If a year could be defined by a symbol, 2024 will be forever seen as an exclamation point! Welcoming more than 82,000 through our doors and besting 2023 visitation in New Bedford, the Museum also reached nearly 60,000 through exhibitions beyond our walls. Impacting 140,000 people throughout the country marks a moment only dreamed of in our 2020 vision for our strategic plan that centered on Welcome, Engage, Steward and Thrive.
The Museum has been experiencing remarkable growth. In the last eight years, adult visitation increased 20%, and this has been a key contributor to our visitation revenue growth of more than 90% in the last decade. Importantly, our general visitation rebounded a breathtaking 380% since 2020! Membership also has surged – with a 26% growth in member households over the past five years. And, the Museum has benefitted immensely from the outpouring of generosity through contributions to our Museum Fund, which have grown 35% over the last ten years. Not to be left out of the statistical highlights, our endowment has expanded through contributions and market gains with
New Bedford and the Museum are on the rise. By reaching more people outside of our state and seeing more guests within our walls, the Whaling Museum leads the region’s cultural renaissance and drives tourism. Above all else, we are here to ignite learning, and without a doubt our greatest mark of achievement in 2024 was serving 10% more students than the previous year. Inspiring future generations is, after
None of our achievements are possible without our members and supporters. Your unwavering commitment to our work fuels our impact. We are forever grateful to our team, volunteers, apprentices and trustees for their tireless efforts and deep dedication. Together,
Anthony R. Sapienza Chair, Board of Trustees
The Wider World & Scrimshaw
Our blockbuster exhibition, The Wider World & Scrimshaw, explored carved decorative arts and material culture made by Indigenous people from across the Pacific and Arctic. The popular exhibit drew crowds and saw significant press coverage. In August 2024, the Wall Street Journal celebrated the exhibit as “a treasure chest of 330 sea-related items” which “encompasses a wide frame of reference and expands, persuasively, the viewer’s sense of crosscultural exchanges.”
YEAR IN REVIEW
Ambitious Logbook Digitization Project
The Museum is committed to digitizing over 1,200 whaling logbooks and journals from our unparalleled collection. In 2024, our team digitized 262 logbooks as part of a multiyear project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. This important work will make these primary source documents accessible and discoverable to audiences around the world.
Alaskan Adventure
In June 2024, the exclusive Members’ Trip set off to explore Indigenous art, history, and traditions with chief curator Naomi Slipp, Ph.D. Travelers made stops in Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, and Utqiagvik (Barrow), where they celebrated the summer solstice.
Community Hub
The Museum continues to thrive as a cultural center, welcoming broader and more diverse audiences through a dynamic slate of events, lectures, and programs. Highlights include First Fridays, exhibition-related programming, the Portuguese and Lusophone-World Lecture Series, the Moby-Dick Marathon, the Sailors’ Series, and school vacation week activities. In addition to public programming, the community made vibrant use of Museum spaces for private events—including weddings, memorial services, and celebrations— resulting in 57 facility rentals in 2024.
Honored for Excellence
Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art & Community Projects Ymelda Rivera Laxton was honored with a New England Museum Association Excellence Award during the 2024 New England Museum Association Conference! This award recognized Ymelda’s dedication, advocacy for contemporary and Indigenous artists, and liaison role in the Museum’s community advisory committees.
Empowering Literary Education
Collaborating with the Melville Society Cultural Project, the Museum hosted a three-week Summer Institute for 25 teachers. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, MobyDick and the World of Whaling in the Digital Age facilitated teaching Melville’s classic Moby-Dick in today’s classroom.
2024 By the Numbers...
82,139 VISITORS IN NEW BEDFORD
339 SCHOLAR VISITS
2,283 MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS
13,100 VOLUNTEER HOURS
6,500 FIELD TRIP STUDENTS
12,950 BIG BLUE PICTURES VISITORS
620 SQUID DISSECTIONS
262 WHALING LOGBOOKS AND JOURNALS DIGITIZED
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2024-2025
Anthony R. Sapienza, Chair
Douglas Crocker II, 1st Vice Chair
Bernadette Souza, 2nd Vice Chair
Wick Simmons, Treasurer
Ricardo Bermudez, Assistant Treasurer
Paulina R. Arruda, Clerk
R. Davis Webb, Assistant Clerk
Carol M. Taylor, Past Chair
Susan Costa
Betsy Fallon
David A. Gomes
Edward M. Howland
Margaret Howland
Jim Hughes
Michael Keating
Lloyd Macdonald
Ralph C. Martin II
Eugene A. Monteiro
Michael Moore
Gilbert Perry
Victoria Pope
Dana Rebeiro
Maria A. Rosario
Lucy Rose
Tricia Schade
Mark Schmid
Nancy L. Shanik
Ellen Stone
Lisa Whitney
Susan Wolkoff
STAFF
Kayleigh Almeida
Robert Amaral
Monica Aspden
D. Jordan Berson
Melanie Botvin
Sarah Budlong
Traci Calabrese
Alexander Corralejo
Kelly Corralejo
Xavier Corralejo
Katherine Crouse
Elizabeth Fallon
Emily Faulkner
Edward Feeney
Erika Fernandes
Gillian Fournier
Andrew Furtado
Mikayla GarzelloniRoderick
Victoria Hughes
Eleanor Huntress
Andrew Iarocci
Michael Lapides
Carolyn King
Ymelda Laxton
Phoebe Magee
Amanda McMullen
Emily Mead
Loredana Mello
Henry Moniz
Allison Myron
Dania Noriega
Julie O’Boy
Beatriz Oliveira
John Pimentel
Yamilex Ramos Peguero
Emily Reinl
Emma Rocha
Robert Rocha Jr
Fallon Rosario
Rachel Rossi
Monique Roy
Traecy Saint-Louis
Samantha Santos
Benjamin Shiek
Nathan Silveira
Naomi Slipp
Madeline Smith
David Soares
Michelle Taylor
Mason Terra
Nelson Terra
Waverly Verissimo
Marina Wells
Jennifer Zanolli
VOLUNTEER COUNCIL
Robert Saltzman, President
Diane Sullivan (January-February)
Cynthia Stone (March-April)
James Verni (May-December)
Vice Presidents
Judith Giusti, Corresponding Secretary
Sylvia White, Comptroller
James Anderson
Marion Aymie
Melody Barlow
Susan Barnet
Janice Bastoni
Mary Biltcliffe
David Brownell
Gerald Bruen
Diana Bullard
Erin Burlinson
Paula Cabral
Lorraine Carey
Russell Carey
Charles Chace
Mitchell Cleveland
Carole Clifford
Penny Cole
Richard Cordeiro
Nancy Costello
Mary Crothers
Sylvia Daley
Melissa Desjardins
Christina Dodd
Alicia Duff
Mary Farry
Deborah Fauteux
David Ferkinhoff
Marilyn Ferkinhoff
Patricia Fernandes
Debby Flynn
Thomas Flynn
Michele Fortin
Jennifer Gady
Lucia Garcia
Nancy Gentile Keighley
Patricia Gerrior
Joseph Gomes
James Grinnell
Susan Grosart
Maria Harrington
Patricia A. Harrington
Michael Hevey
Robert Hussey
Ellen Johnston
Donna Junier
Priscilla Keffer
Kamile Khazan
Dyan Kieltyka
Anne Kirschmann
Barbara Kratovil
Mary Kruger
Janice Linehan
Lee Loranger
Charles Loveridge
Rosemary Lucas
Judy Lund
Larry Lutvak
Kathy Mann
Kathleen McAuliffe
Jerome McGourthy
Richard McLaren
Linda Mello
Joanne Mendes
Robert Mogilnicki
Morgan Mowbray
Michael Murray
Clara Nunes
Maureen ODonnell
Cody Oliveira
Thomas Openshaw
Grace Osediacz
Helen Pereira
Barbara Poznysz
Dennis Pucello
Jane Pucello
Joseph Quigley
Gwenevier Riendeau
Jennifer Rodriguez
John Sargent
Richard Schenker
Joanne Seymour
Margarida Silva
James Soden
Lois Spirlet
Harrison StewartRacicot
Ellen Stone
June Strunk
Sarah Sylvan
William Tatro
Michael Taylor
Kenneth Teixeira
Stephen Theberge
Beverly Trenholm
Katherine Veiga
Raymond Vezina
Paul Vien
Joyce Viera
Lorna Walker
Gordon Waring
Sylvia White
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Anthony R. Sapienza, Chair
Douglas Crocker II, 1st Vice Chair
Bernadette Souza, 2nd Vice Chair
Wick Simmons, Treasurer
Ricardo Bermudez, Assistant Treasurer
Paulina R. Arruda, Clerk
R. Davis Webb, Assistant Clerk
Carol M. Taylor, Past Chair
Edward M. Howland
Jim Hughes
Victoria Pope
Mark Schmid
Lisa Whitney
MUSEUM ADVISORY COUNCIL
Carol M. Taylor, Chair
Lisa Schmid Alvord
Christina M. Bascom
Nathaniel J. Bickford
Mary Jean Blasdale
Joanne Cameron
Paula Cordeiro
Carl J. Cruz
Roy Enoksen
Armand Fernandes
Barbara Ferri
John N. Garfield, Jr.
Vanessa Gralton
Lucile P. Hicks
Maryellen Sullivan Hughes
Patricia A. Jayson
William N. Keene
David N. Kelley II
Betsy Kellogg
Frances 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 Rebeiro
Donald S. Rice
Cathy Roberts
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tina Schmid
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Janet P. Whitla
David A. Wyss
AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE
Carol M. Taylor, Chair
Ricardo Bermudez
David A. Gomes
Michael Keating
Lloyd Macdonald
Lucy Rose
Anthony R. Sapienza
Wick Simmons
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Mark Schmid, Chair
Douglas Crocker II
John N. Garfield, Jr.
Edward M. Howland
Jim Hughes
Ralph C. Martin II
Victoria Pope
Quentin Ricciardi
Anthony R. Sapienza
Carol M. Taylor
Susan Wolkoff
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Douglas Crocker II, Co-Chair
Wick Simmons, Co-Chair
Paulina R. Arruda
Christina M. Bascom
Jewelle & Nathaniel Bickford
Betsy Fallon
Jim Hughes
Betts Howes Murray & F. Wisner
Murray
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia & Chris Schade
Bernadette Souza
Carol M. Taylor
R. Davis Webb
Wistar Wood
CAPE VERDEAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Carl J. Cruz, Co-Chair
Gene Monteiro, Co-Chair
Carlos A. Almeida
Patricia L. Andrade, M.D.
