Pat Slattery and Sally Bullard will show and describe some of their whaling artifacts at the Boothbay Region Historical Society on Thursday, June 12, at 4 p.m. The talk at the society's museum, 72 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor, is open to the public and free of charge. Refreshments will be served after the program.

Slattery, a part-time Boothbay Harbor resident, is an architect who also performs museum assessments. For many decades, he has collected whaling memorabilia for museums and his personal collection. From the late 1980s to the early 2000s, he served on the board of overseers of the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, Mass., later absorbed by the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

During his time there, its director was Ken Martin who wrote a 1976 book, "Whalemen and Whaleships of Maine." Slattery is giving us 10 copies of Ken Martin's book to sell to those in the audience who may be interested.

Bullard, a wedding planner and past society president, has many Nantucket and New Bedford forebears who were whaling captains and merchants. Three of them were Charles W. Morgan, her third great-grandfather; Edmund Gardner, her fourth great-grandfather; and William Rotch, Jr., her fourth great-grandfather, who created the industry in New Bedford. She will bring family artifacts of each man and tell stories associated with them. The stories will include a connection with the Boston Tea Party, a shipwreck by a whale, and a whaling ancestor's close encounter with a whale's jaws. Townspeople may remember Bullard christened the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan at its Mystic Seaport relaunching last summer.

Because seating is limited, those wishing to attend should call the museum, 207-633-0820, to reserve seats. If leaving a message, please give name, how many and phone number. Reserved seats will be held until 15 minutes before the talk. Debbie Carbone, who lives just past the museum, very kindly will allow parking in her lot for this event.