Events for September
29th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for September
30th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
1st
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
2nd
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Foghorn Speaker Series: A One Trick Pony, Nantucket’s EconomyExpired
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
Events for October
3rd
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
4th
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parentsExpired
Nantucket Atheneum
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
5th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
6th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Historic Ceramic Transferware: No More Empty Bowls with DecArts InstructorExpired
1800 House
Events for October
7th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Lecture: A Storied Site: The Possibilities of Historic Interpretation at the Andrews Scallop Shanty with Michael J. ChiarappaExpired
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Events for October
8th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Life Skills Series: Essential Oils with Sarah L. Shulman, M.D.Expired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
9th
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ecologist in Training: Bird Banding – Studying Migratory Bird Species with LLNFExpired
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
10th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Fall & Halloween Clay Ornaments! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Haunted House Wood-Scapes! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
$58.00
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Halloween Spooky Slime! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
$58.00
Events for October
11th
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parentsExpired
Nantucket Atheneum
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Decoupage & Painting Ceramic Pumpkins with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
$58.00
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fall Halloween Cookie Painting! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
$58.00
Events for October
12th
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Fall & Halloween Clay Ornaments! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Halloween Spooky Slime! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
$58.00
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Decorate your Own Trick or Treat Bag with Patches & Paint! with Barnaby’s NantucketExpired
Barnaby's Toy & Art Shack
$58.00
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sunday Scaries: Horror Double Features – “The Fog” (1980) & “The Wickerman” (1973)Expired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
13th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
14th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
15th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
2:00 pm
Lecture: Winds of Change – Mining Climate Clues from Whaling Ship Logbooks with Dr. Timothy Walker and Dr. Caroline UmmenhoferExpired
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Events for October
16th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
17th
11:15 am - 2:45 pm
The Signature Tour: a traditional historic tour of NantucketExpired
42 Straight Wharf
$45.00
Events for October
18th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parentsExpired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
19th
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sunday Scaries: Horror Double Features “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) & “The Moogai” (2024)Expired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
20th
Events for October
21st
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
Events for October
22nd
Events for October
23rd
Events for October
24th
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & WoodsExpired
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Costa Rican Wildlife: From the Mountains to the Sea with Dr. Alan PooleExpired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
25th
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parentsExpired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
26th
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sunday Scaries: Horror Double Features “My Bloody Valentine” & “Friday the 13th”Expired
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for October
27th
Events for October
28th
Events for October
29th
Events for October
30th
Events for October
31st
Events for November
1st
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parents
Nantucket Atheneum
Events for November
2nd
October 2025
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & Woods
Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native American language that the Wampanoag Indians spoke to “at the broad woods”, are post-glacial deposits moved northward by littoral drift from Nantucket’s east shore over […]
Story Walk: The Little Ghost Who Was a QuiltOngoing
Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air, and able to whirl, twirl, float, and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt can’t whirl or twirl at all, and when he flies, he gets very hot. He doesn’t know why he’s a quilt. His parents are both sheets and so are all […]
Ravenous Reptiles
Join MMA staff on a tour as they feed the hungry animals at the Natural Science Museum! Learn about the unique adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes, and more at the MMA Natural Science Museum! You will get to learn about and interact with several of the MMA Natural Science Museum educational animals. This is a […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Lost Farm Sanctuary
Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the island and Tuckernuck Island, there were around 20 farms along Hummock Pond Road and in this vicinity. Some of this farmland included the conservation land […]
Nature Storytime
