From April 20 through November 1, 2026, the Nantucket Historical Association’s Whaling Museum will be the first venue to host the traveling exhibition The Wider World & Scrimshaw
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Preserving Island History: New Acquisitions by the Nantucket Historical Association
Three significant items–a painting, a memoir, and a scrimshawed whale’s tooth–have been added to the Nantucket Historical Association‘s (NHA’s) Permanent Collection. The Trustees of the NHA announce the acquisition of Milo Calkin’s memoir documenting his time aboard the Nantucket whaleship Independence, an Albert C. Gardner tooth, and the painting Northern […]
Exibition of Work by David Lazarus to Open in Nantucket Whaling Museum
David Lazarus first mastered the art of scrimshaw during the 1970s, and this artistic endeavor led him to printmaking and eventually to painting. This Saturday, December 7, the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will open an exhibit featuring works by artist Lazarus in the Sherlund Conference Room in the Whaling Museum. The […]