NEW BEDFORD — Burr Brothers Boats is helping to sponsor an Aug.1 lecture at the New Bedford Whaling Museum which will explore how wind, climate, the sea and innovation shaped Dutch identity. 

Dr. Christina Connett Brophy, the Douglas and Cynthia Crocker Endowed Chair for the Chief Curator, will explore these themes through artworks featured in the New Bedford Whaling Museum exhibition De Wind is Op! Climate, Culture and Innovation in Dutch Maritime Painting.

This talk is part of the Sailors’ Series lectures for 2019 and is supported by Ruth and Hope Atkinson, with additional support provided by Babbitt Steam Specialty and Burr Brothers Boats.

A reception begins at 6 p.m., and the lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $15 for Whaling Museum members and $20 for non-members at www.whalingmuseum.org or by calling 508-997-0046.

The Whaling Museum is located at 18 Johnny Cake Hill in New Bedford, Massachusetts.