Enjoy this program designed for the young explorer in your family! During each session, a MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce you to one of the MMA’s animal friends, and will finish up with an activity related to the story. This is a recurring program, but the specific focus and […]
Downtown Halloween Celebration
Join the annual Halloween celebration and parade in the heart of Nantucket town. Costumed adults and children should arrive by 3:30 pm at the bottom of Main Street for the costume contest; the parade begins at 4 pm by the Lt Max Wagner Memorial Fountain at the base of Main Street. After the Parade, the […]
Wines & Rinds at Bartlett’s Farm
Sip and snack every Friday afternoon from the selection of wines and cheeses. 33 Bartlett Farm Road, BartlettsFarm.com
Halloween at the Whaling Museum
Stop by the Whaling Museum after the parade to pick up some candy and take photos with Tony Sarg’s seamonster balloon “Morton” outside the Museum
Spooky Walk: Downtown to Hinchman House
Celebrate Halloween the Maria Mitchell way—through science, nature, and a touch of spooky fun! After your downtown trick-or-treating adventure, meet an MMA Naturalist at the Pocket Park on the corner of Fair Street and Main Street, for a twilight walk to the historic Hinchman House Natural Science Museum. Along the way, we’ll explore the eerie side of Nantucket’s natural […]
The 5th Annual Dreamland Halloween Costume Party
Join us for the fifth annual Dreamland Halloween Party on the second floor of The Dreamland Friday, October 31st from 7-10pm. Nantucket favorite DJ Lazyboy will be performing your favorite Top 40, classic, and holiday-themed hits to dance the night away to! Wear your favorite Halloween costumes and we’ll have a contest for the best dressed, […]
Special Halloween Edition: Stargazing at Loines Observatory
Join our professional astronomers for Stargazing Open Nights at Loines Observatory. Get a chance to view an impressive tour of Nantucket’s night sky. The MMA will host one session of Open Night Stargazing at 7:00PM – 8:00PM. MMA staff will guide you in viewing astronomical objects through our historic 8-inch Alvan Clark refractor and our […]
Open Night: Stargazing at Loines Observatory
Join our professional astronomers for Stargazing Open Nights at Loines Observatory. Get a chance to view an impressive tour of Nantucket’s night sky. The MMA will host varying time sessions of Open Night Stargazing from June 9 through August 30. Please see our calendar for days and times. MMA staff will guide you in viewing […]
Karaoke
Join the fun and sing along at the Rose & Crown, 23 South Water Street.
November 2025
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & Woods
Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native American language that the Wampanoag Indians spoke to “at the broad woods”, are post-glacial deposits moved northward by littoral drift from Nantucket’s east shore over […]
Clean Team
Help Clean up various parts of Nantucket. The Clean Team is a group of over four hundred Nantucketers that is dedicated to keeping our Island’s beaches, dunes, roadsides, and bike paths free of litter.
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Saturday Breakfast with Complimentary Kids Club
Let us treat the kids while you savor a relaxing breakfast! Children ages 3+ (and potty trained) will enjoy: *Games and supervised fun *A special kid-friendly menu *Fire truck rides
Ravenous Reptiles
Join MMA staff on a tour as they feed the hungry animals at the Natural Science Museum! Learn about the unique adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes, and more at the MMA Natural Science Museum! You will get to learn about and interact with several of the MMA Natural Science Museum educational animals. This is a […]
Read to a Buddy
NiSHA and our certified animal therapy teams, in collaboration with NCS, offer Read to a Buddy, a literacy program encouraging pre-reading and reading skills. This program is a fun, relaxed, and nonjudgemental way to become more confident and simply enjoy reading. Bring a book from home or choose a book from the collection. Registration will […]
Nature Storytime
Enjoy this program designed for the young explorer in your family! During each session, a MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce you to one of the MMA’s animal friends, and will finish up with an activity related to the story. This is a recurring program, but the specific focus and […]
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parents
Дорогие родители! Мы рады пригласить вас и ваших детей в наш клуб для русскоговорящих детей! Мы собираемся по субботам в 11:00 утра в уютной атмосфере библиотеки (the Nantucket Atheneum), чтобы вместе проводить веселые и познавательные занятия на русском языке. ЧТО ВАС ЖДЁТ? · Чтение интересных книг · Увлекательные игры для детей всех возрастов · Просмотр […]
Weekend Crafting at Hinch: Witch’s Lanterns
Unleash your creativity at the Hinchman House Natural Science Museum! Join MMA staff for nature-inspired crafting, where young makers and their families can explore the wonders of the natural world through hands-on projects. From building mini habitats to creating art inspired by local wildlife, each session sparks curiosity, imagination, and learning. Whether you’re painting, assembling, […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Smooth Hummocks
Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a wide, low ridge of sand, gravel and glacial erratics (boulders), Smooth Hummocks is Nantucket’s version of the Midwest’s prairies complete with rare wildflowers and grasses […]
Scalloping Field Trip
Join the Maria Mitchell Aquarium Manager, Christina Norman, on a scalloping adventure! As we collect and observe bay scallops – we will learn all about their biology and the challenges they face. Waders and hand nets will be provided! This trip requires a valid shellfish permit in order to take home bay scallops. For more […]
Live Music at the Brotherhood of Thieves: Over Served Again
Live music by Over Served Again
Karaoke
Join the fun and sing along at the Rose & Crown, 23 South Water Street.
