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Call for public skating hours.
Daily 10AM-4:30PM (summer F Sa until 6:30PM). Adult $6, senior or student $4.50, child 3-12 $3, under 3 free, family $16.
A huge collection of antique and art glass from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the golden age of Victorian New England glass making (with particular emphasis on New Bedford's world famous glass studios of Pairpoint and Mount Washington), to 21st-century glass artists from around the world. The gift and consignment shop has an ever changing selection of antiques and unique glass in every price range, plus books (great gift shopping for the not easily impressed). Library and resource room with more than 8,000 volumes available for research. Free expert glass identification done every Monday, a great way to find out more about heirloom and hand me down glass pieces.
Beautiful complete historic stone fort dating back to the 1850s, set amidst an immaculately landscaped 47-acre park at the southern tip of the New Bedford peninsula. Beautiful ocean views all around, plus one of the few Coney Island style boardwalk jetties in New England. Definitely the best place in the city for a picnic. The park admission is free, small fee for the museum.
Old Third District Courthouse
Every day 9AM-5PM. Free national park volunteer and ranger-led tours last approximately one hour and step off from here at 10:30AM, 12:30PM and 2:30PM every day in July and August.
Includes a full scale whaling ship, lots of artifacts, and extensive displays on the history of the whaling industry and the biology of whales in general. Also notably hosts a yearly event where people read Moby Dick aloud from cover to cover.