Candida Rose Baptista
Angelo Barbosa
Ronald Barboza
Jose Cabral
David A. Gomes
Marilyn Gonsalves
Joaquim Livramento
Louis Ricciardi
Lucy Rose
Anthony R. Sapienza
COLLECTIONS COMMITTEE
Douglas Crocker II, Chair
Vanessa Anderson
Constance Bacon
Mary Jean Blasdale
Mary Chandor
Carl J. Cruz
Vanessa Gralton
Margaret Howland
Barry Levenson
Frances Levin
Steven D. Lubar
Michael Moore
Barbara Moss
John H. Ricketson
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tina Schmid
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Ellen Stone
Lisa Whitney
DEVELOPMENT & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE
Betsy Fallon, Co-Chair
Lisa Whitney, Co-Chair
Karen Gierhart
Lisa Lofberg
Katherine Read
Anthony R. Sapienza
Margot D. Stone
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Wick Simmons, Chair
Ricardo Bermudez
Jose S. Castelo
Douglas Crocker II
Lloyd Macdonald
Anthony R. Sapienza
Nancy L. Shanik
R. Davis Webb
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
R. Davis Webb, Chair
Susan Costa
Carl J. Cruz
David A. Gomes
Michael Keating
Bruce Rose
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia Schade
Carol M. Taylor
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Ricardo Bermudez, Chair
Gilbert Perry
Anthony R. Sapienza
Wick Simmons
David Wyss
MUSEUM LEARNING COMMITTEE
Bernadette Souza, Chair
Christina M. Bascom
Denise Carrington
Susan Costa
Geralyn Ducady
Tobey Eugenio
Michael Keating
Alejandro Latinez
Ralph C. Martin II
Helen Montague
Carol Spencer Monteiro
Dana Rebeiro
Maria A. Rosario
Robert R. Saltzman
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia Schade
Bethany Silva
Jennifer W. Smith
Darri Stephens
James Verni
David Welty
PORTUGUESE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Onésimo Almeida, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Gilbert Perry, Co-Chair
Michael Benevides
Mónica Bensaude Fernandes
Rep. Antonio Cabral
Joao Caixinha
Jose S. Castelo
Anthony A. Cruz
Paul Curado
Tiago de Sousa
Steven Duarte
Armand Fernandes
Louise D. Medeiros
Willits Mendonca
Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa, Ph.D.
John C. Pinheiro
Sara da Silva Quintal
Donald G. Rei
Jose Ribeiro
Fernando G. Rosa
Maria Gloria de Sa
Anthony R. Sapienza
SCHOLARSHIP & PUBLICATIONS
Michael Moore, Chair
Mary K. Bercaw
Mary Jean Blasdale
John R. Bockstoce
Jan da Silva
Kenneth Hartnett
Judith N. Lund
Daniela Melo
David R. Nelson
Victoria Pope
Anthony R. Sapienza
Robert J. Saunders
WOMEN’S HISTORY COMMITTEE
Paulina R. Arruda, Co-Chair
Christina M. Bascom, Co-Chair
Lee Blake
Carole Clifford
Jan da Silva
Betsy Fallon
Deborah Kovacs
Ann O’Leary
Dana Rebeiro
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia Schade
Mary Howland Smoyer
Ellen Stone
Lisa Whitney
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Our community partners—local nonprofits and cultural organizations doing vital work—are essential to creating meaningful, accessible programs. By offering Museum space at low or no cost, we help amplify their impact and strengthen our shared commitment to the Greater New Bedford community. These partners include:
3rd EyE Unlimited
AHA! New Bedford
Alma del Mar Charter School
ArtWeek SouthCoast
Break the Anchor | CineMAR
Bristol Community College
Brown University’s Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Buzzards Bay Coalition
Cape Verdean Recognition Committee
City of New Bedford
Consulate of Portugal in New Bedford
Culture*Park Theatre of New Bedford
Descendants of Whaling Masters
Downtown New Bedford, Inc.
Explore New Bedford
Human Rights Commission
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Melville Society
New Bedford Creative
New Bedford Economic Development Council
New Bedford Film Festival
New Bedford Film Society
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
New Bedford Historical Society
New Bedford Light
New Bedford Free Public Library
New Bedford Public Schools
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Our Sisters’ School
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE)
Queer Arts Council of New Bedford Sound Explorations
South Coast Artists
SouthCoast Children’s Chorus
SouthCoast Community Foundation
South Coast LGBTQ+ Network
SouthCoast Film Forum
Spinner Publications Inc.
United States Naval War College
United States Navy
University of Massachusetts Ecology Department
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth’s Center for Portuguese Studies & Culture
Women’s Fund SouthCoast
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.)
In 2024, the New Bedford Whaling Museum reaffirmed its dedication to fostering meaningful community connections through a wide range of collaborative partnerships. Together with local and regional organizations, the Museum hosted an impactful series of programs and events that reached well over 11,000 participants. Nearly half of these programs were offered free of charge, ensuring broader access and inclusivity for the diverse communities we serve.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & EVENTS
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 2024 ensured that there was a rewarding experience awaiting each and every attendee.
121st Annual Members’ Meeting
AHA! Night
• We HeART NB | Sea Changes in Symphony
• Breaking Waves: Women in Science
• AHA! for a Sustainable Ocean Future
• Songs of the Sea Concert
• Chase the Rainbow Whales
• Into the Wider World
• 5 Pillars of Hip Hop
• Celebrating AHA!’s 25th Anniversary
• Shell Show & Tell
• Discover SouthCoast Artistry
• Starry Night, Ft. the Photography of David Zapatka
April School Vacation Week | Cardboard Harbor
Break The Anchor | CineMAR International Film Festival
Candida Rose Baptista feat. KabuMerikanus Lecture & Music
Cape Verdean Community Open House
Down to the Sea in Ships Silent film with Pianist Jennifer Maxwell
Fall Fest | Trunk or Treat
February School Vacation Week Ft. Captain Paul Cuffe
First Fridays
• Crys Matthews Concert
• West African Fusion & Caribbean Soul with Sidy Maïga and Becky Bass
• Joaquin Santos and the Dope Lotus
• Zunzún Trio, with Nina Ott
• The Moonbellies
• Harbor View Hooray for Independence Day!
• Aoife Clancy and Eddie Dillon
• Native Stories from the Pacific to the Artic Short Films
• Conversation with Artist Courtney M. Leonard and Holly Mitituq Nordlum
• National Author’s Day Celebration
• Spindle Rock River Rats
‘Harbor Lights’ Summer Benefit
Harbor Lights & Starry Nights: Painting with Roy Rossow
Holiday Stroll
In the Whale Film Screening
Inundation District Film Screening
Keep Talking Film Screening
Local History Guild
• Seals and Society – An Evolving Relationship
• Hiapo and Links Between New Bedford and Niue
• Documentary Photographs
• Complicated Legacies: Museum History, White Supremacy, and Sculpture
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Members’ Holiday Party
Moby-Dick Movie Night
Moby-Dick Marathon Weekend
Navy Day
New Bedford Light’s Fine Art Club
New Year’s Eve City Celebrates with Toe Jam Puppet Band
New Year’s Eve Celebration After Hours
One with the Whale Film Screening
Our Sisters School Exhibition Opening & Reception
Portuguese Lusophone-World Lecture Series
• Kenneth David Jackson
• Carnation Revolution 50th Anniversary
• Author Katherine Vaz
The Princess Bride Film Screening & Themed Reception
Reflections Exhibition Tour & Talk
Rustin Film Screening
Sailors’ Series
• Lin Pardey
• Secrets of Mary Celeste with Author & Sailor Steve Dahill
Sea Chantey on the Lagoda
Sketch & Walk with Mason
Slow Art Day
The Mountain of Sgaana Film Screening
The Wanderer 100th Anniversary Celebration
The Wider World & Scrimshaw Book Launch & Curator Tour
EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
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.
All Hands: Yankee Whaling and the U.S. Navy
September 1, 2023 – September 8, 2024
Braitmayer Galleries
All Hands! explored historical connections between American whaling 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 addressed contemporary maritime trade and historic celestial navigation, connecting mariners of today with whalers of the past.
Framing the Domestic Sea: photographs by Jeffery C. Becton
January 12, 2024 – May 5, 2024
Wattles Family Gallery
Surreal and panoramic digital photographic collages evoked New England’s varied histories, the maritime world, and contemporary environmental concerns.
Our Sisters’ History: An Exploration of New Bedford During the 1800s
March 30, 2024 – April 19, 2024
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.”
Reflections
April 26, 2024 – October 27, 2024
Observation Deck Gallery
Reflections asked viewers to reflect on water’s role in labor and leisure. Photographs provoked questions about how and when we take time to reflect, and the water’s particular ability to hush or heighten one’s internal state.
The Wider World & Scrimshaw
June 14, 2024 – November 11, 2024
Wattles Family Gallery
The Museum’s scrimshaw collection (objects carved by whalers on the byproducts of marine mammals) was placed in conversation with carved decorative arts and material culture made by Indigenous community members from across the Pacific and Arctic.
BREACH: Logbook 24 | Scrimshaw, “Hold the Line”
June 14, 2024 – November 3, 2024
Center Street Gallery
BREACH, by Courtney M. Leonard (Shinnecock), was an exploration of ties between place, community, whales, the maritime environment, and the myriad meanings of the word “breach.”
Complicated Legacies: Museum History, White Supremacy, and Sculpture October 11, 2024 – October 13, 2025
Little Braitmayer Gallery
This exhibition examines Black activism and white supremacy in the US between 1914-1916 by centering a bust of Jonathan Bourne created by John Gutzon Borglum for the Museum in 1915.
Up from the Depths: Natural Selections from our Collections
October 11, 2024 – October 13, 2025
Braitmayer Gallery
Highlighting a variety of objects from the natural world, both terrestrial and aquatic, for the first time in nearly a century our natural history collections were centered in a standalone exhibition arranged like a cabinet of curiosities designed to wonder and amaze.
