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It’s June, and that means rose-covered cottages are right around the corner! Seen here is a woman tending her climbing roses on the porch of her home circa 1910.
Photo: GPN3172
Have you stopped in to visit our Summer on Nantucket: A History of the Island Resort exhibition now on display at the Whaling Museum?
Explore the story of Nantucket as a summer destination, from the opening of the first tourist hotels in the 1840s to the multi-billion-dollar real-estate, construction, and rental economy of today.
Now open daily, 10 am-5 pm. And don’t forget Island Residents are offered FREE admission thanks to the generous support of The ReMain Nantucket Fund.
Video from NHA film archive.
Did you hear?! Hadwen House at 96 Main Street is open for the season!
One of the highlights of visiting this Historic Property is seeing our exhibition on Nantucket Lightship Baskets. Tracing the development of Nantucket lightship baskets from their 19th-century origins to the diverse traditional and experimental forms being created by the island’s weavers today. It highlights individual makers across time and features both the José Reyes workshop and a special case displaying the many basket purse designs he invented before settling on the iconic form still prized by collectors today.
Now open daily, 11 am-4 pm, through October 9. Admission is included with your Whaling Museum ticket. We hope you will stop by for a visit!
We are two weeks away from our Historic Sites opening for the season on June 14! Including the Old Mill, Oldest House, Greater Light, and the Old Jail. All sites will be free for visitors for the entire summer, and plenty of family fun offerings will be offered at each – stay tuned for more announcements!
This postcard of the Old Mill was postmarked on August 9, 1958, with a message that reads: “Fine weather this past week for painting. There`s a crowd here, but mostly a bicycle crowd,” signed Katherine E. to Miss Blanche Partridge.
Photo: P16906
This Memorial Day Weekend, we remember all of the brave military personnel who have made the greatest sacrifice while serving our country.
Photo: Memorial Day at Prospect Hill Cemetery, 1915. P1998.
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