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In This Issue
Message from the Executive Director
Gift of the Whale
Help Build Umiak
Lecture by Dr. Wise
A Passion for People
Special Tour of Gosnold Center
Food for Thought Brown Bags
Acquisitions Evening
National Museum Day
NHA Wine Festival Dinner
Save the Date
Membership Morning
Exhibition Opening
Historic Sites Open May 29
Garden Tour
Walking Tours Begin
Early American Arts and Crafts at the 1800 House
Give a Gift
Host your 2010 party in the Whaling Museum
NHA Staff in Daffodil Parade
Piano Wanted
Gifts that Give to the NHA
Hours & Information
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NHA Properties
The NHA owns and operates twenty-two historic sites.
 
Part of our mission is to preserve these exceptional properties and share them with the public through educational programs and timely interpretive presentations.
 
Whaling Museum
13 Broad Street
Built 1847
Acquired 1929
 
1800 House
4 Mill Street
Built 1801
Acquired 1951
 
Eleanor Ham Pony Field
10 Mill Street
Acquired 1979
 
Fire Hose-Cart House
8 Gardner Street
Built 1886
Acquired 1960
 
Folger-Franklin Memorial Fountain
Madaket Road
Site dated 1663
Acquired 1900
 
Greater Light
8 Howard Street
Built ca. 1790
Acquired 1970
 
Hadwen House
96 Main Street
Built 1845
Gifted in 1963
 
Little Gallery
10 Straight Wharf
Built ca. 1900
Acquired 1984

Mill Hill
West York & South Mill Streets
Acquired in 1898

Old Mill
50 Prospect Street
Built 1746
Acquired 1898
 
Macy-Christian House
12 Liberty Street
Built ca. 1745
Acquired 1964
 
NHA Research Library
7 Fair Street
Built 1904 
as the Fair Street Museum
 
Oldest House
and Kitchen Garden - Jethro Coffin House
16 Sunset Hill
Built 1686
Acquired 1923
 
The Old Gaol (Jail)
15R Vestal Street
Built 1806
Acquired 1946 

Old Town Building
5 Washington Street
Built 1832
Acquired 1968
 
Quaker Meeting House
7 Fair Street
Built 1838
Acquired 1894

Settlers Burial Ground
Off Cliff Road at Maxcy's Pond
Site date ca. 1700
 
Thomas Macy House
99 Main Street
Built in 1770
Acquired in 1986
 
Thomas Macy Warehouse
12 Straight Wharf
Built 1846
Acquired 1984
 
Tristram Coffin Homestead Site
Capaum Road
Ca. 1660
Acquired 1981

Robert Wyer House
33 Orange Street
Built ca. 1760
Gifted 1987
 

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Please support the businesses that support the NHA.
 
LEADERS
Accessible Dental, PC
The Beachside at Nantucket
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Cuddy Associates
James Lydon, Sons & Daughters
Johnstons of Elgin Cashmere
Killen Real Estate
Lyman Perry Architects Ltd.
Nantucket Island Resorts
Novation Media
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Trianon/Seaman Schepps
Young's Bicycle Shop
 
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Atlantic East Real Estate
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Centre Street Inn
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Hatch's Package Store
Kathleen Hay Designs
Leslie Heiden Design Consultants
Murray's Toggery Shop, Inc.
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The Downyflake
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G. S. Hill Gallery
Gallery Blue
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The Inquirer and Mirror
Island Custom Builders
Javatime Design
Le Languedoc Bistro
Levis Fine Art Nantucket Lindsay, Inc.
Madaket Marine
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Nantucket Carving & Folk Art, Inc.
Nantucket Catering Company
Nantucket Country
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Nantucket Frameworks
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Nantucket Nourriture
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Nantucket Real Estate Company
Nantucket Storage Center
Pinwheels
Placesetters, Inc.
Sandcastle Construction, Inc.
Mr. Charles Sanderson
Sankaty Head Golf & Beach Club
Simply With Style Catering
Spanky's Raw Bar
Stubby's/Island Coffee
Surfing Hydrangea Nursery
Susan M. Warner Catering
Swain's Travel
Sweet Inspirations
Twig Perkins, Inc.
The UPS Store
Vallorie A. Oliver Design
Vis-A-Vis
Zero Main
 
Please support the businesses that support the NHA.
 

