Where Nantucket celebrates history with ongoing displays, special exhibits and informative speaker programs relating to Nantuckets maritime history, traditions and culture, including the Nantucket Coffin School and Historic Nantuc
The Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, an affiliate of the Egan Maritime Institute, features permanent and changing exhibitions ...that will fascinate both adults and children. Highlights in the collection of over 5000 artifacts include period surfboats, beach carts, Fresnel lenses from Brant Point and Great Point Lighthouses, vintage photographs and short films about famous wrecks and rescues. ...