Sunday Brunch with Complimentary Kids Club
Let us treat the kids while you savor a relaxing brunch! Children ages 3+ (and potty trained) will enjoy: *Games and supervised fun *A special kid-friendly brunch menu *Fire truck rides
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Sankaty Bluff
Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the Sangamonian Interglacial Stage and another pavement of glacial material during the Illinoian Glacial Stage are also underneath us. The only place to see all three […]
Ravenous Reptiles
Join MMA staff on a tour as they feed the hungry animals at the Natural Science Museum! Learn about the unique adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes, and more at the MMA Natural Science Museum! You will get to learn about and interact with several of the MMA Natural Science Museum educational animals. This is a […]
Nature Storytime
Enjoy this program designed for the young explorer in your family! During each session, a MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce you to one of the MMA’s animal friends, and will finish up with an activity related to the story. This is a recurring program, but the specific focus and […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Polpis Harbor
Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its own small harbor with a mooring field in its east lobe and a few boats in its west cove. Native Americans living around it spelled […]
Scalloping Field Trip
Join the Maria Mitchell Aquarium Manager, Christina Norman, on a scalloping adventure! As we collect and observe bay scallops – we will learn all about their biology and the challenges they face. Waders and hand nets will be provided! This trip requires a valid shellfish permit in order to take home bay scallops. For more […]
Burger Night
In addition to our regular dinner menu, join us for Burger Night! Enjoy a special burger menu with gourmet toppings, crispy fries, and all your favorites — a fun, flavorful night out in a cozy island setting.
Beginner Ukulele Drop In
No Instrument? No Problem! Ukuleles available.
Nantucket Walkabout – Gardner Farm
Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran roughly 75 miles south out to the edge of the continental shelf. Now closed off to the ocean and filled with slightly brackish water — […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Beechwood Farm Loop
A microcosm of the adjacent 6,700-acre Middle Moors, the Nantucket Islands Land Bank’s Beechwood Farm property in Polpis shares almost all of the elements of the maritime or, coastal heathlands habitat surrounding it. Upland meadows are dotted with native tree species including black cherry and various oaks including their shrub cousin, scrub oak, and Eastern […]
Mommy (or Daddy) and Me Yoga
Join certified yoga instructor Jill Lauren for some fun yoga with your little one. Start the day playfully connecting to our bodies and our little ones. Move, stretch, and breathe together. Begin to explore the connection between our bodies and the present moment. Space is limited to one caregiver per child.
Nantucket Walkabout – Shawkemo Hills
Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this hike, see and learn about the formation of Coatue, Great Point, the Haulover, Nantucket Harbor and inner harbor shores. And from a low spot along […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Woven Lidded Basket with Kathleen Myers
This is a perfect basket for both beginner and experienced weavers. Master weaver, Kathleen Myers will share with you her own brand of tricks and tips from her years of teaching. The baskets graceful shape has a cherry base, turned rim and lid with a wooden and bone knob.
Nantucket Walkabout – Lost Farm Sanctuary
Just under half of Nantucket’s farms existed on the western half of the island. Around 1850, when Nantucket boasted nearly 100 produce, dairy, poultry and cattle farms all over the island and Tuckernuck Island, there were around 20 farms along Hummock Pond Road and in this vicinity. Some of this farmland included the conservation land […]
A Walk Down Main Street Tour
Nantucket Preservation Trust’s classic tour provides an overview of Nantucket in its heyday and focuses on the portion of Main Street between the Pacific National Bank and the Civil War Monument. Learn about the street’s development and the area’s early residents and architectural styles, as well as how the houses have come to symbolize the […]
Youth Chorus Ages 8+
A fun beginner music program to get kids used to singing in groups.
Burger Night
In addition to our regular dinner menu, join us for Burger Night! Enjoy a special burger menu with gourmet toppings, crispy fries, and all your favorites — a fun, flavorful night out in a cozy island setting.