“Entangled in the Lines”:
Figuring Moby-Dick
November 8, 2024 – March 8, 2025
Observation Deck Gallery
Exemplifying how Melville’s text is always up for interpretation, artworks from the collection related to Herman Melville and Moby-Dick expressed widely varied experiences.
Lighting the Way: SouthCoast Women’s Lives, Labors, Loves
December 13, 2024 – May 4, 2024
Wattles Family Gallery
Focused on collection items made by and for women, Lighting the Way explored women’s contributions in domestic and civic life, education and public institutions, and the cultural fabric of New Bedford. Diverse stories cut across race, age, class, ability, ethnicity, immigration status, gender identity, and sexuality to demonstrate the unique and evolving experiences of women in this region.
2024 PUBLICATIONS
Slipp, Naomi, et al. The Wider World & Scrimshaw
Laxton, Ymelda Rivera, et al. BREACH: Logbook 24 | Scrimshaw
Vistas: A Journal of Art, History, Science and Culture Volume 3, Issue 1
Nye Oil related lot including corporate archival materials, bottles of Nye products, award medals from the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, historic print advertising, and miscellany.
2024.3, Gift of Cristina M. Dichiera
One photo-postcard (Bilhete postal), ca. 1960 (inscribed 8/5/60) of beached whales being flensed on the beach at São Miguel.
2024.4, ODHS Purchase
Brian Adams (b. 1986; Iñupiaq), Marie Rexford of Kaktovik, Alaska preparing muktuk for the villages Thanksgiving
Day feast, 2015. 20 x 20 inches (sheet), Collector’s limited edition c-print from the series “I am Inuit.”
Brian Adams (b. 1986; Iñupiaq), Muktuk in Kaktovik, Alaska being prepared for Thanksgiving by the Rexford whaling crew, 2015. 16 x 20 inches, c-print from the series “I am Inuit.”
2024.5, ODHS Purchase
Kiliii Yüyan (b. 1979; Nanai/Hèzhé (East Asian Indigenous and ChineseAmerican), Listening for Bowheads, 2016. Collector’s limited print (edition of 8), 30 x 20 inches.
2024.6, ODHS Purchase
Lehuauakea (b. 1996; māhū mixedNative Hawaiian), two kapa pieces, 2023. Each 11 x 14 inches (framed), made using carved traditional stamping tools and natural mineral pigments.
2024.7, ODHS Purchase
Daniel Ranalli (b. 1946; American), 1405 Whales, 1997. Unique block print on rag paper with bone fragments in artist’s frame & wood-burned text panel, 38 x 49 inches.
Daniel Ranalli (b. 1946; American), Whale Stranding Series: Pilot Whale, New Bedford, 2021, 2022. Unique Block Prints on Rag Paper, 24 x 20 inches.
2024.8, Gift of Lorene Sweeney
Milk / dairy bottle: John S. Gracie, Dartmouth. One pint. Surface find by donor at Destruction Brook / Woodcock Street area, Dartmouth, MA.
2024.10, Gift of Judith N. Lund
Theodosia Potter Chase, Apponagansett Boat Club Races poster; Edward Freeman Potter account book, 1908-09.
2024.15:
Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss (Māori (Ngā Puhi, Tainui) and Niuean, b. 1986), Niue, where I feel safe, 2024. Tuitui ink, whale baleen buttons, sperm whale oil ink on Hiapo, ODHS purchase
2024.11, ODHS Purchase
Jerome Saclamana (King Island, b. 1963), Spirit Totem Mask, ca. 2017. Walrus ivory, baleen, feathers, and pigment, 10 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches.
2024.12, ODHS Purchase
1875-78 Whaling logbook: voyage of New Bedford bark Draco out of Block Island to North and South Atlantic Ocean, H. M. Peaks master.
2024.13, Gift of Sarah Flanders and Stephen Michael Franklin
Collection of letters and documents of Captain Benjamin and Charlotte Clough.
2024.14, Gift of Andre & Joan Bourque
Three framed paintings by Edmund N. Russell, New Bedford marine painter (b.1852-d.1927)
2024.15, ODHS Purchase
Cora-Allan Lafaiki Twiss (Māori (Ngā Puhi, Tainui) and Niuean, b. 1986), Niue, where I feel safe, 2024. Tuitui ink, whale
baleen buttons, sperm whale oil ink on Hiapo, 48 x 68 inches.
2024.16, ODHS Purchase
Sheyne Tuffery (New Zealand, b. 1970), Aroha, 2015. Woodblock print and pencil on paper, 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches.
Sheyne Tuffery (New Zealand, b. 1970), After Sydney, 2013. Woodblock print and pencil on paper, 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches.
2024.18, ODHS Purchase
Jerome Saclamana (King Island, b. 1963), Needle Case, 2024. Walrus ivory, baleen, and ptarmigan feather, 1 1/2 x 7 x 1 inches.
2024.19, Gift of Gary W. Mahn
3 whaling logbooks: Journal of Bark Rhine of New Bedford, Bound on Whaling Voyage in the Atlantic Ocean: Hiram Francis, Master, March 30, 1846; Journal of a Whaling Voyage in Schooner Kate Cory which sailed from Westport on the 10th of July 1857, Weston S.
Tripp, Master; Remarks on board a voyage, ship Martha, 1837-1840
2024.20, Gift of Patricia A. Jayson 2 scrimshawed whale teeth and an engraved elephant ivory notebook with pencil.
2024.21, Gift of Mary Ann Weiglhofer
Glass and possibly silver candlestick used by Napoleon on St. Helena; Letter to Miss Myra Heyer from Rosemary Hall, St. Helena 12/21/1891 and transcription; Letter to Addie Weeks, New Bedford from Andrew Heyer, son in law of Captain William Weeks; ten original photographs: Josephine Galfy collection, some framed; Calling cards and copper plate; Travel “scrapbook” on photo frame; Prayer Book; Autograph Book.
2024.22, Gift of Nina Hellman
An empty tin canister of 500 American bomb lance primers, labelled “Union Metallic Cartridge Co.,” Bridgeport, Connecticut. Brass 50mm Norwegian
2024.35: Albert Bierstadt, Clear Lake, California, 1881. Oil on canvas, Gift of Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
Kongsberg shell and wadding. Two scrapbooks containing clippings, photos and ephemera related to whaling.
2024.23, Gift of John B. Sherman and Pamela Sherman
Collection of Theodosia Potter Chase personal items including an album (containing photos clippings and ephemera), loose photographs of pets and children, estate planning correspondence, and box containing brushes, paints, trowels and other artist’s supplies.
2024.24, Gift of Jeffery & Hillary Becton
Jeffery Becton (b. 1946), WTF, 2023. Dye sublimation on aluminum, 52 x 30.5 inches.
2024.25, Gift of Catherine B. Quencer & Laurence Mase
3 logbooks from the Reindeer, 1858-70; Notebook listing provisions and costs, 1860; Diary of Sophia Adelaide Robinson Raynor, wife of George W. Raynor, 1862-67
2024.26, Gift of Bernard A. G. Taradash
7 tapa cloths from the Pacific islands.
2024.27, Gift of Constance Buckley
Model of the American Whaler, Charles W. Morgan
2024.28, ODHS Purchase
Bryon L. Amos (Cup’iq), Raven Mask, 2024.
Bryon L. Amos (Cup’iq), Walrus Mask, 2024.
2024.29, ODHS Purchase
Leon Misak Kinneeveauk (Inupiaq), Whale Spirit Mask, 2024.
2024.31, Gift of David Doss
Photograph postcard of a whale gun.
2024.33, Gift of Gerald Xavier
3 photographs of whaling in Pico, Azores; 1 postcard of whaling in Pico, Azores; 1 painting of Pico, Azores.
2024.34, ODHS Purchase
Julia Marden (Aquinnah Wampanoag; b. 1962), Hunting Surgeon, brain-tanned deer hide bag, 2024.
2024.35, Gift of Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
John Ross Key, The Cliffs of Newport, RI, 1871. Oil on canvas, 18 x36 inches. Albert Bierstadt, Clear Lake, California, 1881. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches.
2024.36, Gift of Richard Cutting
Logbook of the Schooner, Caleb Eaton
2024.37, Gift of Marion D. Frederickson
Three logbooks and one account book: brig Quinto, Bark N.D. Chase, F.H. Moore, Ship Waverly, Ship Napoleon, Schooner Sophia, Schooner Carrie W. Clark; Account book of William Perry Beverly, MA 1797.
2024.38, Gift of Maria J. Carvalho
Traditional women’s Portuguese Costume from the Minho Region.
2024.39, Gift of Carl J. Cruz
David Stone Martin, A sculpture of the Moby Dick character “Doggoo,” undated. Postcard.
2024.40, ODHS Purchase
Postcard depicting seaweed gathering at the jetties of Oak Bluffs, MA.
2024.41, ODHS Purchase
Courtney M. Leonard, “BREACH: Logbook 24 | SCRIMSHAW STUDY #3,” 2024. Coiled Micaceous Clay and 22kt Gold Luster Dimensions, ca. 12 x 5 x 4.5 inches, with wood, metal & gold acrylic base.
Courtney M. Leonard, “BREACH: Logbook 23 | SUSTENANCE STUDY #1,” 2023. Ceramic (carbon reduction fired glazed stoneware), ca. 13.5 x 10 x 1.5 inches.
2024.42, Transfer from Brooklyn Museum
A group of (11) textiles associated with the Hawes family of New Bedford, MA.
2024.43, ODHS Purchase
Saturday Evening Girl’s Paul Revere Pottery, made by Edith Brown, decorated by Lily Shapiro, Milk pitcher, 1926. Ceramic, 4 1/8 x 6 x 4 1/8 inches.
2024.44, Gift of Merrill Sherman
Bill Shattuck, Roses, ca. 2020. Ink on paper, 36 x 48 inches.
Courtney M. Leonard
BEYOND NEW BEDFORD
Touring exhibitions allow 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.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
Re/Framing the View: NineteenthCentury American Landscapes
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
October 14, 2023 - August 4, 2024
Seals and Society
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Environmental Education Center and Aquarium Bristol, RI
January 9 – March 1
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, RI
March 9 – April 28
National Marine Life Center
Buzzards Bay, MA
July 1 – July 31
Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary Wellfleet, MA
August 1 – August 25
Maine Discovery Museum Bangor, ME
September 15 – October 29
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Martha’s Vineyard Museum, MA
June 9 - September 22
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, MD
September 27, 2024 - December 2026
COLLECTION OBJECTS ON SHORT-TERM LOAN
Mystic Seaport: Entwined, March 2, 2024 – April 5, 2026.
