Holiday Homes
Tour three NHA historical homes decorated for the holiday season! Holiday Homes will feature each of these historical homes beautifully...More Read more from Holiday Homes
Today • December 11 • at the NHA
Whaling Museum open February 7-March 31, 2019
Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm
Whaling Museum open April 1-25
Daily 10am-4pm
Today's whaling museum schedule
Whaling Museum open
February 7-March 31, 2019
Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm
On This Day in Nantucket History
December 11, 1848Read more from December 11, 1848
In 1848, the Nantucket whale ship Christopher Mitchell left Nantucket to hunt in the Pacific whaling grounds. Unbeknownst to the crew, a green hand named George Johnson was really a woman. Read more from December 11, 1848
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