Whaling Museum
15 Broad Street
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-1894 Museum Shop: 508-228-5785 Fax: 508-228-5618
Category: Nantucket - Attractions, Nantucket - Museums
Description:
Whaling Museum
Visit Us and You Will See:
a forty-six foot skeleton of a sperm whale that washed ashore on New Year's Day in 1998
he 1849 Fresnel Lens used in Sankaty Head Lighthouse, a restored 1881 tower clock
Decorative arts, Scrimshaw, Lightship baskets
Paintings, Samplers, Portraits of sea faring men and women
items of Nantucket history and prehistory.
and more
Source: NHA
General Information - NHA Administrative Offices
Location: 15 Broad Street
Telephone: 508-228-1894
Museum Shop: 508-228-5785
Fax: 508-228-5618
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Jethro Coffin House
16 Sunset Hill
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-5618 Fax: 508-228-5618
Category: Attractions, Nantucket - Attractions
Email:
Website: http://www.nha.org
Description:
Oldest residence on Nantucket (1686); sole surviving structure from island's original seventeenth-century English settlement set in a peaceful pastoral setting.
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Maria Mitchell Birthplace House
1 Vestal St
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-2896 Fax:
Category: Attractions, Nantucket - Attractions
Website: http://www.mmo.org
Description:
Restored birthplace of America's first woman astronomer; typical 19th-century Nantucket Quaker home; exhibits; guided tours.
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Maria Mitchell Hinchman House Natural Science Museum
7 Milk St
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-0898 Fax: 508-228-0898
Category: Attractions, Nantucket - Attractions
Email:
Website: http://www.mmo.org
Description:
Natural history museum of Nantucket's habitats, flora, and fauna; nature classes, wildflower and bird walks, and natural science lectures.
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Peter Foulger Museum
15 Broad St
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-1894 Fax: 508-228-5618
Category: Attractions, Nantucket - Attractions
Email:
Website: http://www.nha.org
Description:
The Peter Foulger Museum is now part of the NHA's expanded, world-class whaling museum and features changing exhibitions on Nantucket history.
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The Black Heritage Trail-Nantucket
29 York St
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-9833 Fax:
Category: Attractions, Nantucket - Attractions
Email:
Website: http://www.afroammuseum.org
Description:
Divided into two segments--Downtown and New Guinea--the tour includes 9 sites, beginning at the Whaling Museum and ending at the African Meeting House. Walking trail map brochure is available from the Museum of Afro-American History.
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Unitarian Universalist Church
11 Orange St
Nantucket, MA, 02554
Phone: 508-228-2730 Fax:
Category: Attractions, Nantucket - Attractions
Description:
1809 landmark with trompe l'oeil interior; organ.
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