American Folk Art Museum / Historic Deerfield: Unnamed Figures: Black Presence & Absence in Early American Vernacular Art, AFAM: November 15,
Sailing to Freedom explored the maritime dimensions of the Underground Railroad and featured the above Dolls: Frederick Douglass Enslaved / Frederick Douglass a Free Man, circa 1845, by Cynthia Walker Hill (1771-1848).
2023–March 24, 2024; HD: May 1 – August 4, 2024
Peabody Essex Museum: Draw Me
Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick, June 1, 2024 - January 2026
Martha’s Vineyard Museum: Percy Cowen: My Dearest Jane, March 2 - May 26, 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum: Monsters and Mermaids: Legends of the Sea, August 2024 - October 2026
Mattapoisett Historical Society: Wanderer 100: The Afterlife and Legacy of Mattapoisett’s Last Whaler, April-October 2024
New Bedford Art Museum: Time Capsule: A Slice of Life in 19th Century New Bedford. October 1, 2024-April 27, 2025.
Mystic Seaport: Spineless: A Glass Menagerie of Blaschka Marine Invertebrates. October 21, 2023March 3, 2025
In 2024, 82,139 visitors from 50 states across the country and 56 countries around the world walked through the Museum’s doors. With over 58,000 people attending traveling exhibits, our total reach soared to 140,432!
MUSEUM LEARNING
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, and delivered off-site programs in classrooms and our community.
K-12 SCHOOL GROUPS
A.J. Gomes School
The Academy at Penguin Hall
Abraham Lincoln School
Albert F. Ford Middle School
Alma Del Mar Charter School
Barrington Middle School
Betsey B. Winslow Elementary School
Biddeford High School
Blackstone Academy Charter School
Blue Social Empowerment Autism Services Inc.
Brighton High School
Cape Cod Academy
Central Campus
Charles Sumner School
Cobscook Institute
Cornish Elementary School
The Croft School
DeMello Elementary School
Dighton Elementary School
East Providence High School
Eddy Elementary School
Edgartown School
Ellen R. Hathaway Elementary School
The Fessenden School
FLAD Portuguese School
Fonseca Elementary School
George H. Potter School
George R. Austin Intermediate School
George R. Martin Elementary School
Global Learning Charter Public School
Grace Baptist Christian Academy
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Henri A. Yelle Elementary School
Henry Barnard School at Providence Country Day
Henry-Lord Middle School
Higginson Lewis School
High Road School of Massachusetts
Highlander Charter School
Holy Name School
Homeschool Group - Dartmouth
Homeschool Group - North Dartmouth
Innovation Academy Charter School
Irwin Jacobs Elementary School
La Salle Academy
The Learning Community
Long Branch Middle School
Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School
Mary K. Goode Elementary School
The Mead School
Melrose Montessori School
Moses Brown School
Mt. Hope High School
Mullein Hill Christian Academy
Nativity Preparatory School
Nazarene Christian Academy
Needham Montessori School
New Bedford High School
New Hampton School
North Pembroke Elementary School
Norwich Free Academy Diversity Department
Oak Ridge School
Old Rochester Regional High School
Our Sisters’ School
Oxford Academy
Paul Cuffee School
Pilgrim Academy
Portsmouth Abbey School
Portuguese Learning Center
Quashnet School
The Rectory School
Richardson Olmsted Elementary School
RISE Classroom at the Westport High School
Riverview School
Rogers High School
Rose Conservatory
Samuel Fuller School
Scituate Homeschoolers
Shining Light Homeschool Co op Sippican Elementary School
Sparhawk Academy
The Speyer Legacy School
St. Agnes School
St. Luke’s School
St. Mark’s School
St. Michael’s School
St. Teresa of Calcutta School
Swift Elementary School
Tabor Academy
Talbot Middle School
Teaticket Elementary School
Thayer Academy Middle School
The Wheeler School
The Wolf School
Trinity Christian Academy
Trinity Day Academy
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School
Weetumuw School - Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
West Tisbury School
Westport Elementary School
William Taylor Elementary
Homeschool Group - North Dartmouth
AFTER SCHOOL, CAMP OR YOUTH PROGRAMS
Catholic Charities Teen Center
Citizens for Citizens, Inc. After School
Early Learning Child Care Inc.
Friends Academy
John J. Doran School
Kennedy Summer Day Program
Lesley Ellis Summer Camp
Movement Education Outdoors
Riverview School
Sea Education Association
Sea Lab
Sgt. Wm. H. Carney Daycare
Something Fishy Camp
Sunshine’s Place
UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Swift Summer Program
COLLEGE GROUPS
Bristol Community College
Bryant University
Marine Biological Laboratory
Mass. Maritime Academy
Rhode Island School of Design
Roger Williams University Honors Program
Showa Boston Institute
UMass Dartmouth
University of Chicago
Williams College Mystic Seaport Coastal and Ocean Studies Program
UMass Dartmouth - Student Affairs
ADULT GROUPS
Atria Senior Living
Autumn Glen at Dartmouth
Azorean Consulate Group
Carleton-Willard Retirement Community
Community Connections
Descendants of Whaling Masters
Hunt Community Center
Laurelmead
Mystic Seaport Museum
Nauset Newcomers Day Tripper 7
NEH/Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
Sandwich Newcomers and Neighbors
Senator Michael Rodrigues’ Office
StoneRidge
The Commons in Lincoln
The Village at Duxbury
Westwood Council On Aging
Yale School of Art Alumni
OFFSITE OUTREACH
Carney Academy Open House
Feast of the Blessed Sacrament Family Day
Massachusetts Teacher STEM Fair
Greater New Bedford Youth Alliance Family Fest 2024
New Bedford Birth-3rd Grade
Partnership
New Bedford Public Schools Back to School Extravaganza
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
The 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. 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 throughout the college application and financial aid process.
HIGHLIGHTS
• 15 Apprentices earned stipends for over 300 hours of programming.
• Senior Apprentices received over 50 hours of college and financial aid counseling and support
• Four Senior Apprentices graduated and entered post-secondary education at Bristol Community College (three) and Emerson College
• Apprentices supported Museum programs including the Moby-Dick Marathon, February school vacation week, and the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament Parade
MESSAGE FROM THE TREASURER
As Treasurer of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, it is my pleasure to provide an overview of the Museum’s 2024 financial performance.
2024 proved to be a surprisingly strong year. Surprising because a) it was our first year in five that we received no new government subsidies and b) we launched our ambitious capital campaign for a new Welcome & Exhibition Center on the vacant lot on William Street.
As to funding, thanks to you, our generous supporters, contributed income totaled $3.3 million, accounting for more than half of our total operating income. This was in addition to making tremendous progress in the capital campaign, reaching $21 million toward the goal. Contributors themselves, our dedicated volunteers logged more than 13,000 service hours with a contributed gift value of more than $530,000.
Operationally, our Museum team executed compelling exhibitions and programming which spurred a 27% increase in member attendance and attracted more than 82,000 visitors overall. As a result, revenue from admissions, memberships, and public programs increased by 8%, 10% and 44%, respectively.
Overall expenses were carefully managed once again, with 77% deployed directly in support of our programs. In sum, total 2024 operating income of nearly $6.2 million exceeded expenses by $147,000 - a very good result.
Our balance sheet continues strong and without debt. We are heartened by donors who chose to make a lasting impact by way of gifts to the endowment. In 2024, with new gifts plus portfolio gains, the endowment grew from $18.6 million to $20.6 million at 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 four-star rating from Charity Navigator.
2025 is off to a strong start with all indications of another year of momentum and growth. There will be challenges, however. One, we have an expansion to fund and build. Two, once again we will have to count on you, our benefactors, to provide us with both annual contributed income and support for the William Street building campaign - possibly in the face of financial markets turmoil. Three, anticipated demolition and subsequent construction may impede Museum access and pressure attendance revenues. Our confidence in meeting these challenges comes from you and our experience: we are a problem-solving, resilient institution as we have shown through pandemic and inflation. I expect we will meet 2025’s challenges with the same resolve.
With thanks to all,
Hardwick (Wick) Simmons Treasurer
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
DONORS
Individual Donors
The following individual contributors supported the Museum with gifts to the Museum Fund, membership, and other special initiatives between January 1 and December 31, 2024. This list does not include capital campaign donors. Campaign donors are recognized on page 25. Though space restraints permit us to list only cumulative giving of $150 or more, the Museum is grateful for support at every level.
$100,000+
Richard S. Anderson*
Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
Joan K.* & Irwin M. Jacobs
Sloan M. & Wick Simmons
$50,000- $99,999
Anonymous
Nancy Braitmayer
$25,000 - $49,999
Anonymous (3)
Christina M. Bascom
Anne Patterson Finn & Christopher Finn
Laurie & Peter Grauer
Alison K. Hedges & Robert J. Saunders
Cathy & Henry Roberts
Jennifer W. & R. Davis Webb
Allison & George Wood
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
Thomas P. Barry & Nancy L. Shanik
Marnie Ross Chardon & Marc E. Chardon
Janelle Cooper M.D. & Kathleen K. Hanson
Victoria & David Croll
Michael J. Dury
Marilyn & David Ferkinhoff
Tally & John N. Garfield, Jr.
