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The Whaling Museum and Historic Sites are now open seven days a week!
May 14 - Oct 31
Whaling Museum:
Open Daily,
10 A.M.- 5 P.M.
July & August
Open 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
10 A.M. - 8 P.M.
NHA Historic Sites
Open Daily
June 27 - September 6
12 P.M. - 5 P.M.
Tours every 1/2 hour;
last tour 4:30 P.M.
Oldest House
Kitchen-Garden Tours
Fridays, 1 P.M.
Free for NHA members, $6 general public
Summer Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Nantucket
Monday - Saturday
4:30 P.M.
NHA Research Library
7 Fair Street
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - Friday. Closed Wednesdays & Labor Day (September 7)
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| NHA Museum Shop |
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July 1 - August 31:
Open Daily,
Monday - Saturday,
10 A.M. - 9 P.M.
Sunday, 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Featured items:
The complete catalog. $75.00
Bird's Eye View of Nantucket Reproduction of the classic map of Nantucket looking southwest, 1881. $175.00
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| Spectacular Weddings, Parties, Dinners, Conferences... |
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Many NHA properties are available for weddings, dinners, and parties. Celebrate life amid Nantucket treasures at the
or one of our other properties. Surround your guests with elegant art and important objects that bring the story of Nantucket's past to life.
Special for This Summer:
Host your summer cocktail party on the Whaling Museum's rooftop observation deck for $3,000! You and your guests will enjoy a never-ending view of land and sea, high above town. Call Susan Beaumont for details at 508-228-1894, ext. 131, or visit our Web site for more information |
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| Gifts that Give |
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giftsthatgive.com is a Web site offering quality products for you to choose from, and 25% of your purchase will be donated back to the NHA on your behalf. Just select the NHA from the drop-down box at checkout.
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| Early-American Arts & Crafts at the 1800 House |
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Compass Rose Floor Cloths, with Mary Emery Lacoursiere
August 11 to August 14
Primitive Painting on a Fire Board, with Gay Held August 12 to August 14 Read more...
Carved Whirligigs on a Whale, with Charlie Munroe August 26 to August 28 Read more... |
| The Compass Rose Collection to benefit the NHA |
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Ralph Lauren has added an attractive new cream and navy canvas beach tote to its special collection of merchandise featuring the Compass Rose mural that adorns the east side of the Nantucket store, designed in 1936 by photographer H. Marshall Gardiner. The Compass Rose Collection was created to preserve and honor this significant piece of Nantucket history. This attractive tote is available on the Ralph Lauren Web site as well as in the store. Signature t-shirts, hats, and caps are also available at the Main Street store, and 100% of sales is donated to the Nantucket Historical Association. | |
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| NHA E-Newsletter |
August 2009 |
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| A Message from the Executive Director |
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Throughout this tough economy, our institutional goal remains strong: to continue "preserving and interpreting" Nantucket history in vibrant and engaging ways. Toward this end, we will unveil our new film, a "gateway" orientation to Nantucket history, in the Whaling Museum in 2011. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have secured funding for this project. Now in production, the film will be a twenty-minute transformative piece on the history of this "elbow of sand," produced and directed by famed documentary filmmaker Ric Burns.
With the continued help of our supporters, we are closing in quickly on the campaign goal for the restoration of our historic property Greater Light - the celebrated home of the Monaghan sisters, those Quaker ladies who were "stricken with the virus under the pseudonym of ART." When restoration is completed in 2011, Greater Light will enable us to interpret the fascinating era of Nantucket's art colony and the beginnings of modern tourism here. Of our twenty-two sites, there is not a better one to help us tell about this important chapter of reinvention. Click here to read more about this important initiative.
Thanks to the generous $50,000 challenge gift recently received from Janet Sherlund, president of the NHA's board of trustees, and her husband,  Rick, we are now just $150,000 away from our $1.2-million goal for the Greater Light restoration. Please help us finish the summer in good stead by contributing to the campaign. To learn more, please contact Judith Wodynski at 508-228-1894, ext. 111, or call me at ext. 121.