Nantucket Walkabout – Smith’s Point
Smith’s Point is a treat whenever you can get out there. Jutting out into the channel between Madaket Harbor and Tuckernuck Island, Smith’s Point alternates between including Esther’s Island, so named when Hurricane Esther in September 1961 cleaved off half of Smith’s Point from the rest of Nantucket. Although we islanders still refer to Esther’s […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Drop-In Craft Gam with No Instruction
Have an unfinished chair, basket, beading, or stitching project? Bring any project you are working on to this open session and work in the company of other creative people. This is the perfect place to move your project along and share knowledge and learn from others. This weekly session is open to all levels. No […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm
Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice bearing down on it 21,000 years ago. A trail meanders along the edge of the Stump Swamp offering views of water and the birds that […]
Paella + Tapas
Join us every Wednesday evening this fall & winter at The Nantucket Hotel for an irresistible Spanish dining experience. Savor authentic Spanish tapas and family-style paellas — from classic Mariscos with fresh seafood to indulgent Mar y Tierra with lobster & steak. End the night with house-made churros & gelato. A warm, flavorful midweek tradition […]
Full Moon Nature Walk
Join Joanna Roche on a peaceful one hour walk (up to 2 miles on uneven terrain) under the light of the full Moon. Discover the legends and narratives of the past and present. Enjoy the tranquility of the quiet night sky and learn about our Moon’s current themes and its important symbolism. Our complimentary under […]
Celtic Sessions
Drop in and enjoy playing classic Celtic tunes in a group setting.
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & Woods
Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native American language that the Wampanoag Indians spoke to “at the broad woods”, are post-glacial deposits moved northward by littoral drift from Nantucket’s east shore over […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Smooth Hummocks
Graded relatively flat by glacial meltwater running out over the coastal plain to the ocean 75 miles away when the landmass that would become Nantucket was nothing more than a wide, low ridge of sand, gravel and glacial erratics (boulders), Smooth Hummocks is Nantucket’s version of the Midwest’s prairies complete with rare wildflowers and grasses […]
Sconset Tour
Join Nantucket Preservation Trust Executive Director Mary Bergman, who shares her knowledge of this unique fishing settlement at the eastern edge of the island. The 75 minute tour focuses on the early “whalehouses” as well as the village’s boom as a seaside resort and actors colony at the end of the 1800s. Tours meet at 1 New […]
Burger Night
In addition to our regular dinner menu, join us for Burger Night! Enjoy a special burger menu with gourmet toppings, crispy fries, and all your favorites — a fun, flavorful night out in a cozy island setting.
ELL Beginner English
ELL Beginner’s English class for those seeking to learn basic conversation used in daily activities. The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum (LVA) offer a drop-in beginner class every Thursday evening at the library. The class is free, conducted in English and pre-registration is not required. For more information contact Cheryl at ccreighton@nantucketatheneum.org, or 508-228-1110 x113.
ELL Intermediate English
Intermediate English class for those seeking to improve their English language skills. The Literacy Volunteers of the Atheneum (LVA) offer a drop-in intermediate English class every Thursday evening at the library. The class is free, conducted in English and pre-registration is not required. For more information contact Cheryl at ccreighton@nantucketatheneum.org.
Scalloping Field Trip
Join the Maria Mitchell Aquarium Manager, Christina Norman, on a scalloping adventure! As we collect and observe bay scallops – we will learn all about their biology and the challenges they face. Waders and hand nets will be provided! This trip requires a valid shellfish permit in order to take home bay scallops. For more […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Gardner Farm-Lost Farm Loop
Gardner Farm and Lost Farm sit stacked one former farming property on top of the other along the eastern shore of Hummock Pond walking distance from Hummock Pond Road. The Gardner Farm Preserve, as it’s formally called by its owner, the Nantucket Islands Land Bank, to the south and immediately north abutting this magnificent network […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Don’t miss the 2025 Featured Exhibits at Egan Maritime Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
Enjoy a guided tour showcasing Nantucket’s maritime history, shipwreck tales, and lifesaving crews’ bravery. Don’t miss the 2025 Featured Exhibit, From Hard Times to Boom Times: Nantucket’s Waterfront,” exploring the Island’s economic and cultural resurgence.
Ravenous Reptiles
Join MMA staff on a tour as they feed the hungry animals at the Natural Science Museum! Learn about the unique adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes, and more at the MMA Natural Science Museum! You will get to learn about and interact with several of the MMA Natural Science Museum educational animals. This is a […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Polpis Harbor
Although Polpis Harbor is part of Nantucket Harbor, with its own narrow channel leading into it and two distinct coves or, lobes, this former kettle hole definitely feels like its own small harbor with a mooring field in its east lobe and a few boats in its west cove. Native Americans living around it spelled […]
Nature Storytime
Enjoy this program designed for the young explorer in your family! During each session, a MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce you to one of the MMA’s animal friends, and will finish up with an activity related to the story. This is a recurring program, but the specific focus and […]
Wines & Rinds at Bartlett’s Farm
Sip and snack every Friday afternoon from the selection of wines and cheeses. 33 Bartlett Farm Road, BartlettsFarm.com
Live Music at the Brotherhood of Thieves: Mini Yellow Witches
Live music by Mini Yellow Witches
Karaoke
Join the fun and sing along at the Rose & Crown, 23 South Water Street.
