Painted, photographic, and silhouette portraits that highlight both famous and lesser-known Nantucketers.More Read more from Island People: Portraits and Stories from Nantucket
The late Robert “Bob” Hellman, an esteemed friend and colleague of the Nantucket Historical Association, was well known as an...More Read more from The Robert and Nina Hellman Collection
A rare opportunity to see a sampling of seven thousand years of Asian art history.More Read more from Asian Treasures from The Billings Collection
Featuring historic photos, mementos, and oral histories from Nantucket’s Cape Verde community.More Read more from Cape Verde in Our Soul
Meet a representative group of extraordinary Nantucket women in a new holographic experience at the Whaling Museum.More Read more from Spirits Within Us
The Whitney Gallery highlights new acquisitions to the NHA’s collection. Featured this season is The Old Falconer of Ben Gana, Sheik...More Read more from New Acquisitions to the NHA Collection
What has put Nantucket on the map? What should be put on a map of Nantucket? In this exhibit we...More Read more from Mapping Nantucket
Explore the Decorative Arts collection of the NHA from fine furniture, tall clocks, and ceramics to an eclectic display of...More Read more from Decorative Arts
Step back in time . . . Learn about Wampanaug life, Nantucket’s earliest settlers, the growth of Whaling, to today’s economy of tourism and building.More Read more from The Timeline
Look sharp, all of ye! There are whales here-abouts!More Read more from Gosnell Hall
Highlights the international networks created by the “active and disciplined” men and women of Nantucket through whaling and trading.More Read more from Nantucket & The World
The 1847 spermaceti-candle factory has been carefully restored to reveal significant elements of the original factory.More Read more from Hadwen & Barney Oil and Candle Factory
Discover the tragedy of the ill-fated whaleship EssexMore Read more from The Tragedy of the Essex
The island of Nantucket filled Herman Melville’s imagination. His time on the Nantucket whaleship Charles and Henry led to the...More Read more from Moby-Dick and Nantucket
Representing over a century and a half of collecting are items from one of the most important collections in the world.More Read more from Scrimshaw Gallery
On display are the some of the finest objects of decorative-arts from the NHA's collection.More Read more from Decorative Arts Gallery
Explore a newly installed whale ecology interactive exhibit in the Whaling Museum Candle Factory and enjoy stunning underwater photography by Eric Savetsky throughout the museum.More Read more from Whale Ecology
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.