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Julian Grace's descendants

Visitors: Relatives relish chance to imagine Cape Verdean’s 1921 voyage

Julian Grace had filled in as the ship’s cook for a one-way trip. Ahead of him was a new life. Behind him were the Cape Verde Islands.

Michael Whitney: drifter in water

Michael Whitney: GPS-tracked surface drifters

Follow eight drifters released from the Morgan as they travel on ocean currents. And view maps from the journal kept by Joseph F. Edwards on the Morgan's 1918-1919 Atlantic voyage.

Nine days of concerts, programs, regattas, whaleboat races and parades, a whaling history symposium, public ceremonies and much more! June 28 - July 6

New Bedford Homecoming

The Homecoming Steering Committee, as appointed by the City of New Bedford, planned a spectacular schedule of events for the Homecoming Celebration of the Charles W. Morgan.

Beetle whaleboat under sail

Beetle Whaleboat Project

A new whaleboat, built for the New Bedford Whaling Museum by the Beetle Boat Shop.

Wallace New Bedford

Robert Wallace: mobyart blog

"I realized that what I thought would be an essay was becoming more like a book."

Lowells Boat Shop whaleboat

Lowell’s Boat Shop Builds a Whaleboat

Lowell's Boat Shop built a whaleboat and and an apprenticeship program at the same time.

Great Lakes Boat Building School whaleboat

Great Lakes Boat Building School Whaleboat

A freshwater whaleboat comes from Michigan.

Morgan keel and frames

Restoration Updates

Progress updates on the restoration of the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan.

Shipwright's Blog

Tom Daniels: The Morgan Shipwright’s Blog

Regular updates and extensive photographs about the restoration of the Charles W. Morgan from one of the shipwrights.

Rocking the Boat whaleboat

A Whaleboat from Rocking the Boat

In 2013, seven Rocking the Boat Job Skills Apprentices completed a two-year effort to construct a 29-foot whaleboat.