NHA E-Newsletter May 2010
A Message from the Executive Director
bill tramposch
This year we celebrate, in so many ways, the role notable women have played on
Nantucket, both in the past and the present. It is well known that this island has been - and in many ways continues to be - a matriarchal place.
 
This summer we are thrilled to host three key exhibitions. The first is A Passion for People: Forty Years of Nantucket Portrait Photography by Beverly Hall, a retrospective focusing on four decades of Nantucket history as seen through Beverly's lens. This exhibition just opened to great fanfare in the Research Library's Whitney Gallery, at 7 Fair Street, and will remain on display through December 31.
 
On May 28, in the Whaling Museum's Hadwen & Barney candle factory, we will unveil a collaborative student-created exhibition involving the Boys & Girls Club and Nantucket High School called Visions of Her: Portrait Photography by Nantucket Youth.  This is the first in a series of exciting youth-focused programs resulting from the generosity of an anonymous donor who wishes us to "imbue young people with an appreciation of the rich historical significance of Nantucket." 
 
And finally, on July 2, our major summer exhibition "Sometimes think of me": Notable Nantucket Women through the Centuries, will open in the Whaling Museum's Peter Foulger Gallery. The exhibition will highlight the colorful lives and histories of outstanding women from four centuries of Nantucket history - as told through the remarkable embroidered narratives of Nantucket artisan Susan Boardman, and artifacts, logbooks, and manuscripts from the NHA collections. 
 
But wait, there is more!  The NHA, as you may recall, contracted documentary filmmaker Ric Burns and Steeplechase Films to do a twenty-minute "gateway" Nantucket history orientation film, which will premiere in our Whaling Museum next summer. In the meantime, we are thrilled that Burns's American Experience/WGBH documentary Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World will premiere at 9 p.m. on May 10 on WGBH, and the NHA has permission to show it in on the big screen in the Whaling Museum two hours earlier at 7 p.m. Having seen some of the early footage of Into the Deep, I can assure viewers and all lovers of Nantucket history that you will be in for quite a treat. We invite you to join us for this red-carpet event and to come dressed in creative black-tie or as a historic figure in period dress! Doors will open for this free community event at 6:30 p.m.
 
Finally, with spring comes the opening of our historic sites on May 29, and all indications are that our attendance will continue to swell - but not so much that you and your guests will have anything less than a great time when visiting.  Please come and see these exciting exhibitions and spread the word that your Whaling Museum is, according to travel writer Andrew Harper, "One of the 10 U.S. places to see before you die!"    
 
Bill Tramposch
Executive Director
Whaling Museum Spring Hours
Museum trees in bloomMay is Preservation Month -what better time to visit an NHA museum or historic site! The Whaling Museum is currently open through May 10, Thursday - Monday,
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.   On May 13, the Whaling Museum will open daily for the summer season, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gift of the Whale: The I�upiat Bowhead Hunt - A Sacred Tradition
Peter Foulger Gallery, Whaling Museum
 
The I�upiat Eskimos have lived and hunted in the Arctic region of Alaska for 5,000 years. Central to their lifestyle and survival is the bowhead whale, a primary source not only of food, building materials, and barter goods, but also of art, legend, and cultural identity.
 
The exhibition features the photography of Bill Hess, who documented the bowhead hunt in his book Gift of the Whale: The I�upiat Bowhead Hunt - A Sacred Tradition. With patience and openness, Hess earned the trust of the I�upiat community and was invited to document the hunt. His photographs share a startling and deeply moving portrait of a community fully engaged in the pursuit of the bowhead whale. The exhibition provides visitors with a glimpse into a contemporary society that owes its survival to the hunting of whales, not unlike Nantucket at the height of the Golden Age of whaling.
 
This photography exhibition also includes the documentary film The Eskimo and the Whale, and Arctic carvings in ivory from the NHA collections. The exhibition will be on display through June 13.
Help the NHA build an Umiak
As part of its public programming in conjunction with the Gift of the Whale: The I�upiat Bowhead Hunt - A Sacred Tradition exhibition, the NHA will be offering a two-week demonstration of traditional umiak boatbuilding by wooden-boat builder Corey Freedman daily through May 12, under a tent in the side yard of the Whaling Museum. Freedman is one of the foremost proponents of traditional native skin-boat construction and has overseen the building of more than 1,100 skin-boats.

