
Nantucket Museums and Historical Sites
Museums and Historical Sites Nantucket Historical Association
The Whaling Museum and 6 historic sites preserve and interpret the history of Nantucket. https://nha.org/ Whaling Museum – The museum is in an original candle factory which was built by the Mitchell family immediately following Nantucket's Great Fire in 1846 and close to the end of the island's whaling era. Less than two years later, island businessmen William Hadwen and Nathaniel Barney purchased the manufactory