Scalloping Field Trip
Join the Maria Mitchell Aquarium Manager, Christina Norman, on a scalloping adventure! As we collect and observe bay scallops – we will learn all about their biology and the challenges they face. Waders and hand nets will be provided! This trip requires a valid shellfish permit in order to take home bay scallops. For more […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Saturday Breakfast with Complimentary Kids Club
Let us treat the kids while you savor a relaxing breakfast! Children ages 3+ (and potty trained) will enjoy: *Games and supervised fun *A special kid-friendly menu *Fire truck rides
Ravenous Reptiles
Join MMA staff on a tour as they feed the hungry animals at the Natural Science Museum! Learn about the unique adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes, and more at the MMA Natural Science Museum! You will get to learn about and interact with several of the MMA Natural Science Museum educational animals. This is a […]
Mini Mariner Mornings
On Saturday mornings, November 8, 15, and 22 from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m., children are invited to explore maritime history through hands-on, age-appropriate activities. Mornings will include a storytime, craft, and a fun surprise. Mini Mariner Mornings are free for Island children and their guardians, offering a fun and engaging entry point to the Museum. These programs […]
Don’t miss the 2025 Featured Exhibits at Egan Maritime Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
Enjoy a guided tour showcasing Nantucket’s maritime history, shipwreck tales, and lifesaving crews’ bravery. Don’t miss the 2025 Featured Exhibit, From Hard Times to Boom Times: Nantucket’s Waterfront,” exploring the Island’s economic and cultural resurgence.
Read to a Buddy
NiSHA and our certified animal therapy teams, in collaboration with NCS, offer Read to a Buddy, a literacy program encouraging pre-reading and reading skills. This program is a fun, relaxed, and nonjudgemental way to become more confident and simply enjoy reading. Bring a book from home or choose a book from the collection. Registration will […]
Nature Storytime
Enjoy this program designed for the young explorer in your family! During each session, a MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce you to one of the MMA’s animal friends, and will finish up with an activity related to the story. This is a recurring program, but the specific focus and […]
Клуб для русскоговорящих детей и родителей! Club for Russian-speaking kids and parents
Дорогие родители! Мы рады пригласить вас и ваших детей в наш клуб для русскоговорящих детей! Мы собираемся по субботам в 11:00 утра в уютной атмосфере библиотеки (the Nantucket Atheneum), чтобы вместе проводить веселые и познавательные занятия на русском языке. ЧТО ВАС ЖДЁТ? · Чтение интересных книг · Увлекательные игры для детей всех возрастов · Просмотр […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Gardner Farm
Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran roughly 75 miles south out to the edge of the continental shelf. Now closed off to the ocean and filled with slightly brackish water — […]
Live Music at the Brotherhood of Thieves: Mini Yellow Witches
Live music by Mini Yellow Witches
Karaoke
Join the fun and sing along at the Rose & Crown, 23 South Water Street.
Scalloping Field Trip
Join the Maria Mitchell Aquarium Manager, Christina Norman, on a scalloping adventure! As we collect and observe bay scallops – we will learn all about their biology and the challenges they face. Waders and hand nets will be provided! This trip requires a valid shellfish permit in order to take home bay scallops. For more […]
Sunday Brunch with Complimentary Kids Club
Let us treat the kids while you savor a relaxing brunch! Children ages 3+ (and potty trained) will enjoy: *Games and supervised fun *A special kid-friendly brunch menu *Fire truck rides
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Stump Swamp/Norwood Farm
Two island ecosystems, a shrub swamp wetland and island moors dotted with kettle holes makes for fascinating hike through a section of the island molded by 500 feet of ice bearing down on it 21,000 years ago. A trail meanders along the edge of the Stump Swamp offering views of water and the birds that […]
Ravenous Reptiles
Join MMA staff on a tour as they feed the hungry animals at the Natural Science Museum! Learn about the unique adaptations of turtles, frogs, snakes, and more at the MMA Natural Science Museum! You will get to learn about and interact with several of the MMA Natural Science Museum educational animals. This is a […]
Nature Storytime
Enjoy this program designed for the young explorer in your family! During each session, a MMA educator will read a nature or science themed book, introduce you to one of the MMA’s animal friends, and will finish up with an activity related to the story. This is a recurring program, but the specific focus and […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Shawkemo Hills
Shawkemo Hills offers a hiking experience through a portion of the island dramatically shaped by the last glacier to cover most of North America. From a high spot on this hike, see and learn about the formation of Coatue, Great Point, the Haulover, Nantucket Harbor and inner harbor shores. And from a low spot along […]
Burger Night
In addition to our regular dinner menu, join us for Burger Night! Enjoy a special burger menu with gourmet toppings, crispy fries, and all your favorites — a fun, flavorful night out in a cozy island setting.