The umiak skin-boat is still very much a part of life in the Yupik and I�upiat Eskimo whaling villages of Alaska, as featured in the Gift of the Whale exhibition currently on display in the Whaling Museum's Peter Foulger Gallery.

Standing behind his umiak,
an Inupiat whaler waits for the whale
he hopes is coming to him.
An Inupiat whaler stands behind his umiak.
Freedman will be working daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you are interested in signing up to join a class and help Corey build the umiak, please contact Chris Mason at 508-228-1894, ext. 112, or [email protected]. Visitors are welcome to stop by the tent and watch the boat-building process.
 
Lecture by John Pierce Wise Sr., Ph.D., May 1
"Toxicology Study and the Bowhead Whale"
 
As an added attraction of our Gift of the Whale: The I�upiat Bowhead Hunt - A Sacred Tradition exhibition, Dr. Wise will discuss his research and study on the native bowhead whales of Alaska.  As director of the Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health at the University of Southern Maine and professor of toxicology and molecular epidemiology in the Department of Applied Medical Sciences, he is also the principal investigator of the Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, where for several weeks each fall Wise Laboratory scientists travel to Barrow, Alaska, to attend the fall hunts of bowhead whales and work on collecting whale tissue to aid in the development of new cell lines for study.
 
Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, 1 p.m. Free for NHA members or with museum admission.
 
A Passion for People: Forty Years of Nantucket Portrait Photography by Beverly Hall
Whitney Gallery, NHA Research Library,
7 Fair Street
 
Sammy Preston and Friend
A Passion for People
showcases photographer Beverly Hall's outstanding eye for portraiture through four decades of Nantucket history. The retrospective opens a window on the remarkable changes that have occurred on Nantucket in the last four decades and features several hundred images on multiple presentation screens in addition to traditionally framed images. Hall's work captures an important chapter in Nantucket's postwar history, a time that is increasingly important to record and showcase as part of Nantucket's modern history. The exhibition is open through December 31.
 
The Whitney Gallery is open during library hours, Monday, Thursday, and Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Tuesday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m Although usually closed weekends, the gallery will be open for this exhibition on Saturdays, 2 - 4 p.m. Otherwise, the library and gallery are closed Wednesdays, weekends, and all holidays.
 
Join us for the free premiere of Ric Burns's Film Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
Whaling Museum, May 10, 6:30 P.M. 
 
The NHA is delighted to invite the public to a "red-carpet premiere" of documentary filmmaker Ric Burns's newest film, which will be shown under the sperm-whale skeleton on the big screen in the Whaling Museum. Guests are encouraged to dress festively, historically, or in creative black-tie for this exciting red-carpet event.
 
View promo of Into the Deep
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
The NHA, in cooperation with American Experience/WGBH and Steeplechase Films, is pleased and honored to have the opportunity to broadcast Into the Deep, not only because it is a fantastic sea adventure and a mythic saga of man and nature as it relates the harrowing tale of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, but because a number of artifacts from the NHA collections were used in the filming and will be on display for this very special evening.
 
Burns is also in the process of creating a special twenty-minute "gateway" Nantucket history orientation film for the NHA. The film will weave an engaging and transporting tale of the island's place in national and world history and will premiere at the Whaling Museum in 2011. The film promises to be a "must-see" experience for visitors and residents alike and will be shown on a regular basis in the museum's Gosnell Hall. 
 
The May 10 evening is free for the public and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Into the Deep will be shown promptly at 7 p.m. in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. Come dressed the way people used to dress for the theater and we'll all step out on May 10! 
 
Special Tour of the Collections at the Gosnold Center, May 14
See firsthand the large collection of artifacts preserved at the NHA's Gosnold Center storage facility. NHA curators Ben Simons and Tony Dumitru will highlight some of the NHA's vast collections of textiles, glass, wood, metals, works on paper, paintings, baskets, and whale ivory.The NHA's collections include more than 30,000 artifacts. 
 
The interpretive tour lasts one hour. 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 at 508-228-1894, ext. 0.  Space is limited and tickets are not sold at the door.
Free Food for Thought Brown-Bag Lectures focus on Preservation Month
Join us for Food for Thought, the popular brown-bag lunch lecture series, Thursdays at noon in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street.
 
