As part of our Traveling Mini Mariners program, we are voyaging to a special destination for a unique collaboration with the Museum of African American History. Join us on the lawn of the African Meeting House (27 York Street, Nantucket, MA) for a morning of reading, craft, and community. Discover pioneering African American engineer Raye Montague, a revolutionary figure in shipbuilding, and enjoy a hands-on maritime craft to take home.
This free program is designed primarily for children ages seven and under, though all ages are welcome. Walk-ins are welcome, but we strongly encourage registration - this allows us to send reminders, program updates, and weather-related changes to participants.
Egan Maritime's Mini Mariners program invites children and their caretakers to explore maritime history through hands-on, age-appropriate activities. Each session features a nautical theme that highlights a unique aspect of maritime heritage.
About the Museum of African American History
The Museum of African American History connects colonial and early African American history & culture in Boston and the larger New England area with the abolition of slavery and current explorations of race and the struggle for human rights.
Home to four original African American buildings built at the birth of the nation and still standing, the museum illuminates, interprets, and preserves the birthplace for the abolitionist movement and the continuing struggle for human rights.
The Museum is a not-for-profit history institution that began holding exhibitions and public gatherings in 1963, and is nationally and internationally known for its collection of historic sites in Boston and Nantucket, including two African Meeting Houses Abiel Smith School, Seneca Boston- Florence Higginbotham House, Black Heritage Trails®.