New Bedford and Nantucket, Massachusetts, share a rich maritime history, reflected in their museum collections and well-preserved historic districts. You are invited to spend two days in New Bedford for a series of lectures, gallery talks and behind-the-scenes tours focusing on the prints and print-related artifacts in the New Bedford Whaling Museum and visits to other historic sites in the city. The third day will include a program at the Nantucket Whaling Museum and the option of either a historic walking tour of the town or a bus tour of the island. Most meals will take place at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, including a cocktail reception in the museum’s Lagoda Gallery followed by dinner in the Harborview Gallery.

SAVE THE DATES: June 9-11th 2026. The program is sponsored by the American Historical Print Collectors Society, AHPCS, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. An optional program on June 8th, will be held at the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, where the Society held its first annual meeting in June 1975.

The registration will open early in 2026. For more information, see the website: https://ahpcs.org/ Membership in the AHPCS is not required, but If you are not already a member of the AHPCS, please consider joining. Membership fees begin at $50.