Herman Melville

He wrote the great American novel and died a forgotten customs clerk. Moby-Dick, the white whale, the genius the docks never recognized

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.