COURTESY OF THE NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
NANTUCKET – The Nantucket Historical Association is excited to present four new exhibitions at the Hadwen House this summer, in addition to the outdoor sculpture exhibit, “The Art of Seward Johnson.”
Decorative arts from the NHA collection are paired with a partner exhibit with the Nantucket Preservation Trust exploring Nantucket’s architectural history.
“Throughout the new exhibits at the Hadwen House, we hope to engage visitors through many channels, visual, auditory, text, and digital interactive displays, and bring the stories and the people of long-ago Nantucket to life again, through the objects they left behind,” says Dan Elias, NHA guest curator.
On the first floor, Elias has created four decorative arts galleries to present the scope of the NHA collection featuring fine furniture, clocks, china, clothing, quilts, and silverware.
The second floor features an exhibit curated by Michael May, executive Director of the Nantucket Preservation Trust, exploring the architecture of Nantucket from the earliest days of European occupation through the end of the 19th-century.
In four galleries on the second floor, Elias and Barbara White, NHA Research Fellow, present “From Slavery to Suffrage: Two Centuries in the Political Education of Nantucket”, that traces the island’s significant efforts against slavery and for women’s right to vote, highlighting the people and events that marked the struggle.
Another exhibit, “Melville at 200: Moby-Dick Lives!” Is co-curated by Melville scholars Jamie Jones and Elias.
The exhibit traces Melville’s life lifelong interest of Nantucket and his portrayal of the multi-racial characters on a whaleship.
The exhibit is open to the public daily until October 14th, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information on the exhibits visit www.NHA.org
By: LUKE LEITNER, CapeCod.com News Center
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