Looking at scrimshaw from a Pacific perspective.
Openings and Closings: October 20 to October 26
Check out what’s going on this week at museums across the country!
Current and coming: In New Bedford, Ryder on the Storm
The energetically abstracted land- and seascapes of Albert Pinkham Ryder are coming to the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Mended sea scrolls in New Bedford
Combine the artistic sensibilities of the Bayeux Tapestry with the epic scope and milieu of Moby-Dick, add a dash of Barnumesque showmanship, and you get The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ’Round the World.