Bill Tramposch
Executive Director
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| 32nd August Antiques Show |
 Thursday, July 30
Antiques Show Preview Party Sponsored by Eaton Vance Investment Counsel. Enjoy a festive evening of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while visiting the booths of forty exhibitors. Under the air-conditioned tent at Bartlett's Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road, 6-9 P.M. Tickets are limited; individual tickets are available online or by calling 508-228-1894, ext. 0. Tickets at higher levels of involvement are also available online.
Friday, July 31 - Sunday, August 2
32nd August Antiques Show  Under the air-conditioned tent at Bartlett's Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. The show featuring forty exhibitors is managed by the prestigious Antiques Council. Tickets will be on sale throughout the three-day show or by calling 508-228-1894, ext. 0. General admission tickets: $15. To receive $5 off one General Admission ticket, print the coupon at the end of the E-newsletter.
Friday, July 31: 10 A.M. - 6 P.M.
Saturday, August 1: 10 A.M. - 6 P.M.
Sunday, August 2: 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Sunday, August 2, 3 P.M.
August Antiques Show Raffle Drawing
Under the air-conditioned tent at Bartlett's Farm, 33 Bartlett Farm Road. Tickets are $25 each or six for $125. Choose from nine raffle items. Click here to view the items and buy a ticket. |
| Exhibition: Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 |
Peter Foulger Gallery, Whaling Museum
Through November 2
 This traveling exhibition explores the largely unstudied region of New England furniture - specifically the area between Boston and Providence, including the seafaring communities of the Cape and the islands. Of the more than seventy pieces of furniture - along with paintings, portraits, maps, prints, and ship furniture - many artifacts are on loan from the NHA collections.
Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 was organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. Major support for Harbor & Home provided by: Americana Foundation, Chilton Foundation, Croll Foundation, Elizabeth B. McGraw Foundation, Wodecroft Foundation, Anonymous. The exhibition at the Nantucket Historical Association is made possible with support from Wilmington Trust FSB Massachusetts, Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter Jr., Mr. & Mrs Hampton S. Lynch Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Jay M. Wilson, and Anonymous.
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| Summer Lecture Series |
Barbara White: "A Line in the Sand: The Battle to Integrate Nantucket Public Schools, 1825-1847"
 Barbara White will discuss her book A Line in the Sand: The Battle to Integrate Nantucket Public Schools 1825-1847, a greatly expanded and revised edition of her original work on the subject, first published in 1978. Nantucket played an important role in the passage of early civil rights legislation, and she will address this struggle. White recently retired from the Nantucket school system where she taught history in the middle-school for thirty years. She was awarded the James Bradford Ames Fellowship in 2005, choosing for her subject the life of Anna Gardner, a Nantucket woman who taught at the African School here and subsequent to the Civil War went south to teach in what were at the time called "Freedmen's Schools."
Wednesday, August 5, Whaling Museum, 7-8 P.M.
Free for NHA members; $15 general public; $8 children.
Dr. Charles Mayo: "Then and Now: Right Whales at the Brink"
 Dr. Mayo, of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, will discuss the impact of early whaling on right whales and the present condition of the population. Focusing on present-day causes of mortality and the status of the population that still comes to the waters of the Cape and Islands, Dr. Mayo will describe efforts to protect the species and the echoes of the past that still impact the future of right whales.
Wednesday, August 19, Whaling Museum, 7-8 P.M.
Free for NHA members; $15 general public; $8 children. |
| Behind the Scenes at the Collections |
 Young Collectors Tour of Gosnold Center, Friday, August 7
Are you interested in becoming a collector? Perhaps you're one of the next generation of Nantucketers with a passion for all things old? The Nantucket Historical Association is pleased to offer a one-hour guided tour of the artifacts that are rarely on view to the public. Curators Ben Simons and Tony Dumitru will highlight artifacts in our climate-controlled storage facility. Our collections represent the many definitive aspects of Nantucket's history, including whaling, land and sea transportation, Quaker religion, fine and decorative arts, farming, commerce, and architecture.
89 Bartlett Road, 11 A.M.-NOON. Tickets are $25 for NHA members, $35 for nonmembers. For more information about the tour or to register, please call Julie Kever, 508-228-1894, ext. 0. Space is limited and tickets are not sold at the door.