Carolyn & Robert Macy Gelpke
Vanessa & John Gralton
Lucile P. & William C. S. Hicks
Marianna C. & Edward M. Howland
Bess & Jim Hughes
Betsy & Rusty Kellogg
Margaret & Per G.H. Lofberg
Doris & John Ludes
Ann & Lloyd Macdonald
Faith & Richard Morningstar
Jane & Neil Pappalardo
Mark Rodgers
Barbara Sawtelle*
Tricia & Chris Schade
R. Patricia & Edward Schoppe, Jr.
Dola Hamilton Stemberg
Carol M. Taylor & John H. Deknatel
Ann Webster
Susan & Harvey Wolkoff
$5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous
Maria & Wael Bayazid
Hillary & Jeffery C. Becton
Martha & Peter Blatchford
Joanne & David Cameron
Joan Dolian & Per Moen
Ruth B. Ekstrom
Maryellen & James Hughes
Sarah Jackson
Franny & William N. Keene
Beth & Carmine Martignetti
Susan McLaren & Philip Guymont
Amanda & Quentin McMullen
Carolyn Osteen
Jill & Thomas Pappas
Katherine Read & William Sommerville
Carolyn & James Rubenstein
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tina & Paul Schmid
Patricia Diane Valas
Grace & David A. Wyss
$2,500 - $4,999
Wendy D. & Eugene C. Andreassi
Paulina R. & Henry M. Arruda
Laurie & David Barrett
Holly & Dana Barrows
Pamela & Ricardo Bermudez
Mary Jean & R. William Blasdale
Eric A. Braitmayer
Carla & Johan Brigham
Tommie & Jack Desmond
Betsy Fallon & Michael L. Waters
Patricia & Armand Fernandes
Elsie R. Fraga
Susan & Gary Grosart
Randy Harris
Patricia A. Jayson
Jamee & Michael Kane
Martha & Michael Keating
Mona & Robert Ketcham
Lisa & Charles Larkin
Holly & Joseph E. McDonough
Laura McLeod &
Reidar Rasmussen
Caroline K. & George B. Mock III
Linda Owens
Karen & Claude James Prieur
Louis M. Ricciardi
Edgenie H. & Donald S. Rice
Donna Sachs & Gilbert Perry
Bonnie & Louis Silverstein
Barbara & Thomas Slaight
Janice M. & John Smyth
Bonnie & Bob Stapleton
Margot D. Stone
Stephen Taber
Sigrid & Ladd Thorne
Janet P. Whitla
Ann & Hans Ziegler
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous (3)
Margaret & Robert Ackerman
Patricia A. & Mark S. Allen
Patricia Altschuller
Lisa Schmid Alvord & Joel Alvord
Patricia L. Andrade, M.D.
Maureen & Ray Armstrong
Deborah A. & Benjamin B.* Baker
Jennifer & Charles Baker
Margherita & Michael Baldwin
Melody Barlow
Catherine A. Bartholomew & John H. Ricketson
Robin & Milo C. Beach
Dora Beatty & Peter Macdonald
Jackie & John Beauregard
Sharon & William Betts
Sandra Bilodeau
Jessie & Thomas Bourneuf
Nannette & William M. Braucher
Anne Broholm
Ann & David Caldwell
Alzira & Jose S. Castelo
Elaine & Paul Chervinsky
Marni Clippinger & Sheffield Van Buren
Christine & Eric Cody
Jennifer & Jeff Collins
Janet & William Coquillette
Paula Cordeiro & David O’Brien
Nancy & David Corkery
Carl J. Cruz
Jane & Jerry Dauterive
Joan Decollibus & Douglas A. Balder
Cynthia & Bryon Deysher
Priscilla & Allan Ditchfield
Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer & Dan Dwyer
Vernon Edwards
Helga Faulenbach
Linda & Charles W. Findlay
Viki A. Fowler & John D. Kelleher
Cynthia & James Gajewski
Deborah & Peter R. Gates
Margaret & Clark Gee
Sharon & David Giblin
Karen & Jack Gierhart
Diane M. Gilbert
Sarah H. Godfrey
David A. Gomes
Jack Gorman & John Mandeville
Abby & David Gray
Carla Harper & Brian Connors
Anne & Jerry Heller
Denise & Charles Hixon
Margaret Howland
Nina & James Hunt
Evelyn & Ned Jackson
Patricia & John M. Kalisz
Susan Keyes & James Sulat
Katherine A. Kirby
Nancy W. & Edward F. Kurtz
Tali & Mark Kwatcher
Gig & Scott W. Lang
Patricia P. Lawrence
Susan Leclair & James Griffith
Sarah & Seth Lederman
Kathryn & Christopher Lee
Gordon K. Lenci
Virginia & Barry Levenson
Frances Levin
Judy Light
Judith N. Lund
Diana Markel
M. Holt Massey
Jennifer & Andrew McIntire
Elizabeth & Thomas McKay
Michelle McLean-Russell
Emily Mead & Robert Santos
Nancy D. Mitton
Hannah C. & Michael Moore
Susan & Anthony Morris
Regina M. Mullen
Pamela T. & R. Henry Norweb
Barbara & Harry O’Hare
Christine W. Parks
Louise Parks
Alice Rice Perkins & Mark C. Perkins
Janice G. & Barry W. Perry
Emily & John C. Pinheiro
Kim Redfield & Theodore M. Romanow
Susan & Brian Rothschild
Barbara & Michael Schaefer
Margot & Mark Schmid
Kristin & Roger Servison
Laura Ryan Shachoy & Jamey Shachoy
Gilbert L. Shapiro
Jeannie & Mason Smith
Mary Howland Smoyer
Anne Snyder
Judith L. & Robert L. Sterns
Fredi & Howard H. Stevenson
Ellen Stone
Ulla & Paul Sullivan
Joan Supir & Joel Ristuccia
Michelle Taylor
Sarah & Nathan Theobald
Robin & H. St. John Webb
Lisa & George Whitney
Sonjia & William Whitney
Karen E. & Bruce A. Wilburn
David Wilusz
Emily Wing
Laura & Wistar Wood
$150 - $999
Anonymous (4)
Thomas Abe
Susan & Charles Abizaid
Melinda & Mike Ailes
Dominique Alfaudre & Thomas Palmer
Jane Allain & Walter Czerny
Onésimo Almeida
Susan & Bruce Almeida
C. Douglass Alves
Melissa & Wes Alwang
Melissa Amaral
Dana Anderson
James Anderson
Laurie & Peter Annicelli
Ruth Anthony
Lucy Aptekar
Patricia & Christopher B. Arnold
Jane & Gary Ash
Nancy & R. Elliot Ashley
Kendra & David St. Aubin
Susan & Joel Avila
Peter Bailet
Deborah Baker
Jeanne & Perry A. Ball
Theresa Barrington
Mary P. Barry & Keith G. Schwegel
Diana & Alan Bateman
Ana & Dudley Bauerlein
Tamara & Carl Beckman
Cynthia & John Behan
Charlotte R. Berman
Leslie & Robert Bernert
Francine Bernitz & Scott Lambert
Dennis Berrios
Jennifer Bertrand & Christopher Smith
Teresa Betit & Howard Lurie
Jeffrey Bilezikian
Susan & Desmond H. Birkett
Linda & John Bodenmann
Pamela & James Hayes-Bohanan
Susan & Nicholas Bonn
Bettina Borders & Victor Mailey
Elsie Boulanger
Clara Weeks-Boutilier & Carl Boutilier
Andrew W. Brady
Penny Brewer & Nathan Bekemeier
Jennifer & John Brindisi
Ashley Bristol & Brendan McLean
Leslie & Wendell S. Brown
Carol H. Brown
Mary & Ron Brown
Hanne & Robert Browne
Sharon K. & Thomas F. Brownell
David Brownell
Ellen Bruzelius & William Tifft
Lisa Buccella
Theresa Buck
Laurie & John K. Bullard
Sally Bullard
Robert E. Burbank
Barbara & Carleton Burr
Sean Francis Cahillane
Susan M. Camacho & William J. Hollman
Sophronia Camp & Jeffrey McMahon
Betty Ann & Jack Cannell
William Cantor
Maria Cantor
Ellen & Edward Carlson
Amy Carroll & Evelyn Crocker
Jordan Castro
Margaret Caton
Ruth H. & Richard W. Cederberg
Candy & Charles Cederberg
Mary & Jeffrey Chandor
Diane Chimowitz
Brenda & Tom Clark
Amanda Cobb & David Halberstadt
Robert S. Cocroft
Danielle D. & Louis D. Coffin
Patrice D. & Jeremiah L. Coholan
Margaret A. Coleman
Kay H. Collins
Tom & Barb Conley
Heather Conover & Stephen Brass
Stacey & Christopher Constas
Merry & John Conway
Mary W. Cook
Faye & Harold Cook
Alison Coolidge
Amante & David Coppes
Cheryl & William Corvello
Susan & Antonio Costa
Spencer Cowles
Sheila & Edward A. Crapo
Jill & William Creevy
Ruth & Robert Crocker
Edwina W. & James M. Cronin
Maria & Anthony A. Cruz
Brenda Cullen
Anne Marie Cullimore & David Michaud
Larry Culpepper
Victoria & Robert Cunningham
Molly & Chris Cutler
Katherine & Frederick Dabney
Joan Dalton & Stephen Taylor
Thomas & Steven Darwin
Irene Davis
Sue & Bob Daylor
Helen DeGroot
Charles Deknatel
Ramona & Matthew Delaney
Judith R. & Charles F. DeMailly, Jr.
Cynthia K. & Rhet H. C. Denault
Maria G. Desa
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
Michael Dow
Mary Beth & John Dowd
Jackie & Thomas Driscoll
Mary Anne Dufault
Julie Starr-Duker & Jay Duker
Nanci A. Dunlop
Timothy Dyer
Alan R. Earls
Virginia & Harold Eckert
Harriet Edelman & Christopher Hillyer
Nancy E. & Lawrence K. Edwards
Tanina M. &
Melanie Edwards-Tavares
Oufa El Houkssous & Martin Bentz
Herb Ellis
Jean & Ford Elsaesser
Sara Emmenecker
Merry & Ralph Eustis
Pamela Evans
Annette Ewing
Maureen & Hugh Fanning
Mary Feeney
Linda & Peter Fenton
Kathleen & David W. Fentress, Jr.
Marco Fernandes
Joan Ferrante & Robert Wallace
Barbara & Paul J. Ferri
Karen G. & Michael J. Fiorile
Lilly Fitzgerald & Dennis Allen
Mary Ellen Flinn
Thomas R. Flynn
Timothy Foerster
Muriel Fortes
Helen & Andrew Fredricks
Janet Freedman
Ryan Froelich
Kristie M. Furrow & Samuel C. Riley
Jennifer & Bill Gady
Joyce & Victor Gagnon
Jennifer & Arthur G. Gaines
Charlotte P. Galli
Linda M. Garibaldi
Katherine & Phillip Gaudet
George Gebelein
Nancy Gentile & Mark Keighley
Patricia Gerrior & Gordon Waring
Sarah S. & Vasant A. Gideon
Lynne & Burney M. Gifford
Virginia R. Giger
Kim & Steven Gladstone
Joseph R. Glennon III
Barbara & Milton Glicksman
Marian R. Goldsmith
Joelle & Joseph Gomes
Evelyn Goodhue
Lisa Gould & Kurt Voss
Claire & Andre Goyer
Frank Gracia
Anna & Scott Graham
Barbara Lemperly Grant & Frederic D. Grant, Jr.
