their classrooms and our community.
The Accord School
Action Based Enterprises
Alfred J. Gomes Elementary School
Alma del Mar Charter School
Bernazzani Elementary School
Betsey B. Winslow Elementary
Brighton High School
Brooks Elementary School
Bryantville Elementary School
Cape Cod Academy
Carney Academy
Central Valley Christian Academy
Charles Sumner School
Chilmark School
Cuttyhunk STEAM Academy and Island
Institute of Maine TLC (Teaching
Learning Collaborative)
Dartmouth High School
Dearborn Academy
DeValles Elementary School
Dighton Elementary
Diman Regional High School
Ellen R. Hathaway School
Federal Furnace Elementary School
FLAD Portuguese School
Ford Middle School
Frederick Gunn School
Friends Academy
George R. Austin Intermediate School
George R Martin Elementary
Global Learning Charter Public School
The Gordon School
Greater New Bedford Regional
Vocational Technical High School
The Harley School
Hawthorne Valley High School
High Mowing School
John A. Parker Elementary
Joseph Case High School
Joseph DeMello Elementary School
Joyce Kilmer K-8 School
Keio Academy of New York
Kingston Intermediate School
Lawrence School
Leroy Wood School
Lightning Learners Homeschool Classes
Martin Luther King, Jr. K-6 School
The Mead School
Mooseheart Child City & School
Moses Brown School
Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford
Nazarene Christian Academy
New Bedford High School
North Pembroke Elementary School
Northern MA Homeschoolers
Pennfield School
Phineas Bates Elementary School
Pilgrims Progress Home-School
Association
Plymouth Public Schools
Portsmouth Abbey School
Potter School
Prospect Mountain High School
Provincetown IB Schools
Prudence Island School Foundation
Pueblo West High School
RI Transition Academy
Richardson Olmsted Elementary
Rising Tide Charter Public School
Riverview School
San Miguel School
SEA Education Association
Somerville High School
Southcoast Homeschoolers
Southeastern Regional Vocational Tech
High School
The Speyer Legacy School
St. George’s School
St. Joseph School
St. Francis Xavier School
St. Mary’s Catholic School
Tabor Academy
Taylor Elementary School
Teaticket Elementary School
Thayer Academy
Thomas J. Kenny Elementary School
The Waldorf School of Cape Cod
Waring School
Westport Elementary School
The Wheeler School
Whitney Academy
William S. Greene School
Argosy Collegiate Charter School
Bayside Family YMCA
Bridgewater State University
Bristol Warren COZ
Brown University Division of PreCollege & Undergraduate Programs
Community Art Center
Department of Community Services
Discovery Language Academy
Duxbury Bay Maritime School
East Greenwich Recreation Department
Friends Academy Summer Camp
Hull Girl Scouts
NBAM/Parker School
Pawtucket School Department COZ
Samuel Watson Summer School Program
Sea Education Association
Sea Lab
Something Fishy Camp – Fishing
Heritage Center
Sunshine’s Place
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Bridgewater State University
Bryant University
Harvard College (Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village)
Lee University
MBL (Marine Biological Laboratories)
Rhode Island School of Design
Showa Boston Institute
Stonehill College
University of Chicago
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth SMAST
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
University of New England
University of Notre Dame
Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area, Center for Professional Studies
Blue Water Sailing Club
Cape Cod Custom Tours
Clark University Alumni & Friends
Community College Student Leadership
Association
Community Connections
DEME Group
Equinor
Happy Book Club
Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1961
The Jamestown (RI) Senior Center
Linden Ponds
MIT Retirees Association
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Docents
Newcomers of Falmouth
One Wingate Way
Orchard Cove Senior Retirement Community
RISD Museum Docents
The Second Half LifeLong Learning Institute
Sippican Woman’s Club
Town of East Greenwich Senior Center
Unitarian Church of Newport
US Coast Guard
Bourne Intermediate School
STEAMposium
Feast of the Blessed Sacrament Family Day
Hayden-McFadden Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
New Bedford Public Schools Back to School Extravaganza
New Bedford Whaling Museum’s High School Apprenticeship Program provides high school students in New Bedford with access to resources and experiences that deepen community engagement, promote personal and professional development, and cultivate college and career success.
The Apprenticeship Program enrolls students who are entering the tenth grade and who live in New Bedford. Apprentices learn about whales and whale biology, the history of their city and the stories of the countless people whose culture, language, and accomplishments are exhibited throughout the Museum. Over three years, students connect their learning at the Museum to real-world experiences, visiting cultural sites, planning and hosting events and serving as Museum ambassadors. At the same time, the program helps Apprentices prepare for their futures. Apprentices visit college campuses, listen to career speakers, go on career shadows, and receive support through the college application and financial aid process.
• Apprentices earned stipends in 220 program hours
• Senior Apprentices received over 50 hours of college and financial aid counseling and support
• Apprentices and Alumni traveled with the program to Bridgewater State University, Bristol Community College, Northeast Maritime Institute, UMass-Amherst, and UMassDartmouth
• One senior attended a fully-funded accepted students weekend at Georgetown University
• After graduation, all Senior Apprentices either matriculated at a four-year college (Bridgewater State University, Georgetown University, Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth), gained employment or entered military service.
As Treasurer of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, it is my pleasure to provide an overview of the Museum’s 2023 financial performance.
A year ago, we opted for strategic investments to enhance both the awareness of, and experience in, the Museum with the hope of growing our audience. In 2023, our additional investment paid off. NBWM membership grew by 11%, and overall visitation increased 15% - to more than 81,000. As a result, and including a small price increase, attendance-driven operating income increased by 33%. Thanks to our generous supporters, contributed income for operations also increased by 30% to more than $4 million, leading to an impressive year over year overall revenue gain of 28%.
