Winter at the Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum
Egan Maritime Institute’s winter 2023 Programming .
Egan Maritime Institute’s winter 2023 Programming .
On Friday, December 2nd the remains of a 19th or 20th-century shipwreck were discovered on Nantucket's South Shore!
This fall we are thrilled to bring back the ever popular, Senior Moments at the museum.
This fall, join us for a series of lectures focused on the 2022 Featured Exhibiion: Gallant Guardians: The Nantucket Lightships.
Egan Maritime's Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum announces its new special exhibition for the 2022 season.
After 18 months on hold, we are thrilled to reopen this island treasure. Opening day is Friday, May 28 at 10:00am. Check out our Special Exhibition, "Duty & Diligence"
The "Joseph Starbuck" was a beautiful Nantucket-built whaling ship. On November 27 in 1842, she left the island on route to Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, a destination she would never reach.
On October 21 in 1865, a remarkable expression of Nantucket’s unwavering human spirit rescued a sixty-two year old Captain and his four crewmen from a watery grave off the island’s south shore.
Lifesaving is the most inspiring and humbling legacy Nantucket has made in the maritime world. With great esteem, Egan Maritime remembers those whose efforts to save lives were recognized.