New Bedford Whaling NHP - New Bedford MA - National Parks of the World on Waymarking.com

This National Park is made up of several sites... the New Bedford National Historic Landmark District, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the Seamen's Bethel, the Schooner Ernestina, and the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum. The coordinates are for the Visitors Center at 33 William Street
New Bedford, MA 02740

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"ew Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (NBWNHP) is a United States National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS). The park commemorates the heritage of the world's preeminent whaling port during the nineteenth century.
Established in 1996, the park encompasses 34 acres (fourteen hectares) dispersed over thirteen city blocks. It includes a visitor center, the New Bedford National Historic Landmark District, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the Seamen's Bethel, the Schooner Ernestina, and the Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum.
As a National Park, the NBWNHP is rather unusual in that the only properties owned by the NPS are the Visitor Center and the Corson Maritime Learning Center. Rather, the park is an historic district administered under a partnership between the NPS, the City of New Bedford and private building owners to preserve the historic landscapes, structures, and collections and promote research and educational programming associated with the history of whaling. The enabling legislation also established a formal affiliation with the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, to commemorate the more than 2,000 whaling voyages from New Bedford to the Western Arctic. The city promotes visitation to the park through advertising that calls it "New England's real seaport", as opposed to Connecticutt's Mystic Seaport Museum which is a collection of historic buildings and vessels moved from various other locations throughout the region.
Although the famed Whaleman Memorial (commonly called the "Whaleman's Statue") is not within the park's boundaries, it is located only two blocks beyond its western boundary at the corner of William and Pleasant Streets in front of the New Bedford Public Library."

See the Park's website at (visit link)

Park Name: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Historic/Cultural Park: yes Natural Park: no Recreation Area: no Wildlife Refuge: no Park Website: [Web Link] Type of Listing: Visitor Center Fees in Local Currency: 14.00 (listed in local currency) Dates of Access: From: 01/01/2014 To: 12/31/2014 Hours available: From: 9:00 AM To: 3:00 PM Hiking: no Camping: no Bicycling: no Horseback Riding: no Off-Roading: no Swimming: no Snorkling/Scuba: no Boating: no Rock Climbing: no Fishing: no Other Activities: Museums Other Park Type not listed above: Not listed Other Type Detail: Not listed

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