NANTUCKET – The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is presenting “Out of the Box: Unpacking Nantucket Stories”, a new major exhibition exploring the stories of Nantucket’s people over four centuries with over 80 artifacts from the NHA’s collections that have rarely, if ever, been displayed before.
The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, May 26, in the McCausland Gallery at the Whaling Museum.
Visitors will learn about life at home on Nantucket and at sea; see the island at work and at play; and encounter rare maps, provocative portraits and tokens of love.
This exhibition features an interactive photo booth, in which guests can become part of Nantucket history by inserting themselves into historic images from the NHA’s photo archives.
Key maps from the NHA collection will be on display as well, including a copy of John Tupper’s map from 1781 and Clarence and Anne Lundquist’s remarkable 1969 hooked-rug map of the island.
The exhibition will also feature an “object theater”, where video, sound and lighting will highlight key objects in the exhibition.
Objects include Gertrude and Hanna Monaghan’s needlepoint sofa decorated with scenes from their life on Nantucket in the 1930s; Susan Veeder’s 1848 whaling journal, with unique watercolors of the Pacific islands; and a 1928 wedding dress worn by five brides across four generations of a single family.
The NHA’s new major exhibition opens on May 26 and will be on view during regular Whaling Museum hours.
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