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Museum
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Museum in an old 1847 sperm-candle warehouse by the harbor, about the era when Nantucket was the world capital of whaling, featuring the skeleton of a sperm whale about 14 meters long.
Massachusetts · the United States
Nantucket
In the destination Cape Cod and the Islands.
In the photo: Nantucket waterfront
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Nantucket.
Town on the island of Nantucket, about 50 km off the coast of Cape Cod, which was the world’s main whaling port in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The downtown has cobblestone streets, captains’ houses and the whaling museum. Brant Point Light marks the harbor entrance, and on the island’s east side is the village of Siasconset, with cottages covered in roses. The whole island is a historic district.
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The local experience
What to see in Nantucket
Downtown historic district
Nantucket Historic District
Nantucket’s town center, with cobblestone streets, wooden and brick houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, merchant mansions built on whaling oil wealth and the harbor.
Lighthouse
Brant Point Light
Small white wooden lighthouse at the entrance to Nantucket Harbor, from 1901, that receives the ferries. By tradition, those who throw coins into the sea when passing it will return to the island.
Village
Siasconset
Fishing-village settlement at the eastern end of Nantucket, with wooden cottages covered in roses in early summer, the Bluff Walk path, and Sankaty Head Lighthouse on the cliff.