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The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will reopen the Whaling Museum on Friday, February 12, with free admission for our year-round island community. Robust sanitizing measures to make the indoor experience safe will continue. Visitors can help by reserving a timed slot online. The Festival of Trees remains on display through […]
One Book One Island is an annual collaborative project of community partners and sponsors on Nantucket that seeks to promote reading and community by encouraging the entire population of Nantucket Island to read, discuss, and reflect on the same book. Organizers hope to instill the importance of life-long learning for […]
NHA University Continues & New Historic Properties Webinar Series to Launch in January 2021.
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NANTUCKET… For decades the island guide Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket has challenged readers to add to the original limericks written about Nantucket. The ORIGINAL limericks–not the ones that make us blush–were a back-and-forth contest in 1924. You can read them at https://yesterdaysisland.com/limerick-challenge/ along with more recent additions. […]
We know that many of our readers are disappointed that they were unable to visit our island during this holiday season due to the pandemic, so we are sharing some of our favorite views of Nantucket Island during December 2020 with you here. If you’d like to get a glimpse […]
The Community Foundation for Nantucket (CFN) announced today that they have awarded an additional $1 Million in Phase III Emergency Relief grants. To date, they have awarded more than $2 Million in COVID-19 Relief grants to 33 island nonprofits, benefiting the entire Nantucket community. The Nantucket Fund for Emergency Relief was […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has made the difficult decision to close their Whaling Museum until further notice due to this week’s surge in COVID-19 cases on Nantucket. On Saturday, the NHA made this announcement:Out of an abundance of caution, the Whaling Museum closes Saturday 12/5 and until further notice, […]