Beginner Ukulele Drop In
No Instrument? No Problem! Ukuleles available.
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Beechwood Farm Loop
A microcosm of the adjacent 6,700-acre Middle Moors, the Nantucket Islands Land Bank’s Beechwood Farm property in Polpis shares almost all of the elements of the maritime or, coastal heathlands habitat surrounding it. Upland meadows are dotted with native tree species including black cherry and various oaks including their shrub cousin, scrub oak, and Eastern […]
Mommy (or Daddy) and Me Yoga
Join certified yoga instructor Jill Lauren for some fun yoga with your little one. Start the day playfully connecting to our bodies and our little ones. Move, stretch, and breathe together. Begin to explore the connection between our bodies and the present moment. Space is limited to one caregiver per child.
Nantucket Walkabout – Sankaty Bluff
Sand, gravel and boulders laid down by the last glacier during the Wisconsinan Glacial Stage was not the first layer of foundation for Nantucket; an ocean bottom created during the Sangamonian Interglacial Stage and another pavement of glacial material during the Illinoian Glacial Stage are also underneath us. The only place to see all three […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge — Coskata Pond & Woods
Based on a foundation of gravel, rock and clay, Coskata is the reason Nantucket Harbor exists. All around the wooded area of Coskata, which likely translates in the Algonquian Native American language that the Wampanoag Indians spoke to “at the broad woods”, are post-glacial deposits moved northward by littoral drift from Nantucket’s east shore over […]
Story Walk: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
As the leaves fall from his favorite tree, Fletcher worries that something is terribly wrong. But then winter comes, and with it a wonderful surprise. Do you know what it is? Join Fletcher and find out. . . . Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. […]
Nantucket Walkabout – Gardner Farm
Formerly a vegetable farm along the east of side of Hummock Pond, the Land Bank’s Gardner Farm property runs along Hummock Pond, a glacial meltwater river bed that once ran roughly 75 miles south out to the edge of the continental shelf. Now closed off to the ocean and filled with slightly brackish water — […]
A Walk Down Main Street Tour
Nantucket Preservation Trust’s classic tour provides an overview of Nantucket in its heyday and focuses on the portion of Main Street between the Pacific National Bank and the Civil War Monument. Learn about the street’s development and the area’s early residents and architectural styles, as well as how the houses have come to symbolize the […]
Youth Chorus Ages 8+
A fun beginner music program to get kids used to singing in groups.
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2025 Annual Events
April 24 -27, Daffodil Festival
May 14 – 18, Wine & Food Festival
June, Nantucket Preservation Month
June 12 -15, Book Festival
June 25 – 30, Film Festival
July 4, – Independence Day Festivities
July 8 – 13, Nantucket Dance Festival
July 8 – 10, Nantucket Garden Festival
July 10 – 12, Comedy Festival
July , Nantucket Art and Artisan Show
July 14 -17, NHA’s Nantucket by Design
July 18 & 19, Weekend at the Atheneum
August 6, Garden Club House & Garden Tour
August 9, Boston Pops
August 13 – 17, Nantucket Race Week
August 17, Opera House Cup
August, Marine Life Release Day
September: Nantucket Harvest Fair
November, NHA’s Festival of Wreaths
December 5-7, Christmas Stroll
December, NHA’s Festival of Trees
2026 Annual Events
April 24 -26, Daffodil Festival
May 27 – 31, Wine & Food Festival
June, Nantucket Preservation Month
June 11 -14, Book Festival
June 17 – 22, Film Festival
July 4, – Independence Day Festivities
July TBA, Nantucket Dance Festival
July 7 – 9, Nantucket Garden Festival
July 9 – 11, Comedy Festival
July , Nantucket Art and Artisan Show
July 13 -16, NHA’s Nantucket by Design
July TBA, Weekend at the Atheneum
August TBA, Garden Club House & Garden Tour
August 8, Boston Pops
August 12 – 16, Nantucket Race Week
August 16, Opera House Cup
August, Marine Life Release Day
September: Nantucket Harvest Fair
November, NHA’s Festival of Wreaths
December TBA, Christmas Stroll
December, NHA’s Festival of Trees
