Discover Nantucket's maritime heritage while hearing the daring stories of the island's heroic lifesavers and dramatic shipwrecks.
Egan Maritime Institute believes in the power of education to create an innovative and inspired maritime workforce for tomorrow.
Latest News & Stories
Mar 21, 2019
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Sea of Opportunities
Anastos Gallery Serves as Classroom at the Museum
A Nantucket New School third grade class is currently enjoying a four week unit in which Egan Maritime's Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum serves as a classroom.
Mar 13, 2019
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News
Unparalleled Philanthropy
In celebration of Women's History Month we remember Egan Maritime's founding woman, Dorothy Harrison Egan, whose service and commitment to improving Nantucket were unmatched.
Feb 25, 2019
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Museum
Were Black Nantucketers Equal By Land and By Sea?
As we focus on black history this month, specifically black history in Maritime Nantucket, we must ask, did our black Nantucketers of days past receive equal treatment when they were on the island?