NEWBURYPORT – If you love whales, the Custom House Maritime Museum has got a treat waiting for you.
On 2026’s first First Friday lecture, Kristin Daley, a marine naturalist at the Newburyport Whale Watch will speak at 6:30 p.m. Friday about Newburyport Whale Watching and the Plight of Wales.
“Take a deep dive with naturalist Kristin Daley into the biology, behavior, migration and communication of whales in our Gulf of Maine backyard,” announced Julia Bradley-LaBonte, the museum’s senior manager. “What helps these giants thrive, and what threatens them? Learn about conservation, protection efforts, and stories from the water that bring this ecosystem to life closer to you.”
Daley is a marine naturalist with the whale watch and a traveling ocean educator with The Whalemobile. She has spent nine seasons studying whales primarily in the Gulf of Maine, Hawai‘i and South Africa.
She has experience tagging sharks, rehabilitating sea turtles and is completing her master’s degree in Marine Conservation Biology.
The lecture is free for museum members and $10 for non-members and guests. Register at the museum’s web site customhousemaritimemuseum.org/events/
A reception will be held at 5:30 pm at the museum. •