Thursday, May 6, "Fine-Art Photography Forum," hosted by photographers Garth Grimmer and Lauri Robertson.  Images from around the island capture the natural and historic beauty of Nantucket.
 
Thursday, May 13, "Nantucket's Historic Hotels," led by Mark Avery, director of historic properties. Nantucket can boast of having more buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places than anywhere else in Massachusetts. Avery will discuss some of the island's historic hotels and why the entire island was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966. 
 
Each talk begins at noon and is free to the public. Bring your lunch. The Food for Thought programs are supported by a grant from the M. S. Worthington Foundation.

Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, Noon, free
Acquisitions Evening, May 12
Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, 6 - 7 p.m.
 
We invite you to join Ben Simons, Robyn & John Davis Chief Curator,  Tony Dumitru, Collections Manager, and Georgen Charnes, Librarian & Archivist, who will share some of the behind-the-scenes stories of recent NHA acquisitions and items purchased by the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association - our main collectors group - including the image shown at right: Nantucket Journal, a lovely late-nineteenth-century genre painting by George Newell Bowers, circa 1889. 
 
Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street,
6 - 7 p.m. Free for NHA members
Celebrate National Museum Day
Free Admission to the Whaling Museum,
May 18, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 
The NHA is pleased to offer free admission to the Whaling Museum on Tuesday, May 18, in celebration of International Museum Day.
 
Celebrated around the world since 1977, this special day allows museums the opportunity to welcome the public at large and alert them to the challenges museums face in this fast-paced and quickly changing world. 


Whaling MuseumCome and enjoy a tour of  the Whaling Museum, which features the film Bones of History, the Whale Hunt Object Theater, the whaleship Essex Gam, and various gallery tours; exhibits about Nantucket history, decorative arts, and scrimshaw; and interactive hands-on learning opportunities for children twelve and under.  The museum also includes a restored 1847 candle factory with its original whale-oil beam press (a three-story wooden structure that is the only such artifact surviving anywhere in the world); a forty-six-foot sperm-whale skeleton; a fully rigged whaleboat; a vast collection of whaling tools; the sixteen-foot Fresnel lens from Sankaty Head lighthouse; and numerous portraits of whaling captains and their wives. There is truly something for everyone; please join us as we celebrate this unique day in the world of museums.
 
Nantucket Wine Festival's Wine Auction Dinner at the White Elephant, May 22
Nantucket Wine Festival Wine Auction DinnerThe Nantucket Wine Festival's Wine Auction Dinner, which benefits the NHA, will be held Saturday, May 22, at the White Elephant, 50 Easton Street, 7 p.m. According to Denis Toner, NWF president and founder, "The Wine Auction Dinner is one of our signature festival events, and the Nantucket Historical Association is the festival's charity partner and beneficiary for the Wine Auction. Just as history and tradition are essential to understanding wine, the NHA is central to preserving the history and traditions of Nantucket."  Proceeds from the Wine Auction support the NHA's expanding schedule of educational programs for children and families.  

The year's sensational auction dinner will feature the culinary talents of Brooke Vosika, executive chef of the Four Seasons Hotel Boston, and wines provided by Jorge Ord��ez, president and founder of Fine Estates from Spain.
 
Some of the exciting auction items include: an unforgettable one-week trip to St. Barts, donated by Wimco Villas www.wimco.com; a vertical of fifteen magnums from world-acclaimed Elyse Winery, vintages ranging from 1993 to 2007, donated by Elyse Winery.  For a complete list of auction items, go to www.nantucketwinefestival.com 
 
You may purchase tickets to the Wine Auction Dinner directly from the NHA; for tickets, an auction catalog, or absentee bid sheets, please contact Stacey Stuart at 508-228-1894, ext. 130.  For any other Wine Festival events, please order from the festival Web site at www.nantucketwinefestival.com.
Save the Date!
Family Adventure at the Old Mill
July 18, 10:30 a.m. - Noon
 
Old Mill with SailsFamilies with children ages twelve and under are invited to enjoy a special morning of adventure, crafts, and games at Nantucket's Old Mill, 50 Prospect Street, hosted by the NHA's Family Associates Committee and chaired by Wendy Rouillard and Annabelle Fowlkes. Watch for more information in the NHA E-Newsletter, or to receive an invitation, send your name, mailing address, and email address to [email protected] or call (508) 228-1894, ext. 116.
Join us for a Membership Morning,
May 27, 9 a.m.
NHA members are invited to be our guests at a gallery tour highlighting some of the "Extraordinary Women of Nantucket," as a kick-off to our 2010 "Summer of the Nantucket Woman." 
 
Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. 9 a.m.  Free, for members only.
Exhibition opening, May 28  
Visions of Her: Portrait Photography by Nantucket Youth
 

Visions of Her: Portait Photography by Nantucket YouthThis student exhibition will feature photographs of contemporary Nantucket women captured by teens from the Nantucket Boys & Girls Club and Nantucket High School. The photographs showcase the essence of women that the young photographers admire.  Fun food will be offered at the opening reception.
 
 
Hadwen & Barney Candle Factory, Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street,
6 - 8 p.m.
NHA Historic Sites Open for the 2010 Season,
May 29
The Hadwen House, 96 Main Street; Oldest House and period Kitchen Garden, 16 Sunset Hill; Old Mill, 50 Prospect Street; Quaker Meeting House, 7 Fair Street; Fire Hose-Cart House, 8 Gardner Street; and the Old Gaol, 15R Vestal Street, will be open daily, noon - 4 p.m.
 
How Does Your Garden Grow? May 29
Oldest House Garden TourMeet Kathrina Pearl, NHA grounds assistant and gardener-in-residence, and discover what it takes to create and maintain this replicated late-seventeenth-century kitchen garden. Guests will have the opportunity to see and touch the plants and herbs that are grown and learn about their historic uses. Throughout the program, Pearl will answer questions and discuss topics that include propagation and seed saving. "We will discuss plant uses and how they were propagated, and how they can easily be incorporated into kitchen or ornamental gardens of today."
 
Oldest House, 16 Sunset Hill,
1-3 p.m.  Free for NHA members;
$6 general public
NHA Walking Tours Begin May 29
Eighty-minute walking tours of historic downtown Nantucket will be offered Monday - Saturday at 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. and Sunday at 2:15 p.m. through June 30. Confined to the Old Historic District, the tour is led by an NHA interpreter who will discuss the timeline of Nantucket history - from the glacial formation of the island to the rise of whaling and its Golden Age (1830s), the Quaker religion, the women who owned and operated businesses on Centre Street (Petticoat Row), the island's involvement in the abolitionist movement, the Great Fire of 1846, and Maria Mitchell and her discovery of a comet in 1847. The tour also addresses the rise and fall of the whaling industry- especially the way in which the island's economy impacted the social and cultural development of Nantucket - the turn-of-the-century rise of tourism, and concludes with Nantucket's current status as a world-class tourist destination.
 
Each tour departs from the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. Tickets are $10, adults; $4, children (ages 6-17); free for NHA members, and may be purchased at the Whaling Museum admission desk.  For more information, please call 508-228-1894, ext. 0                                
 
Early American Arts & Crafts at the
1800 House
Art inspired by history 

Dedicated to celebrating and reviving Nantucket's rich tradition in historic decorative arts and crafts, this year marks the sixth season of lifelong-learning programs at the 1800 House. Classes will begin on June 14 and run through mid-October. This year's class offerings have been diversified, and out of close to sixty classes, eleven are geared toward men! Also new for 2010, limited scholarships are available to encourage participation by Nantucket students; three of the instructors will also give lectures in the Whaling Museum; and a series of special one-day workshops will be offered in the fall.
 
Classes include: Half-Hull Catboat Models, Chair Caning and Fiber Rush, Sailors Valentines, Folk-Art Game Boards, D�coupaged Wooden Trays, and a Nest of Shaker Boxes. A number of one-day and holiday workshops will also be offered.
 
Class size is limited in some instances. Fees include all materials. Preregistration and prepayment are required, NHA member discounts available. Please go to www.nha.org/1800house for full course listing and registration information.  If you have questions about a specific class - or would like us to mail you a course schedule - please call Betsey or Mary, 508-228-1894, ext. 128.
Give an NHA Membership or an 1800 House Gift Certificate
A one-year membership is the perfect holiday, birthday, hostess, or anniversary gift that will provide unlimited admission to the Whaling Museum, Old Mill, Quaker Meeting House, Oldest House, and Hadwen House; free use of the NHA Research Library; subscription to Historic Nantucket; 10% discount at the Museum Shop; discounts on certain classes and Explorations trips; and invitations to special events, concerts, and lectures. Please call Beth Moyer at 508-228-1894, ext. 116, for additional membership information, or go to http://www.nha.org/membership.
 
