Winter Discovery Days
Free programming in the Whaling Museum’s Discovery Room! Kids ages 4-12 will enjoy a different craft activity each afternoon. Weekly...More Read more from Winter Discovery Days
Today • March 23 • 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
March 23, 1828Read more from March 23, 1828
The brig Sarah Ann, travelling from Savannah to Boston with a cargo of rice and cotton, went aground on shoals on the south side of the island, near Hummock Pond, on this day in 1828. Read more from March 23, 1828
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