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Whaling Heritage Symposium Sponsored by NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, Maritime Heritage Program June 16-18, 2008 June 16-17: Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut June 18: New Bedford Whaling Museum and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, Massachusetts
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/maritime/whaling/
NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program, along with Mystic Seaport, New Bedford Whaling Museum, and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, will sponsor a 3-day whaling heritage symposium. The symposium will be organized along selected themes and will feature cultural practitioners, authors, archaeolo gists, historians, curators, marine resource managers and others…noted specialists associated within each of the selected fields. The event will offer the public and professional alike the opportunity to examine the broader cultural scope of historic whaling, the significance of specific events and geographic locations in the industry’s history, and the ways we can continue to learn from our own whaling heritage. The proposed schedule includes plenary presentations, speaker panel sessions, public talks, tours, dinners and receptions. There will be a registration fee of $175. The event will also offer out-of-town visitors one of their last chances to go on board the Charles W. Morgan before the historic ship, the world’s oldest whaling vessel, is placed in dry dock in November.
Please visit the website for more information and registration information.