Island People: Portraits and Stories from Nantucket
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAThis exhibition will draw from the NHA’s collections of painted, photographic, and silhouette portraits to highlight both famous and lesser-known […]
Book Club: “Disturber of Tradition: A Portrait of Anna Gardner”
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAJoin them for a discussion about Barbara Ann White’s “Disturber of Tradition: A Portrait of Anna Gardner” . Anna Gardner […]
Food for Thought: Seen and Saved on Nantucket with Stephen St. Pierre
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA“Seen and Saved on Nantucket” with Stephen St. Pierre, DVM of Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket. As a full-time Nantucket resident, Steve became involved […]
Food for Thought: Sandbar Sharks: Our Misunderstood Summer Visitors with Caroline Collatos
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAWho are they? What are they up to? Why do we care? Should we be afraid of them? Learn about […]
Food for Thought Lecture: Exploring the History, Mysteries and Myths of Nantucket Lightship Baskets with Jack Frisch
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAHistory, myths, and mysteries of Nantucket Lightship Baskets with Jack Frisch. More details to come! For more information, click here.
Food for Thought Lecture: Exploring the History, Mysteries and Myths of Nantucket Lightship Baskets with Jack Frisch
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAHistory, myths, and mysteries of Nantucket Lightship Baskets with Jack Frisch. Free to the Community For more information, click here.
Food for Thought: The Power of Women with Shantaw Bloise-Murphy
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA“Survive So That We Can Thrive” In homage to trailblazing women who have sacrificed themselves so that future generations could […]
Student Art Showcase
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAStudents from the Nantucket Elementary, Nantucket Intermediate, and Cyrus Pierce Middle Schools are preparing their own works of art inspired […]
Little History Explorers
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAParents and toddlers are invited to the Whaling Museum Discovery Center to play and engage with history! For more information, […]
Spirits Within Us
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MALife on remote, windswept Nantucket has always fostered extraordinary women. Intelligent, educated, passionate, and brave, they took on difficult issues […]
The Tragedy of the Essex
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAIn November 1820, an enraged sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 1,300 […]
Whale Ecology
Nantucket Whaling Museum 13 Broad Street, Nantucket, MAExplore a newly installed whale ecology interactive exhibit in the Whaling Museum Candle Factory. For more information, click here.