The American Historical Print Collectors Society sends this invitation to AHNCA members and supporters:

JOIN US IN NEW BEDFORD AND NANTUCKET THIS JUNE

The  fiftieth annual meeting of the American Historical Print Collectors Society will take place in New Bedford, Massachusetts from June 9th through June 11th, 2026. The program will include a day trip to Nantucket Island and an optional session on June 8th at the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, where the AHPCS held its first annual meeting in 1975. The first two days will be spent at the New Bedford Whaling Museum exploring the museum’s rich collections documenting the region’s culture and history. A series of lectures will include talks on whaling and maritime prints, print-related scrimshaw, prints illustrating Melville’s Moby Dick, and the etchings by local artists R. Swain Gifford and LeRoy Yale. Curator-led tours will focus on the prints on view in the museum’s galleries and provide access to additional prints in the museum’s Research Room. Walking tours will visit historic sites in the city including the Seamen’s Bethel, the Mariners’ Home, the Customs House, and the New Bedford Public Library. Thursday will feature a trip to Nantucket Island for a curator-led tour of the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Optional activities include a historic walking tour of the town or a bus tour of historic sites on the island.

Early registration is now open. For more information, go to

Membership in the AHPCS is not required, but if you are not already a member of the AHPCS, please consider joining. Membership fees begin at $50.

If you are not able to come for the full three days, a special one-day rate of $100 includes admission to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the morning lecture program, and other activities at the Whaling Museum. Meals are available for an extra charge. For more information, contact Nancy Finlay at nfinlay@outlook.com