Operating expenses, always carefully managed, grew by 13%, as, in addition to the inflationary environment, we added to our programs and our team. In sum, total 2023 operating revenue of nearly $6.9 million exceeded operating expenses by $631 thousand - a very satisfactory result.
Our balance sheet continues strong and without debt, an effective shield from higher interest rates. With $776 thousand in new gifts plus portfolio gains, our endowment grew from $16.4 million in 2022 to $18.6 million at last year-end.
Last month, our annual financial audit was completed and a clean opinion issued, assuring us that the Museum continues to demonstrate its commitment to fundraising efficiency and strong fiscal management. This commitment earned us the highest GuideStar “Platinum Seal” and the top fourstar rating from Charity Navigator.
2024 is off to a strong start with all indications of another year of momentum and growth. Visitation in Q1 reached a tenyear high and the Museum is bustling with activities for all ages.
Finally, while I report on years past and present, it’s our financial future where we’re making our big bet… and that bet is on you, our supporters. Thanks to your enthusiastic and continuing support, we have accomplished so much and we are eager to write our next chapter. Thank you one and all.
Hardwick (Wick) SimmonsFor the year ending December 31, 2023 and 2022
The following individual contributors supported the Museum with cumulative giving of $150 or more to the annual fund, membership, or other program-specific initiatives between January 1 and December 31, 2023. Though space restraints permit us to list only gifts of $150 or more, the Museum is grateful for support at every level.
$100,000+
Anonymous
Nancy & John W.* Braitmayer
Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
Carolyn & Robert Macy Gelpke
Joan K. & Irwin M. Jacobs
Sloan M. & Wick Simmons
$50,000- $99,999
Anonymous
Susan S. Brenninkmeyer*
Tally & John N. Garfield, Jr.
Patricia P. Lawrence
Jennifer & Davis Webb
$25,000 - $49,999
Christina M. Bascom
Victoria & David Croll
Bess Dawson Hughes & James Hughes
Ann & D. Lloyd Macdonald
Edgenie H. & Donald S. Rice
Cathy & Henry Roberts
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
Mary Jean & R. William Blasdale
Thomas P. Barry & Nancy Shanik
Marnie Ross Chardon & Marc E. Chardon
Michael Dury
Marilyn & David Ferkinhoff
Debra & Randall Fowler
Vanessa & John Gralton
Laura M. & Peter T. Grauer
Alison Hedges & Robert Saunders
Lucile P. & William C.S. Hicks
Marianna C. & Edward M. Howland II
Elizabeth T. & Morris W. Kellogg
Margaret & Per G.H. Lofberg
Holly & Joseph E. McDonough
Faith & Ambassador
Richard L. Morningstar
Jane & Neil Pappalardo
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia & Chris Schade
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Carol M.Taylor & John H. Deknatel
Ann Webster
Susan & Harvey Wolkoff
$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
Laurie & David Barrett
Jewelle W. & Nathaniel J. Bickford
Martha & Peter Blatchford
Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer & Dan Dwyer
Ruth B. Ekstrom
Margaret B. Howland
Maryellen & James Hughes
Sarah Jackson
Patricia A. Jayson
Patricia & John M. Kalisz
Franny & William N. Keene
Frances Levin
Sharon Ireland Lewis
Amanda & Quentin McMullen
Joan Dolian & Per Moen
Linda Owens
Jill & Thomas Pappas
Carolyn & James Rubenstein
Donna Sachs & Gilbert Perry
Tina & Paul Schmid
R. Patricia & Edward Schoppe, Jr.
Kristin & Roger Servison
Anna & George Shaw
Bonnie & Robert Stapleton
Dola Hamilton Stemberg
Fredi & Howard H. Stevenson
Martha & Bernard Taradash
Sigrid & Ladd Thorne
Patricia Diane Valas
Grace & David A. Wyss
$2,500 - $4,999
Lisa Schmid Alvord & Joel Alvord
Paulina R. & Henry M. Arruda
Pamela & Ricardo Bermudez
Thomasin Berry & John Desmond
Joanne & David Cameron
Alzira & Jose S. Castelo
Ann & Richard Connolly
Janelle Cooper M.D. &
Kathleen K. Hanson
Susan & Gary Grosart
Randy Harris
Mona & Robert Ketcham
Susan Leclair & James Griffith
Judith N. & Edward* G. Lund, Jr.
Susan McLaren &
Philip Guymont
Laura McLeod &
Reidar Rasmussen
Caroline K. & George B. Mock III
Elaine Murphy
Carolyn Osteen
Karen & Claude James Prieur
Victoria Pope & Joel Brenner
Katherine Read & William Sommerville
Barbara & Thomas Slaight
Janice & John Smyth
Margot Stone
Stephen Taber
Janet P. Whitla
Lisa & George Whitney
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous (3)
Margaret & Robert Ackerman
Charles Altschul
Patricia Altschuller
Patricia L. Andrade, M.D.
