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11/10/2021

New Bedford Victorians. The city practically died when the depression devastated the mills - so urban renewal almost never happened. It left a treasure trove of wonderful architecture and houses. Another great Bruce Barnes New Bedford Preservation Society walking tour.

Join Bruce Barnes on this New Bedford Preservation Society walking tour of grand Victorian era houses in historic New Bedford West End. The Victorian era ran...

08/06/2021

Another great New Bedford tour includes discussions of how whaling came to NB (includes the story of the owner of 2 of the 3 Boston Tea Party Ships), the man who almost single-handedly won JFK his senatorial election of 1952, and the MA Atty General / Governor who introduced the concepts of circumstantial evidence as well as the “beyond a reasonable doubt” to criminal proceedings. Who knew?

Join the incomparable Bruce Barnes on his VIP 3 Walking Tour in west end New Bedford. The VIP 3 tour visits seven family houses where we learn about the fami...

02/06/2021

Wonderful Downtown New Bedford Historic Tour

Wonderful Bruce Barnes walking tour of the historic downtown area of New Bedford. Visit some of the most historic and interesting downtown landmarks includin...

12/16/2020

Great tour of New Bedford's Historic District - covers most of the National Park Service's NHP. Learn about the Custom's House, designed by the same architect as the Washington Monument, where the whaling industry began, and the beginnings of this fascinating city, once the richest in America.

Join us on this wonderful walking tour with Bruce Barnes that illustrates the heart of New Bedford’s historic district. Learn about this fascinating area and...

09/13/2020

https://youtu.be/-o3558S4emA Textile tycoon William Whitman created a spectacular series of Textile Mills – Whitman, Manomet, Nonquit and Nashawena – in the north end of New Bedford. Bruce Barnes leads us on this New Bedford Preservation Society tour around these historic properties and explains their impact on the New Bedford textile industry. Learn about their important innovations, including the automatic loom, one of the most significant advancements in the history of mill technology.

The Whitman group of cotton mills was the first group of mills in New Bedford founded and financed by non-New Bedford citizens. They included the original Wh...

08/06/2020

Wonderful New Bedford Walking Tour exploring eight influential citizens through their houses and places. The walk touches all aspects of New Bedford history – whaling, textiles, religion, abolition, even the poetry of this fascinating and important New England city.

Wonderful Bruce Barnes New Bedford historical walking tour brings to life eight important New Bedford VIP personalities thorough the places they lived and sh...

05/01/2020

Every year, the New Bedford Preservation Society hosts holiday visits to many fantastic homes, most not usually open to the public. Here are some videos from the 2019 tours. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9IAH0WSgY84WYvu2rYEW1N5-qwinNYR

02/26/2020

Most people think of New Bedford as the Whaling City. But, it was also a leading cotton textile capital during the Industrial Revolution. At its peak around 1920, New Bedford had numerous mills with some 150 mill buildings employing over 35,000!

Fantastic Bruce Barnes tour of historic New Bedford Howland Mill and the Howland Mill Village. Most people think of New Bedford as the Whaling City, which it...

02/26/2020

Wonderful Jacob Lawrence Show @ Peabody Essex in Salem - focused on Rev War and African American Experience. Here is a panel illustrating the Boston Tea Party.

02/21/2020

Only an hour south of Boston!
Bruce Barnes' wonderful walking tour is a comprehensive introduction to New Bedford covering everything from the history of whaling to the history of the New Bedford textile industry, to abolitionism. Although New Bedford is the Whaling City, it was also a leading textile capital. At its peak around 1920, New Bedford had numerous mills with some 150 mill buildings employing over 35,000. New Bedford was also a hotbed for the abolitionist activity, a destination for escaping slaves and a major stop on the Underground Railroad.

Bruce Barnes' wonderful walking tour is a comprehensive introduction to New Bedford covering everything from the history of whaling to the history of the New...

03/13/2017

Please check schedule carefully when visiting NPS Boston - staffing levels are tight until budgets get resolved - https://www.nps.gov/features/bost/TAP/