Nantucket, Massachusetts City Guide

For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Nantucket, Massachusetts Travel Guide has been your connection to Nantucket's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
 

Nantucket Art and Culture


The Nantucket Arts Festival
The Nantucket Film Festival is an annual event that focuses on screenwriting in independent, studio-produced, foreign, documentary and short films in every genre, including world and U.S. Premieres. The festival is 5 days, & offers films, panel discussions, & staged readings of works in progress, drawing celebrities and fans to Nantucket’s marvelous bed and breakfasts.

 

Nantucket Attractions


The Maria Mitchell Science Center
Wander back in time at the historic Mitchell House, discover Nantucket's natural history at the Natural Science Museum in Hinchman House and at the Aquarium. Explore the universe at Loines Observatory and Vestal Street Observatory, and expand your horizons at the Science Library. Learn more about astronomy, natural science or Nantucket history in programs for all ages and interests while staying at your bed and breakfast on Nantucket Island.


Nantucket Film Festival
The Nantucket Film Festival is an annual event that focuses on screenwriting in independent, studio-produced, foreign, documentary and short films in every genre, including world and U.S. Premieres. The festival is 5 days, & offers films, panel discussions, & staged readings of works in progress, drawing celebrities and fans to Nantucket’s marvelous bed and breakfasts.


Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum
Lightship baskets are unique to the island of Nantucket. The Museum exhibits and documents a wide range of Lightship Baskets from the earliest forms created in the 1850s to present-day creations.

 

Nantucket City Guide


Nantucket Island Information Center ©
The Nantucket Island Information Center contains links to information about Nantucket Island. Comprehensive directory of Nantucket related internet sites


About Nantucket
Nantucket Island history and general information, beginning with the island’s discovering and its days as a whaling port to its current status as the ultimate tourist destination and the home of many charming bed and breakfasts.

 

Nantucket Dining Guide


Dining Guide
The Island of Nantucket has some of the finest restaurants you'll find anywhere. From a take out taco on Broad Street to a three course dining experience at one of the inns, Nantucket has it all.

 

Nantucket Events


Nantucket Wine Festival
Nantucket Island is renowned for its natural beauty, stunning architecture, cosmopolitan fare, and, of course, its 19th century role as a whaling capital. Each year the world's historic whaling capital becomes the nation's wine capital during the annual Nantucket Wine Festival, and bed and breakfast patrons return time and again for the festive celebration.

 

Nantucket Museums


Museum of Afro American History - African Meeting House Nantucket
The African Meeting House on Nantucket Island dates from about 1827, when it was a church, a school for African children, and a meeting house.

 

Nantucket Shopping


Nantucket Shopping
A wonderful listing of Nantucket shops, including antiques, books, clothing, gifts, gourmet shops, jewelry, and specialty items. You may need to reserve an extra room at your bed and breakfast to store all the treasures you purchase!

 

Nantucket Travel / Tourism


Nantucket Historical Walking Tours
During your bed and breakfast vacation, enjoy a guided walk through Nantucket's historic district with a costumed guide. Private walks are offered by special arrangement year-round, with public tours offered at set times during holiday weekends.


Nantucket Historical Association
By declaring the preservation of Nantucket's history as their mission, the founders of the NHA laid the groundwork for establishing a rich collection of artifacts & manuscripts that relate to each other & to islanders past, present, & future, ensuring access to valuable island history for bed and breakfast vacationers.



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