Deborah A. & Benjamin B. Baker
Margherita & Michael Baldwin
Pamela & Joseph M. Barry
Catherine Bartholomew & John Ricketson
Robin & Milo Beach
Dora Beatty & Peter Macdonald
Jackie & John Beauregard
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Sharon & William Betts
Elizabeth & Edward C. Brainard II
Eric A. Braitmayer & Rev. Jack H. Haney
Nannette & William M. Braucher
Anne Broholm
Rid Bullerjahn
Jayne & Richard Burkhardt
Ann & David T. Caldwell
Betty Ann & Jack Cannell
Richard Carona
Elizabeth M. Chapin
Marni Clippinger & Sheffield Van Buren
Amanda Cobb & David Halberstadt
Christine & Eric Cody
Jeff & Jennifer Collins
Janet & William Coquillette
Paula Cordeiro & David O’Brien
Nancy & David Corkery
Carl J. Cruz
Jane & Jerry Dauterive
Joan Decollibus & Douglas A. Balder
Priscilla & Allan Ditchfield
C.C. Dyer
Jean & Ford Elsaesser
Annette Ewing
Elizabeth Fallon & Michael L. Waters
Helga Faulenbach
Patricia & Armand Fernandes
Linda & Charles W. Findlay
Stephen Fletcher
Viki A. Fowler & John D. Kelleher
Elsie R. Fraga
Jennifer & Peter Francis
Cynthia & James Gajewski
Deborah & Peter Gates
Margaret & Clark Gee
Karen & Jack Gierhart
Sarah H. Godfrey
Jack Gorman & John Mandeville
Abby & David Gray
Marjorie & Nicholas Greville
Anne & Jerry Heller
Polly & Prentiss C. Higgins
Denise & Charles Hixon
Samuel Huber
Nina & James Hunt
Catherine & Ross Hunter
Lauren Jezienicki
Jamee & Michael Kane
Martha & Michael Keating
Lilian Kemp & David H. Marks
Katherine A. Kirby
Nancy W. & Edward F. Kurtz
Gig & Scott W. Lang
Judith Lewis
Doris & John Ludes
Beth & Carmine Martignetti
Kathy & Russell Martorana
M. Holt Massey
Elizabeth & Thomas McKay
Hannah C. & Michael J. Moore
Susan & Anthony Morris
Barbara Mulville
Joanna & David Nikka
Pamela T. & R. Henry Norweb
Barbara & Harry O’Hare
John O’Shaughnessy
Christine W. Parks
Heather Parsons & Andrew Kotsatos
Alice Rice Perkins & Mark C. Perkins
Emily & John C. Pinheiro
Kim Redfield & Theodore M. Romanow
Margaret-Ann & Clifton* Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Richmond
Deborah C. Robbins
Susan & Brian Rothschild
Jessie & Sam Rubenstein
Margot & Mark Schmid
Bonnie & Louis Silverstein
Glena & Richard D. Sisson, Jr.
Jeannie & Mason Smith
Monica & Alan Steinert
Judith & Robert Sterns
Ellen Stone
Ulla & Paul Sullivan
Michelle Taylor
Kate Thompson & Dan Calano
Kristina & James Tomlinson
Emily Trueblood & Ernest Patrikis
Mallory & John Waterman
Raymond Butler Weiss
Laura & Wistar Wood
* deceased
$150 - $999
Anonymous (12)
Thomas Abe
Neilson Abeel
Susan & Charles Abizaid
Elizabeth & Kenneth Ackerman
Guilliaem Aertsen
Susan & Bruce Almeida
Pamela Barton Almy & Robert B. Almy
C. Douglass Alves
Melissa & Wes Alwang
James Anderson
Michael Angelini
Patricia & Christopher B. Arnold
Jane & Gary Ash
Nancy & R. Elliot Ashley
Kristine Audette Rocha
Susan & Joel Avila
Peter Bailet
Deborah & William Baker
Taylor & Teri Baldwin
Jeanne & Perry A. Ball
Susan S. Barnet
Dana & Holly Barrows
Faith Sweetser Barry
Ana & Dudley Bauerlein
Jeffrey Beaudry
Tamara & Carl Beckman
Charlotte R. Berman
Dennis Berrios
Jennifer Bertrand & Christopher Smith
Teresa Betit & Howard Lurie
Jeffrey Bilezikian
Sandra Bilodeau
Susan & Desmond H. Birkett
Linda & John Bodenmann
Dr. J Alexander Bodkin, M.D.
Susan & Nicholas Bonn
Daphne L. Borden
Elsie Boulanger
Kathie Brenner & Mark Weber
Penny Brewer & Nathan Bekemeier
Marlissa Briggett & Peter Necheles
Jennifer & John Brindisi
Rodney Hilton Brown
Leslie & Wendell S. Brown
Hanne & Robert Browne
David Brownell
Sharon K. & Thomas F. Brownell
Leigh Brownell-Currens & Michael Currens
Ellen Bruzelius & William Tifft
Elisabeth Buck & Tom Hertweck
Laurie & John K. Bullard
Tia & Peter Bullard
Sally Bullard
Barbara & Carleton Burr
Teresa A. & Robert J. Caldas, D.O.
Heather Caldwell
Susan M. Camacho & William J. Hollman
Kenneth Camara
Sophronia Camp & Jeffrey McMahon
Crystal C. Campbell
Maria Cantor
Ellen & Edward Carlson
Paula Carmichael
Amy Carroll & Evelyn Crocker
Ellen S. & Richard W. Cartun
Mr. Jordan Castro
Erin & Matthew Cate
Ruth H. & Richard W. Cederberg
Mary & Jeffrey Chandor
Donald Charest
Helen & David R. Chipman
Brenda & Tom Clark
Robert S. Cocroft
Danielle D. & Louis D. Coffin
Florence & Neal Cohen
Patrice D. & Jeremiah L. Coholan
Kay H. Collins
Nina & Alex Collmer
Heather Conover &
Stephen Brass
Stacey & Christopher Constas
Merry & John Conway
Harold & Faye Cook
Cheryl & William Corvello
Susan & Antonio Costa
Spencer Cowles
Sheila & Edward A. Crapo
Jill & William Creevy
Ruth & Robert Crocker
Edwina W. & James M. Cronin
Sarah & Howard Crowell
Brenda Cullen
Anne Marie Cullimore & David Michaud
Victoria & Robert Cunningham
Molly & Chris Cutler
Katherine & Frederick Dabney
Joan Dalton & Stephen Taylor
Judith & Murray Danforth
Thomas & Steven Darwin
Colleen Dawicki & Jeremy Daigold
Eric & Angela Dawicki
Sue & Bob Daylor
Helen DeGroot
Charles Deknatel
Judith R. & Charles F. DeMailly, Jr.