For those who enjoy early-American arts and crafts, consider giving a gift certificate in any amount that can be applied to the recipient's choice of a class during the 2010 season at the NHA's 1800 House. Please call 508-228-1894, ext. 128, or 508-228-7785 for additional information; or go to http://www.nha.org/1800house/index.html to learn more about the NHA's lifelong-learning programs in early-American arts and crafts.
 
It won't be long before the busy social season begins
Host your 2010 party in the Whaling Museum 
 
Celebrate your special occasion surrounded by Nantucket treasures. NHA properties are wonderful locations for parties, weddings, welcome parties, rehearsal dinners, receptions, cocktail parties, and corporate events. Surround your guests with elegant art and important objects that bring the story of Nantucket's past to life at our world-class museum. Located in the heart of Nantucket Town, the museum can accommodate both small and large gatherings - a perfect mix of state-of-the-art and old-world design. Your guests will also enjoy breathtaking views of Nantucket harbor, town, and beyond from the rooftop observation deck.
 
Call Susan Beaumont at 508-228-1894, ext. 131, for details about hosting a memorable party in the Whaling Museum or other NHA properties.

Exceptional events begin with unforgettable venues. . . .
 
NHA Staff Participates in Daffodil Parade & Picnic
NHA staff rides the Daffodil Parade in a Yellow Submarine.

In celebration of spring, several NHA staff members organized a "Yellow Submarine Under the Sea" Beatles theme - inspired by the 1966 Volkswagon van that had been donated to the NHA - and entered the Chamber of Commerce's annual Daffodil Parade and 'Sconset tailgate picnic on Saturday, April 24.
 
Pictured left to right: Erik, Marjan, Mark,
Kim, Susan, Julie, Macy, Chris, and Beth.
Way cool, man!
Go go gang
They won a third-place ribbon for the car decorations and a second place ribbon for their clever tailgate picnic.
 
All their hard work and planning paid off. Who says museum types don't know how to have fun!  Well done, well done!
 
Wanted : A Grand Piano for the Whaling Museum 
NHA is seeking the donation of a six-foot grand piano to enhance our year-round programming at the Whaling Museum. The NHA had one for a short while, but it was on loan and has been returned. The donation of a piano in good condition would be greatly appreciated by the NHA!  Please contact Rebecca Miller, assistant to the executive director, at 508-228-1894, ext. 122, or [email protected].
 
Gifts that Give to the NHA:
Ideal for weddings, graduations, and special occasion presents! 
www.giftsthatgive.com is an innovative online shopping site that donates 25% of your purchase back to the NHA.
 
You will recognize the brands from your favorite department and specialty stores. The items are those that you will want to own and will be delighted to give as gifts!
 
With many years of luxury retail experience behind it, www.giftsthatgive.com products have been carefully selected with you in mind.   The Web site is user friendly and offers the same level of service you would expect from your favorite store.
 
All you need to do is to sign onto www.giftsthatgive.com to see what we're talking about and order your selections.  In the shopping cart there will be a dropdown box from which to select the Nantucket Historical Association, and 25% of your purchase will come back to help the NHA!
 
You may also purchase Gift Cards to be sent in a box with a bow, or an E-Certificate for easy giving online.  Please tell your friends and family to shop www.giftsthatgive.com, all while supporting our worthy cause.
 
In these difficult economic times, make every dollar count by shopping at GiftsThatGive. Thank you for supporting the Nantucket Historical Association.
 
Hours
Whaling Museum  
508-228-1894, ext.0
Through May 10: Thursday - Monday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
May 13 - October 11: Daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 
Museum Shop
508-228-5785
Through May 10: Thursday - Monday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Beginning May 13: Daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 
Shop online at www.nantucketmuseumshop.org or place orders by calling.
 
Research Library, 7 Fair Street
508-228-1655
Open year-round: Monday, Thursday, and Friday, 10 A.M. - 4 P.M. and Tuesday, 11 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Closed: Wednesdays, weekends, and all holidays.
 
Administrative Offices, 15 Broad Street 
508-228-1894, ext. 0
Monday - Friday, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.