Roger Grayson
Ellen & Gerard Grenier
Judith & Michael Grimley
J. Briggs Grinnell
Nancy W. Grinnell & David Sharp
Nancy & Michael Grogan
Cherry & James Gronski
Lisa Gross & Richard Hoffman
Jeremy Gross
Barbara Grunkemeyer
Gloria & Johan Gundersen
Valerie Gurdal
Teresa & Peter Hacunda
Hope & Samuel Hale
Cecilia A. & Michael P. Halter
Cecilia & Michael Halter
Marjory Hamilton
Deborah & Gary Hamilton
Maria & David Harrington
Patricia A. Harrington
Anne Harris
Helena & Kenneth Hartnett
Sally W. Harty
Juliana & Todd Hassett
Carla & Stephen Hatfield
Marion & Frank Hauck
MaryAnn C. Hayes
Darren Hayes
Susan & W. Gary Hayward
Pamela & Ted Haznar
Gloria & Walter Healey
Dorothy A. Hebden-Heath
Susan Heide
Brendan & Chris Heinrich
Virginia B. Herbermann & Robert C. Grindrod
Judith L. & Edward F. Herlihy
Elsa Gonsiorowski & Barbara Herrmann
Katherine Hesko & Andrew Spofford
Marianne Hickey
Polly & Prentiss C. Higgins
Elizabeth Hill
D. Lesley Hill & Alan Stone
Sarah Hilton
Natalie & Ralph S. Hirshorn
Janet & Richard Hitchcock
Amy Holden & Brian Freyermuth
Margaret & Buell Hollister
Leigh & Frederic C. Hood, Jr.
Cathleen S. & Donald T. Hood
Jeanne Hopkins & John Bernardi
Merita Hopkins & James Ring
Alison Horrigan & Deborah Morris
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Jessie W. Howland
Elizabeth & Jonathan Howland
Robert Howland
John Howland
Michael S. Hudner
Paul J. Hughes
Johanna & Ian Hughes
Heidi & Arthur Huguley III
Elizabeth Huidekoper
Laura & Ray Hunt
Catherine & Ross Hunter
Lauren & Patrick Hurley
Lucy Iannotti & David M. Prentiss
Pilar & Rich Jablonski
Maggie Jackson & John Hitchcock
Margaret Jackson
Richard B. Jacobs
Andrew Jacobson
Hope & David L. K. Jeffrey
Dorothy & Geoffrey Jenkins
Doreen Jennings
Luana M. Josvold &
Gary P. Johnson
Nan Johnson
Nancy Johnson & Alan Minard
Sara H. Johnston
Amy Jonak & Marie Primavera
Lindsey Jones
Kathleen Sharkey-Jordan & Craig F. Jordan
George Joukov
Jacqueline Jung
Martin J. Kain
Lynn Karoly & Timothy Safford
Mary & Peter T. Kavanaugh
James F. Kavanaugh, Jr.
Kate Kavanagh & Ron Tremper
Karen Kayser & Fred Groskind
Robert Kean
Elizabeth & Brian Keane
Andrea & Henry R. Keene
Lyn Keith
Judy Keller
Michelle & Michael Kelly
Lilian Kemp & David H. Marks
Mary Ellen Kennedy
Carol & Paul Kerrissey
Julia & Stephen Kiechel
Kimberly & Donald King
Trudy Kingery
Anne & Peter Kirschmann
Helen & Stephan Kissler
Brenda Knowles & Roger Fortier
Deborah Kovacs & Nicholas Sullivan
Susan & Michael Kramer
Naoko Kugler
James Ladd
Bruce W. Larson
Holly Laurent
Craig & Jeff Lawrence
Leslie Lawrence & Ronald Weingartner
Lisa & Michael Lawrence
Susan & John Lawrence
Anne & Arthur Layton
Jessica Leasaure & Julian Rubio
Barbara LeBlanc & Robert Unger
Margaret & Timothy Lee
Mary Ellen Lees
Martha C. Leonard
Susan Lester & Lloyd Klickstein
Paul E. Levasseur
Ottilie & Jeffrey Levine
Elizabeth Linzee
Amy & Christina Lionheart
Kenneth Lipman
Joaquim Livramento
Hannah Lloyd & Charles C. Howland
Erika Lopez & Timothy Beaulieu
Lee & Raymond Loranger
Dara & Michael Luca
Susan & Donald H. Luce
Laura Ludes
Zora T. & Alan F. Lynch
Ann & Peter Macedo
Andrea & Thomas Macha
Christopher MacLean
Diana & Bruce MacPhail
Mary D. Mandeville
Harold N. Mandly III
The Sooner Foundation
Ann & Robert Marklin
Maureen M. & Michael S.
Martowska
Henry Mastey
Janet Mastronardi & William
Stanton
Joel Maxwell & Paul Saros
Kathy & Jeff McCarron
Kristen Mccormack & Michael
Taubenbenger
Fair Alice & Peter H. McCormick
Melanie McCormick & Jared O’Connor
Chris McCrory
Fran & Philip McMann
Pamela & George McNamara
Diane & Frank McNamee
Maureen McQuillan
Susan & Dexter Mead
Edward Meaney
Joan Medeiros
Louise D. Medeiros
Natalie A. & Charles W. Mello
Joanne Mendes
Anita & Willitts Mendonca
Patricia Merritt
Catherine & William Van Meter
Leslie Meyer-Leon & Robert Kleinberg
Frances Middendorf
Andrew Middleton
Katherine Mierzwa & Michael Gerstein
Debbie & Edward Mikus
Caorl & Kate Miller
Dora & Dudley Millikin
Ajay Mishra
Kathleen & William Mogayzel
Bunny & Robert Mogilnicki
Benita & Gene Monteiro
Amelia Monteiro & Pamela Souza
Donna & Jim Moody
Elizabeth Isherwood Moore
Roberta Moore
Barbara Moran & Brian Collins
Mayo & Dan Morgan
Franco Mormando
Weld S. Morse
Diana & Hugh M. Morton
Kathy & Morgan Mowbray
James Mullen
Karen & James Myslik
Alanna Nelson & Mourad Chaouch
Maureen & John Nolan
Maureen O’Brien
John O’Connell
Roseanne & Joseph O’Connell
Joseph O’Hare
Beatriz Oliveira
Charlotte & Lawrence J. Oliveira
Susan Oliveira
Pamela & Bruce J. Oliveira
Mary Timmins & James Onderdonk
Alice & Thomas Openshaw
Grace & Edward Osediacz
Claudia & Nelson Ostiguy
Rachel Pachter & Jeremiah Hill
M. Palmer
Virginia & George French Parker
Katherine & James Parker
Sandria R. Parsons
Katharine & Stuart Parsons
Ingrid & Paul Pawlowski
Barbara Pearl & Martin Lipman
Pamela & Richard M. Peirce
Cynthia W. & Noel Pelliccia
Richard Perkins
Joseph M. Perry
Betsy & Rich Perry
Alice & Robert Petersen
Beverly & James Philip
Leigh & Peter Phillips
Eleanor & Richard Phillips
Nathan Pierce
Richard H. Pierce
Maria & Victor Pinheiro
Joy Plaisted & Royd Bjornoy
Christine M. & Raymond J. Plante
Pamela & Christopher Polloni
Stan Ponte
Diane & Jeffrey Pontiff
Victoria Pope & Joel Brenner
Alexis & William Popik
Barbara & Richard Poznysz
Nancy* & Richard W. Purdy
Karen Quigley & Russell Hensel
Sara & Christopher Quintal
Roseann Radosevich & Richard A. Pline
Trudy & Charles Radville
Tara Rajaniemi
Sasha & Mark Rasmussen
Katherine C. Raymond
Clara Read & Jay Hurd
Rosemary & Victor Rebello
Donald G. Rei
Barbara & Terrence Reideler
Donald T. Reilly
Crystal & William Ribich
Margaret-Ann Rice
Karen Richmond & Robert Starnes
Mrs. John H Ricketson III
Mary Ellen & William Rill
Barbara Rimkunas
Ann & Edward Ritchie
Cynthia & Edward Ritter
Kathleen A. & Ronald M. Rivera
Deborah C. Robbins
Shirley M. & Ashley Robbins
Judith & George Robinson
Kristine Audette Rocha
Gabriel Rocha
Michael Rodgers
Kathryn Rogers & Robert Clancy
Maria A. Rosario & James Harris
Cecilia & Lewis C. Ross
Suzette & Robert C. Rothmann
Elizabeth & Jeffrey Roy
Anne Sadow
Robert R. Saltzman
Rev. Stephen B. Salvador
Marie Saunders
Kathleen & Richard Saunders
Meaghan Sawin &
Lauren M. Walsh
Frederic M. Schaefer, Jr.
Jennifer L. & Daniel J. Schlitzer
Barbara Schmider
Katharine & Thomas Schmitt
Michelle Schulte
Kathleen & Peter Scieszka
Dr. R. Michael Scott
Jody Seivert
Jennifer Sell
Josie Sentner
Kitt Shaffer & Timothy Titcomb
Elline Hildebrandt Sharp & Heather Ross
James Sheerin
Ross E. Sherbrooke
Carla Sherman
Susan & George Shuster
Louise & Larry T. Shwartz
Claudia Lewis Silvia & Peter Silvia
Jill Simoes
Eleanor Sinnott
Jonathan L. Sirois
Glena & Richard D. Sisson, Jr.
