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African Meeting House,
27 & 29 York Street at Five Corners

©Michael Galvin

©Kris Kinsley-Hancock

Old Gaol, 15R Vestal Street

The Town’s House of Correction facility
until 1933. Guided tours daily
5/28-10/10/16.
Hadwen House, 96 Main Street

A National Historic Landmark built circa
1820s, one of the oldest Black church
buildings in the nation functioned as a
church, school for African children, and
social center for the New Guinea community.
Boston-Higginbotham House is adjacent. Call
508-228-9833 or visit www.maah.org for
information.

©Michael Galvin

Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum,
49 Union Street

©Michael Galvin

Stately Greek Revival home symbolic of
19th-century whaling era prosperity. Open
during the NHA’s Downtown Walking Tour
departing from the Whaling Museum
5/28-10/10/16.
NHA Research Library, 7 Fair Street

©Michael Galvin

An internationally recognized Nantucket
“icon,” lightship baskets were once crafted by
sailors stationed on lightships off the island’s
dangerous coast. Annual exhibits, guest
speakers, weaving demonstrations, garden
tours in season. Open Memorial Day to
Columbus Day. Call 508-228-1177, or visit
nantucketlightshipbasketmuseum.org.
Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India Street
Houses an array of manuscripts, journals
and letters, books, ships’ logs, genealogical
materials, maps and charts, 60,000+
photographs, and more. The Whitney Gallery
is suitable for small exhibitions of art and
artifacts. Open year-round. www.nha.org.
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Established in 1834, becoming a public
library in 1900. Books, films, music, and
1.5+ million items available through CLAMS.
Free wifi and public computers with Internet
access. Downloadable books, music and
film, videoconferencing, 3D printing, and