Cynthia K. & Rhet H. C. Denault
Madeleine Deschamps & Edward P. Hoffer
Jane A. Desforges & Michael J. White
Anne Devaney
Patricia & Stewart Dew
Brenda & Ronald Dias
Pamela & Robert DiFilippo
Ellen T. & Irving W. Dingwell
Nicole Doliner
Zelinda & John Douhan
Mary Beth & John Dowd
Deborah & Henry Drinker
Madeline & Steven Duarte
Sarah & William Ducas
Mary Anne Dufault
Charles Duponte
Jacqueline Dupuis
Constance & Jerome Dyer
Maureen & Michael Ecker
Virginia & Harold Eckert
Nancy E. & Lawrence K. Edwards
Nancy D. & James D. Edwards
Sarah Carlson & Henry Elliot
Cornelia & Robert Elmore
Merry & Ralph Eustis
Maureen & Hugh Fanning
Steve Farley
Kathy & Jim Feeney
Mary Feeney
Lori & Joel Feenstra
Linda & Peter Fenton
Emily & Horace Field
Amy & James Finlay
Shannon Finning
Michael & Karen Fiorile
Janet & James Fitzgibbons
Dorothy & Stewart Forbes
Muriel & Allan Fortes
Helen & Andrew Fredricks
Janet Freedman
Helen Frink
Jennifer & Bill Gady
Joyce & Victor Gagnon
Jennifer & Arthur G. Gaines
Evan & Harris Galkin
Cheryl & Henry Gamsby
Joanne Garfield
Mary Lou & G. Kenneth Garrett
Barbara & Thomas Geagan
Mr. Joseph Geary
George Gebelein
Amy George
Ms. Patricia Gerrior & Mr. Gordon Waring
Sarah S. & Vasant A. Gideon
Lynne & Burney Gifford
Susan & Benjamin Gilmore
Kim & Steven Gladstone
Joseph R. Glennon III
Barbara & Milton Glicksman
Bronson Goddard
Andrea M. Golden & John B. McManus
Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa Ph. D.
Frank Gracia
Sharon & Richard Grahn
Barbara Lemperly Grant & Frederic D. Grant, Jr.
Lauren Doyle & Kevin Grant
Margaret & Samuel Gray
Roger Grayson
Dennis I. Greene
Ellen & Gerard Grenier
Elaine P. & Joseph E. Grever
Robert Grindrod
Nancy Grinnell & David Sharp
Nancy & Michael Grogan
Lisa Gross & Richard Hoffman
Barbara Grunkemeyer
Teresa & Peter Hacunda
Hope & Samuel Hale
Cecilia A. & Michael P. Halter
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hamilton
Lorriane & Grayson Hanley
Samantha Hanman
Maria & David Harrington
Patricia A. Harrington
Helena & Kenneth Hartnett
Juliana & Todd Hassett
Carla & Stephen Hatfield
Pamela & James Hayes-Bohanan
Pamela & Ted Haznar
Clare Healy Foley & Paul Foley
Dorothy Hebden-Heath
Susan Heide
Janne Hellgren & Jack Boesen
Judith & Edward Herlihy
Ms. Sophia Hermann
Marianne Hickey
Lesley Hill & Alan Stone
Janet & Richard Hitchcock
Amy Holden & Brian Freyermuth
Margaret & Buell Hollister
Carolyn C. & Michael D. Holmes
Cathleen S. & Donald T. Hood
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Jessie W. Howland
Robert Howland
Michael S. Hudner
Johanna & Ian Hughes
Paul J. Hughes
Elizabeth Huidekoper
Anthony Hume
Gail J. & Arne Isaksen
Mr. Nicholas Iwanisziw
Pilar & Rich Jablonski
Maggie Jackson & John Hitchcock
Merita Hopkins & James Ring
Evelyn & Ned Jackson
Marsha Jackson & John B. Dockstader
Richard B. Jacobs
Hope & David L. K. Jeffrey
Dorothy & Geoffrey Jenkins
Doreen Jennings
Edith Johnson
Nancy Johnson & Alan Minard
Luana Josvold & Gary Johnson
Jacqueline Jung
Martin J. Kain
Jennifer Kaukas
Keith W. Kauppila
Andrea & Henry R. Keene
Judy Keller
Mary Ellen Kennedy
Julia & Stephen Kiechel
Kimberly & Donald King
Sara & William King
Ms. Trudy Kingery
Anne & Peter Kirschmann
Jannae Knospe & William Cannon
Brenda Knowles & Roger Fortier
Michelle Koscec
Barbara & Stephen Kratovil
Cynthia & William Krause
Rhett & Susan Krause
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Kugler
Tali & Mark Kwatcher
James Ladd
Diane Laflamme
Jodie Lambeau
Giles Landberg
Tenney & Raymond C. Lantz, Jr.