Paula & Michael Sitarz
Elizabeth B. Sittenfeld
Martha Slaight
Donna Small & James D. Thompson
Robert B. Smith
Alice E. & William C. Smith
Julane R. & Edward W. Soares
Jennifer Sonnabend
Bernadette Souza
Irene B. & Roger Stanford
Andrea Stanley
James P. Stevens
Jean C. Stewart
Barbara-Jean & Thomas Stiles
Frederick Stillman
Susan J. & Charles M. Stillman
Amanda & Peter C. Stone
Barbara & James Stowe
William M. Straus
Amanda Strong
June C. Strunk
Kathleen & Walter Suchon
Deborah & Nicholas Sullivan
Martha & R. Michael Sullivan
June & William Swanson
Barry W. Sylvia
Charles Tansey
Kristin Van Tassel
Patricia & Richard Taylor
Geoffrey Taylor
Sheridan & James Thomas
Matthew Thomas
Kate Thompson & Dan Calano
Kathleen & E.R. Thompson
Patrice Tiedemann & Michael Grant
Joan & Edwin Tiffany
Mary Timmins & James Onderdonk
Kristina & James Tomlinson
Jack Towle
Sarah & James Treco
Jane Tripp
Pamela R. Trippe
Robert Turnan
Cindy Turner & Carl Harvey
James Turner
Libby Turowski
Betsey Tyler
Barbara & Darryl Umland
Joan Underwood* & Geoffrey Taylor
Harvey Varnet
Christine Vazquez
Lawrence R. Velte
Elaine & Jeff Vercellone
Ms. Roberta Verville
Hilary & Sam Vineyard
Alfred J. Walker
Maria Ruedlinger Walker
Rev. Barry W. Wall
Ann & Brad Wallace
Melanie & Flavian Wallis
Ellen S. & Laurence S. Walsh
William Warden
Elizabeth Waring
Susan & Lawrence Warner
Gloria & Richard Waterhouse
Mallory & John Waterman
Ellen & Donald Watson
Elizabeth & Robert Wax
William F. Weaver
Jane & Russell H. Weigel
Nancy Weinstein & John Dean
Deborah Jackson Weiss & Scott T. Weiss
Alison Wells & Jaison Grau
Laura Wetzel & Franklin T. Wetzel
Laurie & James Wheaton
Bailey & Philip Whitbeck
Alix P. White & David Bigley
Amelia & Lewis White
Mary Ellen & Bob White
Marjorie & Norman Whitehead
Tracy Whitford & Charles Loveridge
Sally & Peter Wilde
Deborah & Andrew Wiley
Virginia & John Wilkens
Kathryn & Robert Windsor
Judith & Dennis Winn
Marcy Wintrub & Duane Barton
Mary & Alan Wolfe
Jonathan Woodcome
Kathleen & Donald Woods
Margaret Wool & Vincent Mor
Lisa & David W. Wright
Kathy & Ira Zankel
Cynthia & Wally Zembo
Trusts, Funds, Corporate, Foundation and Government Support
The following institutional contributors supported the Museum with cumulative giving of $150.00 or more between January 1 and December 31, 2024. This list does not include capital campaign donors, who are recognized on page 25.
$100,000+
National Endowment for the Humanities
SouthCoast Community Foundation – Jacobs Family Donor Fund
The William M. Wood Foundation
$50,000 - $99,999
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
The Henry Luce Foundation SouthCoast Community Foundation – Acushnet Foundation Fund
$25,000 - $49,999
City of New Bedford - Community Preservation Act Trust Fund
Kenneth T. & Mildred S. Gammons
Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Massachusetts After School Partnership, Inc.
Massachusetts Cultural Council
National Endowment for the Arts
National Historical Publications & Records Commission
The Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation
William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
$10,000 - $24,999 BayCoast Bank
The Howard Bayne Fund
Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
City of New Bedford – Community Development Block Grant
Community Foundation of New Jersey – J.C. Kellogg Foundation Fund
The CSL Foundation, Inc.
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Island Foundation, Inc.
Ludes Family Foundation
The M&T Charitable Foundation
National Park Service
New Bedford Cultural Council
Servedwell Hospitality
University of Massachusetts –Dartmouth
Vineyard Wind
The Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Alliance Bernstein
Association for the Relief of Aged Women
Baldwin Brothers, LLC. BankFive
City of New Bedford – ARPA Cultural Facilities Fund
Helen E Ellis Trust
Highland Street Foundation
Mass Humanities
Move the World Foundation
New Bedford Day Nursery Fund
SouthCoast Community Foundation – Upstream Foundation Fund
Southeastern Massachusetts Convention & Visitors Bureau
Sylvia Group an Alera Group Company
$2,500 - $4,999
Acushnet Company
Allan Smith & Company, CPAs PC
Arts New Bedford - New Bedford Creative
Bank Of New York Mellon
Burr Brothers Boats, Inc.
The Castelo Group
CHT Foundation
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
Furthermore: a Program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
KAM Appliances
Saltonstall Architects
Taunton Federal Credit Union
$1,000 - $2,499
Alvord Family Foundation
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
Bensaude Hotels Collection
Boston Marine Society
Bristol County Savings Bank
Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines
Cape Cod 5
Clean Uniforms and More
Clube Madeirense S.S. Sacramento, Inc.
Consulate of Portugal
CTC Transfers
Dartmouth Cultural Council
Demoulas Foundation
Fall River Women’s Union
Imtra Corporation
Littoral Power Systems, Inc.
MSEPS
Neto Insurance Agency, Inc.
New Bedford Foss Marine
Terminal
Nye Lubricants, Inc.
Sensing Systems
The Sooner Foundation
SouthCoast Health
WJFD-FM Inc.
$500 - $999
Acushnet Cultural Council
Converse Company Real Estate
Dartmouth Public Libraries
Descendants of Whaling Masters
FB Insure
Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals
Westport Cultural Council
$250 - $499
Acushnet Public Library
Ames Free Library
Attleboro Public Library
Auburn Public Library
Barrington Public Library
Berkley Public Library
Blanding Public Library
Brockton Public Library
Brownell Library
Carter’s Clothing and Footwear
Child & Family Services
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Cranston Public Library
Dighton Public Library
East Providence Public Library
East Smithfield Public Library
Friends of the Dedham Public Library, Inc.
Friends of the Eldredge Public Library
Falmouth Public Library
IBF Connect
Jonathan Bourne Public Library
James White Memorial Library
John Curtis Free Library
Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library
Lakeville Public Library
Mansfield Public Library
Marion Library Association
Mattapoisett Free Public Library
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library
McGowan Marine, Inc.
Medfield Memorial Public Library
Middleborough Public Library
The Millicent Library
New Bedford Free Public Library
North Providence Union Free Library
North Smithfield Public Library
Paul Choquette Masonry Restoration
Play Arcade
Plymouth Public Library
Portsmouth Free Public Library
Raynham Public Library
Rogers Free Library
Sandwich Public Library
Somerset Public Library
South Yarmouth Library
Sturgis Library
SVP Real Estate Management
Swansea Free Public Library
Taunton Public Library
Thomas Crane Public Library
Tiverton Public Library
Wareham Free Library
West Yarmouth Library
Westport Free Public Library
Woods Hole Public Library
$150 - $249
Alma Del Mar Charter School
Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity DG Service Company
Massachusetts Marine Educators
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
New Bedford Economic Development Council
New Bedford Festival Theatre
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
PAACA Recovery Support Center
The Pittsburgh Foundation
South Coast Artists, Inc.
SouthCoast Film Forum, Inc.
Stantec
Whitfield - Manjiro Friendship Society
Women’s Fund Southcoast
Honor/Memorial Contributors
The Museum is grateful for gifts made in memory or honor of friends of the Museum between January 1 and December 31, 2024.
In Honor of Chace Allain
Cynthia Leary
In Memory of Benjamin B. Baker
Christina Schultz
In Honor of Christina M. Bascom
Trudy Kingery
In Memory of Henry Briggs
Sara Stinson
In Honor of Sally Brunnell
Betsey W. Tyler
In Honor of Chip Burkhardt’s 80th Birthday
Jewelle & Nathaniel Bickford
Nannette & William Braucher
Rena & Bukk Carleton
Loretta & Dwight Crane
Nancy D. & James D. Edwards
Matthew Fink
Marjorie & Nicholas Greville
Lucile P. & William C.S. Hicks
Bess Dawson Hughes & Jim Hughes
Heidi & Arthur Huguley III
Jonathan R. Knowles
Jerry Knowles
Freddy & Alexander Y. McFerran
William Prescott
Ute & Patrick Prevost
John D. Spooner
Alan Steinert
Fredi & Howard H. Stevenson
Sally & Peter Wilde
In Memory of Barbara Collins
Judith L. & Robert L. Sterns
In Memory of Sackett S. Cook
Mary W. Cook
In memory of
Mr. William G. Coughlin
Sally Coughlin
In Memory of Curtis Cruz
Carl J. Cruz
In Honor of Peter Fenton
Nancy Fenton
In Memory of Louis Garibaldi
Linda Garibaldi
In Memory of Marshall Gilbert
Gayle Gilbert
In Memory of Robert C. Hancock
Marianne Taylor
In Memory of William Haskell
Benjamin Haskell
In Memory of Edward D. Hicks
Edwina W. & James M. Cronin
In Memory of Frederic C. Hood
Leigh Hood
In Memory of Jennie Horne
Carol Heath
In Memory of Llewellyn Howland III
Sarah H. Godfrey
Jessie W. Howland
In Memory of Thornton P Klaren
Andrew W. Brady
Herb Ellis
New Bedford Yacht Club
Lincoln Purdy
In Honor of Frances F. Levin on her 90th Birthday
Judith L. & Robert L. Sterns
In Honor of Rosemary P. Lucas
Susan & Gary Grosart
In Memory of David MatsumotoGilbertson
Franco Mormando
In Honor Amanda McMullen and Allyson Myron
Susan & Anthony Morris
In Memory of Irene A. Medeiros
Anonymous
Louise D. Medeiros
In Memory of Marjorie Mello
Anonymous
Eric Bizarro
Kathy & Ira Zankel
In Honor Adam Overbay for his Birthday
Anonymous
In Honor of Ed Pierce
Anonymous
In Memory of Laurance A. Read
Katherine Read & William Sommerville
In Honor of Cathy and Henry Roberts
Elaine P. & Joseph E. Grever
In Memory of Margaret K. Rodgers
Anonymous
In Memory of Margaret K. and J. Michael Rodgers
Valerie & Mark Rodgers
In Honor of Rev. Stephen B. Salvador
Clara Weeks-Boutilier & Carl Boutilier
In Honor of Wick Simmons
Catherine M. Stone
In Memory of John Smyth
Janice Smyth
In Memory of Anne B. Stone
Pamela Evans
In Honor of Ellen Stone
Anonymous
In Memory of June and Kenneth Taylor
Patricia & Richard Taylor
In Memory of Shane Tremper
Kate Kavanagh & Ron Tremper
In Memory of Sandra and Roderick Turner
Cindy Turner & Carl Harvey
In Memory of L. Byrne Waterman
Patricia Diane Valas
Bourne Society
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, 2024).
