News & Stories

Eighteen works from the Egan Art Collection by island nurse and artist, Ethel Anderson, have found a new gallery space at the new Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

For several artists on Nantucket and beyond, the patronage of Bud Egan made it possible for them to flourish in the art world. For Nantucket, Bud's patronage left a legacy of maritime and island art.

In the 1980s Egan Maritime Founder, Albert F. "Bud" Egan, commissioned marine artist, Rodney J. K. Charman, to create some of the first artworks narrating monumental events in Nantucket's history.

Native Nanucketer Robert "Bob" Egan and his wife, Marsha, have supported and been actively involved with Egan Maritime for nearly two decades.

In early spring of 1879, over the course of four treacherous days, eleven ships wrecked off Nantucket shores. Remarkable feats of rescue ensued.

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.

In 2019 Egan Maritime is celebrating thirty years since established as Bud Egan's vision of cultural heritage, honoring Nantucket's seafaring legacy.

In mid summer of 1996 "Nantucket Magazine" featured an article about Egan Maritime's founder, Albert F. "Bud" Egan, written by the organization's first Executive Director, Nathaniel Philbrick.

Bob Egan stopped by the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum to reflect on the legacy of our founders, his aunt and uncle, Bud and Dorothy Egan.