Bruce W. Larson
Holly Laurent
Leslie Lawrence
Lisa & Michael Lawrence
Jessica Leasaure & Julian Rubio
Mary Ellen Lees
Martha C. Leonard
Susan Lester & Lloyd Klickstein
Paul E. Levasseur
Ottilie & Jeffrey Levine
Elizabeth Linzee
Kenneth Lipman
Anne Moore Lisio & Philip Lisio
Joaquim Livramento
Erika Lopez & Timothy Beaulieu
Elena & Thomas P. Lovett
Lisa & Steven D. Lubar
Dara & Michael Luca
Rosemary P. Lucas
Susan & Donald H. Luce
Mary & Daniel Macedo
Ann & Peter Macedo
Andrea & Thomas Macha
Paul Magid
Mary D. Mandeville
Katey Marancik & Harvey Walsh
Ann & Robert Marklin
Susan & David S. Martin
Maureen M. & Michael S. Martowska
Henry Mastey
Colleen McCarthy & Alexander Bauer
Kristen Mccormack & Michael Taubenbenger
Fair Alice & Peter H. McCormick
Freddy & Alexander McFerran
Jennifer & Andrew McIntire
Nancy W. McKelvy
Juliette McLennan
Fran & Philip McMann
Pamela & George McNamara
Diane & Frank McNamee
Mary Anne McQuillan & Fred Sterner
Susan & Dexter Mead
Emily Mead & Robert Santos
Susan Mead
Joan Medeiros
Louise D. Medeiros
Sandra & Peter Medeiros
Daniela Melo & Timothy Walker
Charles W. Mello
Joanne Mendes
Patricia Merritt
Leslie Meyer-Leon & Robert Kleinberg
Frances Middendorf
Andrew Middleton
Debbie & Edward Mikus
Lorna Miles
Mark W. Mittelman
Nancy D. Mitton
Kathleen & William Mogayzel
Benita & Eugene A. Monteiro
Donna & Jim Moody
Roberta Moore
Barbara Moran & Brian Collins
Mayo & Dan Morgan
Kathy & Morgan Mowbray
Betts & F. Wisner Murray
Marjorie Grinols Murray
Karen & James Myslik
Angela Natho
Karen Nercessian & Nathan Fenton
Lara Neri
Maureen O’Brien
John O’Connell
Kimberly O’Connor
Tammy O’Connor
Pamela & Bruce J. Oliveira
Philip Oliveira
Edward Olivier & Richard Warburton
Grace & Edward Osediacz
Rachel Pachter & Jeremiah Hill
Linda & Whitfield Painter
M. Palmer
Dominique & Thomas Palmer
Ann Parson
Sandria R. Parsons
Ingrid & Paul Pawlowski
Pamela & Richard M. Peirce
Celeste Penney
Janice G. & Barry W. Perry
Joseph M. Perry
Alice & Robert Petersen
Lani Peterson & Breck Arnzen
Beverly & James Philip
Leigh & Peter Phillips
Eleanor & Richard Phillips
Joan Pierce
Nathan Pierce
Joy Plaisted & Royd Bjornoy
Christine & Raymond Plante
Pamela & Christopher Polloni
Alexis & William Popik
Alexandra & Robert Pozzo
Kathryn Koken & John Preece
Mary & David G. Prentiss
Lucy Iannotti & David M. Prentiss
Ann M. Proctor
Sara & Christopher Quintal
Roseann Radosevich & Richard A. Pline
Elizabeth F. Rainoff
Sasha & Mark Rasmussen
Rev. Racquel & Mr.Von Ray
Clara Read & Jay Hurd
Rosemary & Victor Rebello
Barbara & Terrence Reideler
Donald T. Reilly
Crystal & William Ribich
Karen Richmond & Robert Starnes
Mary Ellen & William Rill
Ann & Edward Ritchie
Cynthia & Edward Ritter
Kathleen A. & Ronald M. Rivera
Carol Robbins & John Case
Shirley M. Robbins
Shermika Roberts & Roxanne Sangstar
Katherine & Phillip Roberts-Gaudet
Judith & George Robinson
Kathryn & Robert Rogers
Michael Rodgers
Laura Rollins & Greg Blankinship
Maurice P. Rondeau
Maria Rosario & James Harris
Monica Anne Rosario
Cynthia & Bruce Rose
Sarah & Andrew Rose
Cecilia & Lewis C. Ross
Carol & David Ryan
Daniel Sachs
Anne Sadow
Rev. Stephen B. Salvador
Nancy Santoro
Ruth & Dererk Santos
Kathleen & Richard Saunders
Meaghan Sawin & Lauren M. Walsh
Frederic M. Schaefer, Jr.
Jennifer L. & Daniel J. Schlitzer
Barbara & Peter Schmidt
Katharine & Thomas Schmitt
Deborah Scott & Ralph Martin
Jody Seivert
Kathleen Sharkey-Jordan & Craig F. Jordan
Ross E. Sherbrooke
Carla Sherman
Louise & Larry T. Shwartz
Kirsten Sims & Brandon
Constant
Jonathan L. Sirois
Elizabeth B. Sittenfeld
Ari J. & Eve Y. Sky
Katherine Sloan-Tavares
Donna Small & James D. Thompson
Charles Smiler
Charles & Eleanor Smith
Cheri L. Sheridan & Joseph S. Drake
June A. Smith & Kenneth A. Shwartz
Nancy T. Smith & Christopher Gustin
Robert B. Smith
Alice E. & William C. Smith
Jennifer Sonnabend
Bernadette Souza
John D. Spooner
Kendra & David St. Aubin
Irene & Roger Stanford
Jim Stevens
Jean C. Stewart
Barbara-Jean & Thomas Stiles
Frederick Stillman
Susan J. & Charles M. Stillman
Catherine M. Stone
William M. Straus
Jackie & David Stubbs
Kathleen & Walter Suchon
Deborah & Nicholas Sullivan
Martha & R. Michael Sullivan
Roberta Sullivan
Joan Supir & Joel Ristuccia
Barry W. Sylvia
Teresa & Matthew Taylor
Patricia & Richard Taylor
Richard S. Taylor
Elizabeth Thomas
Sheridan & James Thomas
Matthew Thomas
Brook & Roy D. Thomas
Kathleen & E.R. Thompson
Patrice Tiedemann
Joan & Edwin Tiffany
Wayne Tirrell
Dorsey & Ted Titcomb
Jack Towle
Sarah & James Treco
Jane & Michael Tremblay
Pamela R. Trippe
Helen A. Trumbull
Cindy Turner
James Turner
Elizabeth & Peter Turowski
Barbara & Darryl Umland
Barbara LeBlanc & Robert Unger
Joan & James Vaccarino
Carl Valenstein
Catherine & William Van Meter
Lawrence R. Velte
Roberta Verville
Hilary & Sam Vineyard
Alfred J. Walker
Rev. Barry W. Wall
Ann & Brad Wallace
Joan & Robert Wallace
Emily Walter & Jarrett McPhee
Rebecca & Austin Ward
William Warden
Elizabeth Waring
Gloria & Richard Waterhouse
Elizabeth & Robert M. Wax
Happy & Henley Webb
Clara Weeks-Boutilier & Carl Boutilier
Alison Wells & Jaison Grau
Laurie & James Wheaton
Bailey & Philip Whitbeck
Elizabeth & Benjamin White
Mary Ellen & Bob White
Marjorie & Norman Whitehead
Tracy Whitford & Charles Loveridge
Rebecca M. & Richard K. Wilhelmsen
Virginia & John Wilkens
Kathryn & Robert Windsor
Judith & Dennis Winn
Marcy Wintrub & Duane Barton
Christopher Wolkowicz
Terry Wolkowicz
Janice A. Wood
Geneva Woodruff
Lisa & David W. Wright
Cynthia Zembo
Ann & Hans Ziegler
The following institutional contributors supported the Museum with cumulative giving of $150 or more between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
$100,000+
City of New Bedford- ARPA Cultural Facilities Fund
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Henry Luce Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
SouthCoast Community FoundationJacobs Family Donor Fund
Terra Foundation for American Art
The William M. Wood Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999 Bank of America
$25,000 - $49,999
Kenneth T. & Mildred S. Gammons Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Island Foundation, Inc.
The Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation
The Quarterdeck Foundation
William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
Southcoast Community FoundationAcushnet Foundation Fund
$10,000 - $24,999
BayCoast Bank
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
CIRI Foundation
City of New Bedford - Community Development
Block Grant
City of New Bedford - Community Preservation Act Trust Fund
The Decorative Arts Trust
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
The Howard Bayne Fund
Mass Humanities
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp
Vineyard Wind
The Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Baldwin Brothers, Inc.
Amy Janes Bare Charitable Trust
Bristol County Savings Bank
Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Highland Street Foundation
Move the World Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
Sylvia Group an Alera Group Company
$2,500 - $4,999
Acushnet Company
Allan Smith & Company, CPAs PC
BankFive
Boston Marine Society
Deme Offshore US
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
New Bedford Cultural Council
Taunton Federal Credit Union
WJFD-FM Inc.
World Wildlife Fund
$1,000 - $2,499
Barden’s Boat Yard, Inc.
The Castelo Group Real Estate
Barden’s Boat Yard, Inc.
Clube Madeirense S.S. Sacramento, Inc.
D.F. Pray General Contractors
Demoulas Foundation
Empire Loan
First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union
KAM Appliances
Ludes Family Foundation
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables Inc.
The Markel Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh
Nye Lubricants, Inc.
Quahog Republic Whaler’s Tavern
Sensing Systems
South Coast Improvement, Co.
Springtide Seaweed, LLC.
Wal-Mart
$500 - $999
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
Fairhaven Cultural Council
Friends of Fall River Public Library
Incorporated Proprietors of Nonquitt
Inlaid Antiques
Machado Silvetti
NorthStar Learning Centers, Inc.
Westport Cultural Council
$250 - $499
101 Studios, LLC
AAA Northeast
Acushnet Public Library
Ames Free Library
Attleboro Public Library
Auburn Public Library
The Barr Foundation
Barrington Public Library
Berkley Public Library
Blanding Public Library
Boskalis Offshore Management, LLC
Brockton Public Library
Brownell Library
Carter’s Clothing and Footwear
Cranston Public Library
Dighton Public Library
Dover Town Library
East Providence Public Library
East Smithfield Public Library
Falmouth Public Library
Friends of the Dedham Public Library, Inc.
Friends of the Eldredge Public Library
IMCA Trading, Ltd
John Curtis Free Library
Jonathan Bourne Public Library
Joseph Plumb Memorial Library
Lakeville Public Library
Lumanity Medical Affairs Consulting, LLC.
Maine Seaweed Council
Mansfield Public Library
Marion Library Association
Mattapoisett Free Public Library
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library
Medfield Memorial Public Library
Middleborough Public Library
The Millicent Library
Moby Dick Brewing Company, Inc.
New Bedford Free Public Library
North Providence Union Free Library
North Smithfield Public Library
Plymouth Public Library
Portsmouth Free Public Library
Raynham Public Library
Rogers Free Library
Sandwich Public Library
Somerset Public Library
South Yarmouth Library
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Sturgis Library
Swansea Public Library
Taunton Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library
Tiverton Public Library
Ventress Memorial Library
Wareham Free Library
West Yarmouth Library
Westport Free Public Library
Woods Hole Public Library
$150 - $249
Dartmouth Historical & Arts Society, Inc.
Leadership SouthCoast
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
New Bedford Economic Development Council
New Bedford Ocean Cluster
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
New England Fishery Management Council
Southcoast Coalition for Early Childhood Education
SouthCoast Film Forum, Inc.
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Trustees of Boston University
Whitfield - Manjiro Friendship Society
The Museum is grateful for gifts made in memory or honor of friends of the Museum between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
In Memory of Helen M. Allen
Anonymous
In Memory of Herbert & Lillian Andrew
Deborah & George Palmer
In Honor of Jenny Bauer
Mara Hart
In Honor of Charles E. Beckman M. Palmer
In Honor of John R. Bockstoce Louisa & Jeremiah Jones
In Honor of John Bologna
Christina Bologna
In Honor of Nancy Braitmayer on her 90th Birthday
Faith & Ambassador
Richard L. Morningstar
In Memory of
Susan S. Brenninkmeyer
Richard Carona
Steve Farley
Samantha Hanman
Judith L. & Edward F. Herlihy
Susan & Bradford Jenkins
Michelle Koscec
Karen & Claude James Prieur
Courtney Tomaselli
In Memory of Janet Plaisted Buehler
David A. Buehler
In Honor of Barbara & John Burner
Michael Burner
In Memory of Arnold Camara
Kenneth Camara
In Honor of Brian Correia
Elaine Correia
In Memory of Gladys Couto
Diana & Joseph J. Kelly
In Honor of Douglas Crocker II
Beth & Carmine Martignetti
In Honor of Logan Dacus
Jean Grota
In Memory of Albert Dahl Sr.