Anonymous (2)
William Adamson*
Howe Allen & Timothy Evans
Richard S. Anderson*
Hope Atkinson*
Ruth S. Atkinson*
Sylvia Thomas Baird*
Natalia Bento & James G. DeMello
Robert O. Boardman*
William J. Boylhart*
Elizabeth & Edward C. Brainard II
Nancy & John W.* Braitmayer
Sally Bullard
Esther W. & Samuel F. Chalfin*
Byron A. Crampton
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 & sons
Betty K. Knowles*
Annette L. Lantzius*
Patricia P. & Robert A.* Lawrence
Albert E. Lees III
Gordon K. Lenci
Margaret P. Lissak*
Elizabeth I. & J. Greer McBratney*
Peter H. McCormick
Helen Z. & David W. McKnight*
Laura E. McLeod
Louise A. Melling*
Martha Miller*
Gratia Rinehart Montgomery*
Elizabeth W. Morse & Robert L. Austin
Barbara Mulville
Patricia Nottage*
Arthur H. Parker*
Rev. Diana W. & 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
Barbara Sawtelle*
Roberta H. Sawyer*
Barbara Schaefer
Alan Schroeder
Joseph Sciuto*
Louis O. St. Aubin, Jr.*
Ruth Young Taylor*
Josephine Ashley Thayer*
Sandra & Roderick H. Turner, M.D.*
Suzanne Underwood*
Elinor & Thomas C. Weaver*
Raymond Butler Weiss
Dorothy & Thomas H. West*
Janet P. & Dean* Whitla
E. Andrew Wilde, Jr.*
Alice Hunt Williams*
Edward H. Wing, Jr.*
Laura & Douglas Wolford
DONORS,
Lagoda Society
The Lagoda Society honors the Museum’s most generous donors with a cumulative giving of $100,000 or more (as of December 31, 2024). Deceased members of our Lagoda Society are recognized posthumously in the year of their death, or with a living spouse.
Anonymous (5)
Lisa Schmid Alvord & Joel Alvord
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
The Hope Atkinson Revocable Trust
Jule A. Austin Trust
Babbit Steam Specialty, Co.
Deborah A. 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 Braitmayer
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 Bedford – Community Preservation Act Trust Fund
Nancy & Lawrence Coolidge
Nancy & David Corkery
Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
Victoria & David Croll
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Michael J. Dury
Edward Livingston Baker Trust
Helen E Ellis Trust
Helga Faulenbach
Marilyn & David Ferkinhoff
Patricia & Armand Fernandes
Barbara & Paul J. Ferri
Fidelity Foundation
Anne Patterson Finn & Christopher Finn
Kenneth T. & Mildred S. Gammons Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Tally & John N. Garfield, Jr.
Carolyn & Robert Macy Gelpke
Vanessa & John Gralton
Laurie & Peter Grauer
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
Alison K. Hedges & Robert J. Saunders
Lucile P. & William C.S. Hicks
The Howard Bayne Fund
Jessie W. Howland
Marianna C. & Edward M. Howland
Bess Dawson Hughes & Jim 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 Kresge Foundation
Ladera Foundation
Patricia P. Lawrence
Albert E. Lees III
Marguerite Lenfest
Frances Levin
Margaret & Per G.H. Lofberg
The Henry Luce Foundation
Ann & Lloyd Macdonald
Leigh & 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 & Richard Morningstar
Elizabeth W. Morse & Robert L. Austin
Diana & Hugh M. Morton
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Park Service
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Norfolk Charitable Trust
Nye Lubricants, Inc.
Jane & Neil Pappalardo
Celeste Penney
WAYS TO GIVE
Ute & Patrick Prevost
The Quarterdeck Foundation
Edgenie H. & Donald S. Rice
Cathy & Henry Roberts
Carolyn & James Rubenstein
Joan & Harris H. Rusitzky
Anthony R. Sapienza
Tricia & Chris Schade
Tina & Paul Schmid
William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
Gilbert L. Shapiro
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
Martha & Bernard Taradash
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 W. & R. Davis Webb
Ann Webster
The David P. Wheatland Charitable Trust
Janet P. Whitla
Karen E. & Bruce A. Wilburn
Susan & Harvey J. Wolkoff
The William M. Wood Foundation
Grace & David A. Wyss
Gifts in Kind
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, 2024.
Benjamin Moore & Co.
Jewelle W. & Nathaniel J. Bickford
Blackstone Caterers
Brahmin Leather Works
Chase Canopy LLC
Fieldstone Farm Market
Flora Home
Formaggio Kitchen
Great Hill Dairy, Inc.
Bess & Jim Hughes
Indigo Spa
Island Creek Oysters, Inc.
Matouk Textile Works
Diane & Frank Namee/ Marion Antiques
Mimi’s of Marion
Faith & Richard Morningstar
OCD Beverage Catering LLC
Oxford Creamery
Pen and Pendulum
Rose House Salon
Jos Sances
Sangha NB, A Yoga Community
Servedwell Hospitality
Scuttlebutt
Seastreak Ferries
Margot D. Stone
Gloria B. Strain
Tapper Richards Interior
Martha & Bernard Taradash
Carol M. Taylor & John. H. Deknatel
Turk’s Seafood
Jennifer W. & R. Davis Webb
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/support/give.
For information regarding gifts of appreciated stock, IRA charitable distributions, bequests or planned gifts, please contact Emily Mead, Chief Philanthropy Officer: emead@whalingmuseum.org or (508) 717-6850.
For assistance with individual or corporate memberships and sponsorships, please contact Gillian Fournier, Membership Coordinator, at (508) 717-6853.
A new Welcome and Exhibition Center
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is poised to create a premier Welcome and Exhibition Center that will be a springboard for learning, discovery, and connection for generations. By expanding galleries, community spaces, and program areas, we will spark curiosity and connect the community.
Stay tuned in 2025 for updates!
To learn more, visit whalingmuseum.org/open-doors/, or contact Emily Mead, Chief Philanthropy Officer, at emead@whalingmuseum.org.
Individual donors to the ‘Open Doors’ Capital Campaign for a new Welcome and Exhibition Center, through April 30, 2025
Anonymous (5)
Richard S. Anderson*
Paulina R. & Henry M. Arruda
Margie & Michael Baldwin
Laurie & David Barrett
Thomas Barry & Nancy Shanik
Pamela & Joseph M. Barry
Christina M. Bascom
Maria & Wael Bayazid
Pamela & Ricardo Bermudez
Thomasin Berry & John Desmond
Jewelle W. & Nathaniel J. Bickford
Mary Jean & R. William Blasdale
Linda & Willard Boothby
Ellen & J. Thomas Bowler, Jr.
Nancy & John W.* Braitmayer
Nannette & William M. Braucher
Laurie & John K. Bullard
Rid Bullerjahn
Jayne & Richard Burkhardt
Joanne & David Cameron
Cindy Gray Carey & Christopher W. Carey
Rena & Bukk Carleton
Amanda Cobb & David Halberstadt
Ann Marie & Richard Connolly
Mimi Coolidge
Nancy & David Corkery
Susan & Antonio Costa
Loretto & Dwight Crane
Cynthia & Douglas Crocker II
Victoria & David Croll
Elizabeth & Jeremiah Daly
Priscilla & Allan Ditchfield
Michael J. Dury
Cynthia C. Dyer
Nancy D. & James D. Edwards
Elizabeth Fallon & Michael L. Waters
Marilyn & David Ferkinhoff
Matthew Fink
Anne Patterson Finn & Christopher Finn
The Fulton Family
Tally & John N. Garfield, Jr.
Elise Frick & John A, Garraty, Jr.
Deborah & Peter Gates
David Gomes
Lucinda B. & Stephen F. Gormley
Laurie & Peter Grauer
Elaine P. & Joseph E. Grever
Marjorie & Nicholas Greville
Lucile P. & William C.S. Hicks
Polly & Prentiss C. Higgins
Lyle Howland & John Manning
Marianna C. & Edward M. Howland II
Maryellen & James Hughes
Heidi & Arthur Huguley III
Patricia A. Jayson
Patricia & John M. Kalisz
Jamee & Michael Kane
Martha & Michael Keating
Betsy & Rusty Kellogg
Jerry Knowles
Jock Knowles
The Lofberg Family
Ann & D. Lloyd Macdonald
Jane S. Mackey
Beth & Carmine Martignetti
Freddy & Alexander McFerran
Elizabeth & Thomas McKay
Benita & Eugene A. Monteiro
Faith & Richard Morningstar
Barbara Mulville
Betts Howes Murray & F. Wisner Murray
Pamela T. & R. Henry Norweb
Jane & Neil Pappalardo
Heather Parsons & Andrew Kotsatos
Victoria Pope & Joel Brenner
Suzanne & William Prescott
Ute & Patrick Prevost
Dana Rebeiro
Edgenie H. & Donald S. Rice
Cathy & Henry Roberts
Mark Rodgers
Maria Rosario & James Harris
Lucy Rose-Correia
Carolyn & James Rubenstein
Donna Sachs & Gilbert Perry
Anthony R. Sapienza
Barbara Sawtelle*
Tricia & Chris Schade
Tom Schillaci
Margot & Mark Schmid
Tina & Paul Schmid
Deborah Scott & Ralph Martin
Bernadette Souza
John D. Spooner
Bonnie & Bob Stapleton
The Steinert Family
Fredi & Howard H. Stevenson
Donald Stewart
Catherine M. Stone
Ellen Stone
Carol M. Taylor & John H. Deknatel
Heather & Bill Vrattos
Anne B. and Richard D. Webb*
Jennifer W. & R. Davis Webb
Lisa & George Whitney
Sally & Peter Wilde
Susan & Harvey Wolkoff
Laura & Wistar Wood
Grace & David A. Wyss
Ann & Hans Ziegler
Institutional donors to the ‘Open Doors’ Capital Campaign, through April 30, 2025
Anonymous
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
City of New Bedford - U.S. Department of Treasury Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund award (federal award number SLFRP1067) to the City of New Bedford
Design Principles, Inc.
Island Foundation, Inc.
The Manton Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund – a program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, administered through MassDevelopment and the Mass Cultural Council
