News & Stories

On the 30th National Lighthouse Day and the 230th Anniversary of The Lighthouse Act of 1789, Egan Maritime pauses to celebrate Nantucket's iconic beacons.

On Friday, May 24 Egan Maritime welcomed its members to the Museum to celebrate the season, pay tribute, and open the 2019 exhibition, "When All Hope Had Died: the Wreck of the 'British Queen.'"

The Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum will honor BMC Gordon B. Kenney, USCG at the Friday, May 24 Members Reception, calling in the 2019 season at 158 Polpis Road.

On the 85th Anniversary of the Sinking of Nantucket Lightship LV-117, we recount the events and people who were part of the tragedy that occurred that day 43 miles off Nantucket.

This summer, Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum brings to life the 1851 voyage of the passenger ship "British Queen," its demise, and how Nantucketers saved the lives of all on board.

In 2009 the Francis family donated a Congressional Silver Medal awarded for lifesaving to the Museum. Ten years later, we remember this thoughtful gift that shares Nantucket's legacy of valor.

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?

On February 14, 1881, the "Hazard" ran aground on Old Man shoal off Nantucket. No two accounts of the events that took place are alike, adding to the mystery of this notable shipwreck.

Charles Allard, Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Manager, grapples with issues of inclusion in Nantucket's lifesaving history, and remembers the heroic Pea Island surfmen and their remarkable rescue.