Thelma Bold
In Memory of Barbara L. DeMello
Sheila T. & John Paul McKenna
Linda J. & Cuffy Tunstall
In Memory of Eugene L. Dragon
Maria Cantor
In Honor of Kerrin Durrigan
Michael Durrigan
In Honor of James T. Dury
Angela Natho
In Honor of Michael Dury
Cynthia & Stephen Haslam
Angela Natho
In Honor of Margaret & Jerome Dyer
Constance J. & Jerome M. Dyer
In Honor of Peter Fenton
Karen Nercessian & Nathan Fenton
In Honor of Gillian C. Fournier
Pamela A. Noon
In Memory of
Captain Herbert Galkin
Evan & Harris Galkin
In Memory of William Gilkerson
Bryan J. McSweeny
In Memory of Buck Haberkorn
Elaine Murphy
In Memory of
Robert E. Harding, Ph.D.
Dolores Patenaude
In Memory of Edward D. Hicks
Edwina W. & James M. Cronin
In Honor of Lucile P. Hicks
Fredi & Howard H. Stevenson
In Honor of Edward M. Howland II
Elizabeth Jacobson
In Memory of Llewellyn Howland III
Jessie W. Howland
In Honor of Dorothy Jenkins
Martha & Peter Blatchford
In Memory of Tucker Keene
Franny & William N. Keene
In Memory of Jack Larson
Joy Larson
In Memory of Sylvia Levin
Judith L. & Robert L. Sterns
In Honor of Rosemary P. Lucas
Susan & Gary A. Grosart
In Memory of Edward N. Lund, Jr.
Judith L. & Robert L. Sterns
In Memory of William Matthews
Peg Grady
In Memory of Irene A. Medeiros
Anonymous
Louise D. Medeiros
In Memory of Jan Morse
Robert J. Barney
In Honor of Adam Overbay
Bridget Donnelly
In Honor of Robert Papkin
Steven C. Papkin
In Memory of Joachim Pease
Carl J. Cruz
In Honor of Mark Procknik
Heather Caldwell
In Memory of Clifton Rice
Sarah B. Budlong
In Honor of Daniel Ricketson
Anonymous
In Honor of Cathy Roberts
Elaine P. & Joseph E. Grever
In Honor of Daniel Rodrigues on his 95th Birthday
Dona Rodrigues Taylor
In Memory of Rita & Ruben Rosenfield
Herbert Rosenfield
In Memory of Anne M. Sparrow
Elizabeth Chrisman
Maureen B. & William F. Fischer
Deborah Larson
Rosemary P. Lucas
Lorraine Perry
Mary A. Riddle
Cecilia & Lee Thomas Russell
Edward Sparrow
Joan R. & Patrick R. Sparrow
Mary Ellen Sparrow
In Memory of Cecelia E. Swiszcz
Mary B. Swiszcz
In Memory of Sandra Turner
Cindy Turner & Carl Harvey
In Memory of Joan Vanderpool Gayley
Antonia Hollis Gayley
In Memory of Joseph Vaughn
Gail & John Sampieri
Francine R. & Neil R. Schulman
Robin & James Smith
In Honor of Raymond Butler Weiss
Erica Weiss-Laroche
In Memory of Thomas R. Wholley
Sarah Brett
The Bourne Society honors those who have included the Old Dartmouth Historical Society/ New Bedford Whaling Museum in their estate plans (as known to us as of December 31, 2023)
Anonymous (2)
William Adamson*
Howe Allen & Timothy Evans
Richard S. Anderson*
Hope Atkinson*
Ruth S. Atkinson*
Robert L. Austin & Elizabeth W. Morse
Sylvia Thomas Baird*
Robert O. Boardman*
William J. Boylhart*
Elizabeth & Edward C. Brainard II
Nancy & John W.* Braitmayer
Sally Bullard
Byron A. Crampton
Natalia Bento & James DeMello
Ruth B. Ekstrom
Temple Fawcett
Elsie R. & Norbert P.* Fraga, D.M.D.
Christina* & Peter* Gargas
Arthur Gartaganis
Susan & Gary Grosart
Berna & Joseph Heyman
Joan* & Ed* Hicks
Johanna S.* & Frederic C.* Hood
Margaret C. Howland*
Maryellen Sullivan Hughes
Elizabeth Huidekoper
Mary B.* & Peter G.* Huidekoper
Franny & William N. Keene and sons
Betty K. Knowles*
Annette L. Lantzius*
Patricia P. & Robert A.* Lawrence
Albert E. Lees III
Margaret P. Lissak*
Elizabeth I.* & J. Greer* McBratney
Peter H. McCormick
Laura E. McLeod
Louise A. Melling*
Martha Miller*
Gratia Rinehart Montgomery*
Barbara Mulville
Patricia Nottage*
Arthur H. Parker*
Rev. Diana W. and Daniel A.* Phillips
Rosemary Phillips
Polly Duff Phipps
Craig A.C. Reynolds
Judith Westlund Rosbe
Irving Coleman Rubin
JoAnne L.* & Louis M.* Rusitzky
Anthony R. Sapienza
Roberta H. Sawyer*
Barbara Schaefer
Joseph Sciuto*
Louis O. St. Aubin, Jr.*
Ruth Young Taylor*
Josephine Ashley Thayer*
Sandra* Turner & Roderick H.* Turner, M.D.
