The Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum
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The Whaling Museum is Now Open
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10am–4pm
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Nantucket Residents Free
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Vital information on more than 40,000 Nantucketers.
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Over 115 Years of Partnership
Important Collection Donated to the NHA
A new semester is now in session! And explore the NHA U archives.
Articles, research, videos, oral histories, and more organized by topic.
Matt Tierney was working the night shift at the Marconi wireless station in ‘Sconset in 1912 when he heard a faint distress signal from the Titanic. He relayed the message to New York and then worked for four days straight, relaying other messages that provided key information about the survivors of the ocean liner tragedy. Read more from April 14, 1912
Gifts to the Annual Fund support every aspect of the NHA in order to achieve its mission and open the...More Read more from Give to the NHA
Learn about the benefits of NHA membership The Nantucket Historical Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. The cost of all...More Read more from New and Renewal Memberships
The NHA established the 1894 Founders Society to recognize individuals who participate in the association at the highest levels.More Read more from 1894 Founders Society
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The Nantucket Historical Association preserves and interprets the history of Nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island’s significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.