Downtown Walking Tour
May 25–November 1
Daily, 11:15 A.M. (no tour on Jul 4)
Tour departs from the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, rain or shine. Each tour lasts approximately sixty minutes and is offered rain or shine.
Reservations are strongly recommended.
RESERVATIONS:
(508) 228-1894
Monday–Friday 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am–5:00 pm.
Please have your credit card information ready.
Historic House Walking Tour
May 25–November 1
Daily, 2:15 P.M. (no tour on July 4)
A guided tour through the interiors of three Nantucket homes focusing on the families that occupied them and their place in Nantucket’s history. The first stop is the Macy-Christian House, built in 1745. It demonstrates the “Colonial Revival” style so popular on Nantucket for much of the twentieth century. The tour moves onto the Hadwen House, an elegant 1845 Greek Revival home representing the most prosperous period in Nantucket’s past—the golden years of whaling. The tour concludes at Greater Light, which was originally built as a livestock barn in 1790 and remodeled into a summer home in 1929–1933, this house represents Nantucket’s art colony and resort era.
Tour departs from the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. Each tour lasts approximately eighty minutes and is offered rain or shine.
Reservations are strongly recommended.
RESERVATIONS:
(508) 228-1894
Monday–Friday 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am–5:00 pm.
Please have your credit card information ready.
A Night (or Two) of Sonnets and Poems
Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4, 2013
7–8:30 P.M. (Doors open at 630 P.M.)
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket and The Nantucket Historical Association present a beautifully arranged reading of the greatest poets and writers in history at the NHA's Greater Light historic property.
Join us for an intimate evening of sonnets and poetry in one of Nantucket's most beautiful historic homes, featuring the musings of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Tennessee Williams, W.H. Auden, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare and others.
Directed by Meredith Martin.
Greater Light, 8 Howard Street
$25 per person
To buy tickets,
contact TWN box office at www.theatreworkshop.com or call 508-228-4305
Food for Thought Lecture Series
12–1 P.M. Thursdays
A free weekly program, this lecture series explores the theme of "Nantucketers Taking ACKtion" and features speakers from Nantucket, Cape Cod, and beyond. Bring your brown bag lunch and join us for an informative, entertaining lecture about the people and places of Nantucket.
May 2
“Nantucket Myths and Legends Revealed”
How well do you know Nantucket facts from fiction? Come to Food for Thought and find out!
Join us under the whale skeleton where NHA Curatorial Staff Sarah Parks, Betsy Tyler and Ben Simons will separate tall tale from storied fact in a review of the newly - installed special exhibition "Nantucket Myths and Legends", the NHA's major 2013 exhibition opening at the Whaling Museum on April 26, 2013.
Free
Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street
Do you have a young child at home? Join us for “Baby Food for Thought,” a new family-friendly initiative that invites parents and caregivers of young children to enjoy the weekly Food for Thought lectures via a live video and audio stream into the children’s Discovery Room. “Baby Food for Thought” is free and open to the public .
Check the NHA Calendar for more upcoming programs.