Acquisitions Night
Wednesday, August 12
Join Ben Simons, Robyn & John Davis Chief Curator; Georgen Charnes, Librarian, Archivist, & Webmaster; and Tony Dumitru, Collections Manager, for a showing of recent additions to the NHA collection and gifts of the Max & Heidi Berry Acquisitions Fund.
Whaling Museum, 6 - 7 P.M. Free for NHA members.
Special Tour of Gosnold Center
Friday, August 21
See firsthand the large collection of artifacts preserved at the NHA's storage facility. NHA curators Ben Simons and Tony Dumitru, will highlight some of the NHA's vast collection of textiles, glass, wood, metals, works on paper, paintings, baskets, and whale ivory.
89 Bartlett Road, 11 A.M.-NOON. Tickets are $25 for NHA members, $35 for nonmembers. For more information about the tour or to register, please call Julie Kever, 508-228-1894, ext. 0. Space is limited and tickets are not sold at the door. |
| Candlelight Musical Recital and Tour of the Oldest House |
Friday, August 21, 7-8 P.M.
The NHA, in cooperation with "Cape Symphony on Nantucket," will present a free musical recital and tour of the Oldest House on Friday, August 21, 7-8 P.M. The concert is being sponsored by the Friends of the Nantucket Public Schools, the Nantucket Community Music Center, and the Nantucket Community School.
Jung-Ho Pak, music director of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra (CCSO), will be a special guest speaker at the reception, and will discuss plans for the two concerts by the CCSO scheduled on Nantucket on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at the Nantucket High School. All proceeds from the concerts will be used to benefit the young people of the community. Underwriting opportunities for the concerts are available to individuals and local businesses as follows: Benefactors - $5,000 and above; Sponsors - $2,500 and above; Donors - $1,000 and above. All underwriters will receive free tickets to the March 27 concerts.
Attendance at the August 21 reception and recital will be limited to 200. Reservations may be made by contacting Julie Kever at 508-228-1894, ext. 0, or jlkever@nha.org. |
| Look, Listen, and Do: "InsomniACK" |
Nantucket Arts Council's Arts Festival Kick-off Event
 Visitors of all ages are invited to the Whaling Museum's Discovery Room where they can create a sailors valentine while enjoying video segments showcasing pieces of Nantucket arts culture and history produced by Plum TV. The Old Gaol, located at 15R Vestal Street, will also be open for visitors to meet the jailer and hear tales of prison life and escape stories.
Free. Discovery Room of the Whaling Museum and the Old Gaol, Friday, August 28, 7-10 P.M.
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| Hands-on History |
| Daily in August
Whaling Museum's Discovery Room
1 - 4 P.M.
 Designed for children from 4 to 12 years of age, this educational crafts program will explore the souvenirs of Nantucketers' worldwide adventures. Children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the program, and adults are encouraged to participate in the activities with the children. Each day will feature different theme-based activities, some of which will include writing journals and creating whale stamps, china teacups, Chinese fans, Maori wakas, imitation scrimshaw, sailors valentines, and whirligigs. Click here for more information.
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| Exhibition: Landmarks of Nantucket! |
What favorite Nantucket places would you miss if they suddenly vanished?
 We asked seventh-grade students at the Cyrus Peirce Middle School this question and worked with twenty-five of them after school this spring to record their own special places. Each student received a camera to capture images of Nantucket landmarks, worked with NHA and CPS staff as well as professional island photographers, and created a student-curated exhibition now on display at the Whaling Museum.
Landmarks of Nantucket! is a collaboration involving the Nantucket Historical Association and the Nantucket Public Schools, specifically the Cyrus Peirce Middle School. Funding was provided by the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation.
Exhibition open through August 31.
Landmarks of Nantucket! Digital Exhibition
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| Exhibition: Views from the Tower, South Church 1809-2009 |
Whitney Gallery, 7 Fair Street
May 23-December 31
 This exhibition celebrates the 200th anniversary of the South Church on Orange Street through artwork, posters, and historic photographs. The South Church Preservation Fund, Nantucket Preservation Trust, and the NHA are collaborating on this celebration of the church's anniversary.
Gallery is open during library hours.
Views from the Tower Digital Exhibition
See how our landscape has changed over the last 150 years. Views from the tower are available for viewing online: Visit the digital exhibition. | |
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