New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
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Welcome to New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park! The Visitor Center and Garden provide a distinctive urban park experience. Operating hours vary seasonally and may differ from those of our local partners/businesses within the park boundary and throughout the city. Please refer to the Visitor Center hours listed below for access and note that park grounds remain open year-round.
Holiday Closures: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
Visitor centers
Visitor Center & Park Garden
Visitor Center & Park Garden Hours
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Coming up:
- May 1 – Nov 30: Summer Visitor Center Hours
- Oct 10 – Apr 15: Intermittent Hours mid-October - mid-April (closed)
- Nov 11: Veterans Day
- Dec 1 – Apr 30: Winter Visitor Center Hours
The operating hours for the Visitor Center and Garden vary from other local businesses within the park boundary and surrounding city. The Visitor Center operates seasonally, please see active exceptions to ensure that the Visitor Center is open during your visit.
Visitor center page on nps.gov: Visitor Center & Park Garden
Events in the next few days
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Visitor Center Open: Summer Schedule
· 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM · Located at 33 William Street in downtown New Bedford, Massachusetts, the Visitor Center is situated within the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. The building is accessible from William Street, with stairs at the front entrance and an accessibl · Free
About this park
"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"