Suzanne Underwood*
Elinor* & Thomas C.* Weaver
Raymond Butler Weiss
Dorothy* & Thomas H.* West
Janet & Dean* Whitla
E. Andrew Wilde, Jr.*
Alice Hunt Williams*
Edward H. Wing, Jr.*
Laura & Douglas Wolford
The Lagoda Society honors the Museum’s most generous donors with cumulative giving of $100,000 or more (as of December 31, 2023). Deceased members of our Lagoda Society are recognized posthumously in the year of their death, or with a living spouse.
Anonymous (6)
Lisa Schmid Alvord & Joel Alvord
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
Robert L. Austin & Elizabeth W. Morse
Babbit Steam Specialty, Co.
Deborah A. & Benjamin B. Baker
Talbot Baker, Jr.
Bank of America
Pamela & Joseph M. Barry
Christina M. Bascom
BayCoast Bank
Jewelle W. & Nathaniel J. Bickford
Mary Jean & R. William Blasdale
Nancy & John W.* Braitmayer
Susan Sweetser Brenninkmeyer*
Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Jayne & Richard Burkhardt
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
City of New Bedford –Community Development
Block Grant
City of New BedfordCommunity Preservation Act Trust Fund
Nancy & Lawrence Coolidge
Nancy & David Corkery
Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
Victoria & David Croll
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Edward Livingston Baker Trust
Helen E. Ellis Charitable Fund
Helga Faulenbach
Marilyn & David Ferkinhoff
Patricia & Armand Fernandes
Barbara & Paul J. Ferri
Fidelity Foundation
Kenneth T. & Mildred S. Gammons
Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Tally & John N. Garfield, Jr.
Carolyn & Robert Macy Gelpke
Vanessa & John Gralton
George E. Grimshaw
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
Lucile P. & William C.S. Hicks
The Howard Bayne Fund
Jessie W. & Llewellyn* Howland III
Bess Dawson Hughes & James Hughes
Maryellen Sullivan Hughes
Caroline & Lawrence Huntington
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Island Foundation, Inc.
Joan K. & Irwin M. Jacobs
Patricia A. Jayson
Darlene L. & Gerald R. Jordan, Jr.
Keith W. Kauppila
David N. Kelley II
Elizabeth T. & Morris W. Kellogg
Cynthia K. & Peter R. Kellogg
The Kresege Foundation
Ladera Foundation
Patricia P. Lawrence
Albert E. Lees III
Marguerite Lenfest
Frances Levin
The Henry Luce Foundation
Ann & D. Lloyd Macdonald
The Manton Foundation
Leigh and Jean F. Mason III
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Massachusetts Department of Economic Development
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Holly & Joseph E. McDonough
Katharine E. Merck
Barbara & Howard Miller
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal
Caroline K. & George B. Mock III
Faith & Ambassador
Richard L. Morningstar
Diana & Hugh M. Morton
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Park Service
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Nye Lubricants, Inc.
Jane & Neil Pappalardo
Celeste Penney
Henry B. Plant Memorial Fund
The Quarterdeck Foundation
Edgenie H. & Donald S. Rice
Cathy & Henry Roberts
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia & Chris Schade
Tina & Paul Schmid
William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Sue D. Siegal
Sloan M. & Wick Simmons
SouthCoast Community Foundation
SouthCoast Community Foundation - Acushnet Foundation Fund
SouthCoast Community Foundation - Henry H. Crapo Foundation Fund
Sovereign - Santander Bank
Dola Hamilton Stemberg
The Robert F. Stoico / FIRSTFED Charitable Foundation
Carol M. Taylor & John H. Deknatel
Terra Foundation for American Art
United States Department of Education
U.S. Small Business Administration
Kathleen K. Wattles
Jennifer & R. Davis Webb
Ann Webster
The David P. Wheatland Charitable Trust
Janet P. Whitla
Karen E. & Bruce A. Wilburn
Susan & Harvey Wolkoff
The William M. Wood Foundation
Grace & David A. Wyss
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is grateful to the following individual and corporate donors who made in-kind gifts that supported the Museum’s operations between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
Paulina R. & Henry M. Arruda
Hillary & Jeffery Becton
William Boffa
Brahmin Leather Works
Cisco Brewery
Dale Coleman
Marilyn L. Eckstine
Encore Boston Harbor
Farm & Coast Market
Linda & Peter Fenton
Desmond Fitzgerald
Flora Home
Garden Gables Inn
Hancock Shaker Village
Benjamin Harris
Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
Horizon Beverage Co.
Kyler’s Catch Seafood Market
Little Moss Restaurant
Donald G. Lucas
Nancy Manley
MASS MoCA
Beatriz Oliveira
Padanaram Outfitters
Portugalia Marketplace
Kim Redfield & Theodore M. Romanow
The RISD Museum
Salt on Elm
SATA Internacional Airlines
Scuttlebutt Padanaram
Bonnie & Louis Silverstein
Marnie Sinclair
Michael Smith
Robert B. Smith
Catherine M. Stone
Amanda & Peter C. Stone
Sharon Toner
Judith A. Tuttle
Whaler’s Tavern
Shelley Wheeler-Carreiro
WJFD-FM Inc.
Every year, the New Bedford Whaling Museum relies on thousands of supporters to contribute 70% of our annual operating expenses. Thank you for supporting the Museum’s unique exhibitions, education programs, research and community events!
To learn more, visit www.whalingmuseum.org/ join-give.
For information regarding gifts of appreciated stock, IRA charitable distributions, bequests or planned gifts, please contact Emily Mead, Director of Philanthropy: emead@whalingmuseum.org or (508) 997-0046, ext. 150
For assistance with individual or corporate memberships and sponsorships, please contact Traci Calabrese, Associate Director of Donor Relations: tcalabrese@ whalingmuseum.org or (508) 997-0046, ext. 156
