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The Nantucket Historical Association’s main exhibition for 2025, Behind the Seams: Clothing and Textiles on Nantucket, will go on display May 23 in the Nantucket Whaling Museum. The exhibit will present more than 150 objects from the NHA’s costume and textile collections that tell stories of making, meaning, and island identity […]
One of our favorite holiday traditions on Nantucket is to get up early on New Year’s Day, drive out to the beach and watch the sun rise over the new year. But we understand that might be a little too early for those who like to count down to midnight […]
The Nantucket Historical Association has been offering hands-on workshops in historic decorative arts for more than 15 years on their campus on Nantucket Island. This fall, they are offering a selection of popular workshops in-person and to an online community. There are two in-person workshops on September 23 to 26.Chair […]
by Suzanne Daub Some are plain, beautiful in their simplicity and deeply colored by age. Others are elaborately constructed and adorned with carvings of ivory and ebony, scrimshaw, gold, and gems. They are round, oval, square, and even heart-shaped. Many are made to be totes and purses, with others designed […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will conduct a major restoration project at the Old Mill, funded by the Nantucket Community Preservation Committee (CPC), beginning in August 2024. The project will include critical work such as re-shingling the entire structure, pest control and repairs, and overall structural repairs and reinforcement. The project […]
Tickets are available now for the NHA’s August 14 fundraiser to support the island craft of Nantucket lightship baskets: Baskets & Bubbly. This festive Celebration Under the Whale in the Whaling Museum features a stunning selection of baskets, basket jewelry, and basket-related items that guests may bid on in the […]
The Nantucket Historical Association and Nantucket Dreamland will co-host a program featuring a unique preview highlight sampling of The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025 production of Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer’s MOBY-DICK on Tuesday, July 30, in the Dreamland Theater on Nantucket Island. This one-night-only prelude will feature the inside story of the opera’s […]