Pectinids in a Whaling Museum
Important Notice
Please pay close attention to this list:
There are a few contractual rules Pectinid Workshop participants must follow to enjoy the Whaling Museum as our meeting venue:
- Absolutely no alcohol is allowed to be brought in by renters or guests.
- Large bags such as backpacks are not permitted in the New Bedford Whaling Museum as they can cause damage to the collections. Computer bags and conference tote/swag bags are fine so long as they are carried at one’s side or in front while moving through the museum. The museum has lockers and secure storage space available for attendees traveling directly from an airport with luggage. Please provide the Museum advanced notice (or us via Contact page to relay to Museum) to ensure space is reserved.
Strictly prohibited inside or outside on New Bedford Whaling Museum property:
- Smoking of any kind, includig e-cigarettes and vaping, is prohibited.
- Disposable plastic water bottles and plastic straws are prohibited.
2026 International Pectinid Workshop Venue Overview
The 2026 edition of the International Pectinid Workshop is being held in historic New Bedford, Massachussetts – once the home port of New England’s whaling fleet, now the center of scallop fishing for North America.
New Bedford offers a range of accommodations, fine dining, history and cultural activities, as well as the event’s host facility the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Today, New Bedford is just barely off the beaten path, but getting there is easy via the nearby Boston or Providence air ports
2028 and Beyond
The continuation of this conference depends on volunteer organizers to step up and host future editions. Please let us know if you have an idea where to host the next edition or have a team that can be the on the ground organizing effort – locating appropriate conference location, accomodations, and building out website and communications.
Still New Bedford is a queer place. Had it not been for us whalemen, that tract of land would this day perhaps have been in as howling condition as the coast of Labrador. As it is, parts of her back country are enough to frighten one, they look so bony. The town itself is perhaps the dearest place to live in, in all New England.
