The New Bedford Visitor Center of the city's Office of Tourism & Marketing is on the east side of MA Route 18 just east of the city center (map).

If you're driving south into New Bedford from Interstate 195, it's on the left just shortly after you cross US Route 6.

New Bedford Visitor Center
Office of Tourism & Marketing
Wharfinger Building - Pier 3
52 Fishermans Wharf (map)
New Bedford, MA 02740-7233
Tel: 508-979-1745
Fax: 508-979-1763

Also useful is the Visitor Center of the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park at the corner of William and North 2nd Street:

New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park
33 William Street (map)
New Bedford, MA 02740
Tel: 508-996-4095
Fax: 508-984-1250

—by Tom Brosnahan

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