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Explore Heidi Whitman’s haunting new art installation "Ahab’s Head: American Vengeance" at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Over the weekend, the New Bedford Whaling Museum hosted its 29th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon. It kicked off Saturday at noon and wrapped up with incredible punctuality at 1 p.m. sharp. For 25 hours straight, a lengthy list of dedicated Melville fans read the book aloud from a podium set up at the Whaling Museum (and Seamen's Bethel). The...

The design and sculptor for New Bedford’s planned Herman Melville statue were both unveiled to the public on Friday at the Seamen’s Bethel.

It's one of the most New Bedford things we do as a city. If you'd like to participate in the Moby-Dick Marathon, here's how to get signed up.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum, which hosts the annual Moby Dick Marathon each January, is hosting 'Moby Dick Movie Night' on Wednesday, July 10.

The Whalehouse, a historic New Bedford home where Herman Melville's sister once lived, is going up for sale.

While "Moby Dick" starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab was shot in Ireland, the film had its premiere, appropriately, in downtown New Bedford.

The City of New Bedford is taking the first steps in creating a statue of Herman Melville, former city resident and author of the iconic novel 'Moby-Dick.'

New Bedford's historic Zeiterion Performing Arts Center will be getting a $400,000 tax credit from the state to go towards a massive rehabilitation project announced last year.

What happened to the animatronic Moby Dick that used to rise out of the water at the now-closed Pleasure Island amusement park in Wakefield? One YouTuber found out.