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Whaling Museum

Category: Monuments + Museums

15 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA 2554
508.228.1894

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6. Nantucket Historical Association Walking Tours
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9. Gaslight Theater
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Whaling Museum - Reviews from across the web

too expensive! - user review
Way to expensive for what you get to see! $60 for four people --- to see a museum! Totally not worth the price to enter! Way, way to...
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Whaling Museum | Museum/Attraction Review | The Hamptons | Frommers.com - expert review
Housed in a gorgeous 1845 Greek Revival mansion built by whaling ship magnate Benjamin Huntting, the home is as cool as the collection inside, devoted to the industry that put this part of the world on the map. Highlights include 100-year-old...
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The Whaling Museum - user review
Find out why Captain Ahab made such a fuss over a whale. Nantucket's history is intimately intertwined with the history of whaling industry. At this museum you can view artifacts from the Essex, the ship that got battered by a ticked off sperm whale and inspired Melville to write Moby Dick. There's ...
igougo.com

Great Museum. Spend a Day - user review
If you want to understand Nantucket's history and what made it important then visit the Whaling Museum.It's a $15 admission which may seem high but the museum recently re-opened afte...
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OK, but the mainland has better - user review
The Nantucket Whaling Museum is OK. Just OK. Its nothing compared to the huge New Bedford Whaling Museum. If you happen to be in Nantucket then visit, but its not really worth the boat tr...
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EXCELLENT VALUE - user review
We purchased tickets at the whaling museum where we spent a whole morning among the fascinating exhibits and spent the rest of the week going around the various historical sites. ...
travel.yahoo.com

Superb and educational - user review
I don't know what the other reviewer was talking about!! We thought this was a superb addition to our trip to Nantucket! The historic information was amazing and awe-inspiring. We got t...
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There was a wealth of nautical items--it was the BEST! - user review
There was a wealth of nautical items--so many we were on overload! The scrimshaw and Nantucket Lightship basket collections were magnificant!!! The museum was very well organiz...
travel.yahoo.com

History came alive for Wally and Susie! - user review
History comes alive during the presentations of the historians at the Nantucket Whaling Museum! When you visit the Windmill, you can actually purchase corn meal that they ground....
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Great - user review
The museum was recently redone and is fabulous. There was a lecture by a whaling historian that was wonderful. The scrimshaw(?) exhibit was fascinating. The whole museum is clean, airy, ope...
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