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New Bedford Art Museum

Name: New Bedford Art Museum
Address: 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA, 02740, US
Telephone: (508) 961-3072
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New Bedford Art Museum ADMISSION

NBAM is always free for members, and membership begins at just $35 annually. New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!
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Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. is proud to be a North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM). We also participate in Mass Cultural Council’s EBT Card to Culture, the most comprehensive effort of its kind in the nation to open doors to arts and cultural experiences for low-income families. We offer free admission to EBT cardholders through Museums for All, a national access program, that encourages individuals of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. EBT and WIC cardholders and their families receive free admission. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Museum offers free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families through Blue Star Museums.

10/16/2026

Michael Cochran’s sculpture in agriCultural: A Biennial Exhibition reflects on the lessons, skills, and traditions passed down through generations of farming. Inspired by his experiences growing up on a Northern California farm, his work explores the connections between agriculture, family, and the knowledge we carry forward.

Cochran’s early work reflects days growing up on the farm, but after making visual artworks professionally for over fifty years his current work draws on a lifetime of research, travel, and personal experiences.

Visit agriCultural, on view through November 29, in partnership with SEMAP.

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Michael Cochran
A Long Row to Hoe, 1973
Copper-plated leather gloves
3 x 10 x 10 in.

10/14/2026

"Over time, my passion for capturing and sharing the beauty and lessons of the natural world have only grown stronger," -Robert Feingold

Finding beauty in the everyday, Robert Feingold’s photography reflects a deep appreciation for the natural world and the lessons it offers. In Cart in Morning Garden (2012), Feingold captures a moment that invites us to slow down, look closely, and find beauty in our surroundings.

A New Bedford native, Feingold draws inspiration from his time immersed in nature and his own gardening practice, where he grows heirloom tomatoes and dahlias for charity.

Presented in partnership with the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP), agriCultural: A Biennial Exhibition is on view through November 29.

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Robert Feingold
Cart in Morning Garden, 2012
Photograph
12" x 20"

10/12/2026

A wonderful visit with artists Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow!

We’re grateful for the opportunity to learn more about their individual artistic practices and their collaborative work. We can’t wait to share Identical Twins with our community as part of Intuitive: A Survey of Visionary Art, opening November 5 at the New Bedford Art Museum.

A special thank-you to Dana Ellyn, Matt Sesow, and the American Visionary Art Museum for making this collaboration possible!

10/11/2026

Today is the final day to experience Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures.

Over the past few months, this exhibition has invited us to reflect on the evolving relationship between humanity and the natural world. Through the work of eight contemporary artists, we’ve explored ecological resilience, planetary memory, and the uncertain futures that lie ahead.

As we say goodbye to Vanishing Ecologies, we leave with questions about our changing planet and the role imagination plays in envisioning what comes next.

Thank you to everyone who visited and engaged with this thought-provoking exhibition. Today is your last chance to experience it before it closes!

The exhibition features works by Rachel Berwick, Thomas Deininger, Beth Lipman, Aimée Lamaire, Minga Opazo, Rachel Ostrow, Anaïs Tondeur, and Nicolas Touron.

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Lemaire & Touron
Nature 21 (2023)
3D printed stoneware and borosilicate
15" x 11" x 21"

10/10/2026

Jason Fiering’s practice explores the botany of urban weeds and our cultural response to them. In Common W**d: Bromus Tectorum (Downy Brome) Fiering documents a plant commonly found on streets and human-disturbed landscapes throughout New England.

Fiering draws specimens directly from his own studio lot before they wither. He uses careful observation to become more intimately acquainted with the natural world. His practice encourages us to look beyond labels like “weed”.

As an artist and scientist, Fiering invites us to reconsider the plants we classify as pests and recognize how awareness of our everyday environment can foster a greater sense of responsibility to the planet.

agriCultural: A Biennial Exhibition on view through November 29.

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Jason Fiering
Common W**d: Bromus Tectorum (Downy Brome), 2025
Colored Pencil and Graphite
10" x 8"

10/09/2026

Final weekend of Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures!

Explore the work of eight contemporary artists examining the fragile relationship between humanity, technology, and the natural world. Through immersive installations and thought-provoking works, the exhibition invites us to reflect on climate change, extinction, ecological resilience, and the uncertain futures of our planet.

There’s still time to experience Vanishing Ecologies before the exhibition closes October 11!

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Hovering Close to Zero: Crystal Skull, 2000-2006
Rachel Berwick
Cast crystal, stainless steel
4 x 3 x 8 in.

10/07/2026

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at KidZone! 🌽

Join us this Sunday from 2–5 PM for a fun afternoon of hands-on artmaking and storytelling inspired by the cultural importance of corn. Children will explore through colorful, corn-inspired projects designed for different ages.

We’ll also share Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story, introducing a Wampanoag perspective on the harvest and exploring themes of community, gratitude, and connection to the land. Come create, learn, and celebrate together!

10/06/2026

Final Week to experience Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures. On view through October 11, the exhibition brings together a group of international artists exploring the shifting relationships between humans, technology, and the natural world.

Among them are Amy Lemaire & Nicolas Touron, whose collaborative sculptures combine 3D-printed porcelain and handblown glass. Their works blur the boundaries between organic forms and technological systems, imagining speculative worlds where nature, architecture, and data intersect. Don’t miss your chance to see the exhibition before it closes.

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Nature 27, 2023
Amy Lemaire & Nicolas Touron
3D printed stoneware and borosilicate
17 x 11 x 20 in.

10/04/2026

Only one week left of Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures!

There’s still time to experience Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures, on view through October 11, 2026. The exhibition brings together an international group of contemporary artists working across sculpture, installation, painting, photography, sound, and time-based media and examines artistic responses to the Anthropocene.

From fragile ecosystems to post-human possibilities, Vanishing Ecologies asks us to consider what is disappearing, what might endure, and how art can help us imagine the uncertain futures ahead.

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Sounding Measures: Human, 1993
Rachel Berwick
Cast copal resin containing negative impression of human death mask, wood, light
55 x 18 x 26 in.

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New Bedford, MA
02740

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Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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(508) 961-3072

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