NEW BEDFORD — A museum has restored the longest painting in North America so it can share the story of American whaling with the public.The quarter-mile-long (0.4-kilometer-long) panorama toured the U.S. after it was completed in 1848. A section was featured at the 1964 New York World's Fair.But the panorama deteriorated after so much traveling on wagons and trains, rolling and unrolling.
A Whale's Tale: Longest Painting In North America Restored
By Jennifer McDermott Associated Press, The Providence Journal
Fri, 11/24/2017 - 10:39am
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