The Whaling Museum sits in a former candle factory in Nantucket Town. Admission starts at $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and students, and $5 for kids ages 6 to 17. Children 5 and younger enter ...

Not every day is sunny and perfect. When bad weather arrives, it's a great opportunity to explore Nantucket’s rich history. The Whaling Museum offers fascinating exhibits about the island’s ...

The impressive Whaling Museum, curated by the Nantucket Historical Society, is not to be missed. The unique exhibit brings to life the powerful, and often times tormented, history of the whaling ...

Handy Events. For a celebration that truly honors ACK’s roots, gather friends and family at the Nantucket Whaling Museum, which pays tribute to an industry that was once the island’s lifeblood.

Nantucket was the only New England spot included ... Top attractions on the island include the Whaling Museum, Cisco Brewers, Great Point Light, Madaket Beach and more, according to Tripadvisor.

So went a popular toast when Nantucket, Massachusetts, was still the center of the whaling industry in the early 19th century. But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had ...

Tryworks -- brick oven furnaces used to render oil from whale blubber -- are first installed on ships, increasing profitability and extending length of whaling voyages. Prominent Nantucket whaling ...

Tryworks -- brick oven furnaces used to render oil from whale blubber -- are first installed on ships, increasing profitability and extending length of whaling voyages. Prominent Nantucket whaling ...