HISTORIC HEROINES
byHow the seeds of feminism in America first took root on Nantucket. When more than four hundred people gathered in the courtyard of the…
History
CURIOUS COLLECTION
byThe NHA’s latest exhibit will have you thinking outside of the box. In November 1847, Rockwell’s New York Circus set sail on the brig…
COLD CASE
byReopening one of Nantucket’s greatest unsolved mysteries: The disappearance of Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne. Few people on Nantucket remember her name all these years later,…
WALTER’S WORLD
byMeet the man who made Nantucket what it is today. He was driven by both passion and profits. He was met with both praise…
SEEING THE LIGHT
byWhat makes Nantucket’s lighthouses really shine? At the end of this month, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin will be appearing at the Nantucket Whaling…
SPY GAMES
byRevealing the secret life of late summer resident, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. When Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt, Jr. was eulogized at Siasconset Union Chapel sixteen years…
HOLIDAY SHOPPING ON THE HIGH SEAS
byBack in the whaling days, many a Nantucketer did their holiday shopping on the open ocean or at exotic stops along the way. Undoubtedly,…
LEADING THE CHARGE
byCan Nantucket become 100 percent energy self-sufficient? Two hours off the coast of Denmark, the Danish island of Samso is reminiscent of Nantucket. Forty-square-miles…
RETURN OF THE JETTIES
byAn ambitious project to restore Nantucket’s Jetties begins this fall. More than a hundred years since their original construction, the jetties leading into Nantucket…
SHELL COLLECTOR
byNantucket summer resident Dr. Marc Garnick owns some of the world’s rarest rowing shells. For forty-six years, thousands have gathered on the banks of…