Upcoming Events 2009

MAY                                                                                                                    Friday, May 15, 6 P.M. 2009 Museum and Exhibition Opening: Thoroughly Madaket Millie at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, 158 Polpis Road. Please call 508.228.2505 for reservations as space is limited.

 

Thursday, May 21, 6 P.M. 2009 Exhibition Opening: Sanctuary, Painting Nantucket’s Back Alleys, Hidden Valleys, and Secluded Coves at the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. Please call 508.228.2505 for reservations.

 

Sunday, May 24 9 A.M continuing every Sunday through October 11. Joint program with The Trustees of Reservations. Tour the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum along with the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge and Great Point. Limited to the first 16 reservations. Members $35; non-members $50, Children 8-12 $15. 

 

Friday, May 29, 7 P.M. Preservation Month Program: Coffin School Gam and Open House with the Trustees of the Coffin School and Egan Maritime Institute at 4 Winter Street. Free of charge.

 

Saturday, May 23, 5 P.M. Book launching and signing for Mill Hill Press’s newest release: The Nantucket Reader, edited and introduction by Susan F. Beegel, at the Atheneum, One India Street. Call 508.228.2505 for reservations.

 

JUNE                                                                                                            Sunday, June 7. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family Day at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, 158 Polpis Road. $10.00 family admission; free to Egan Maritime members. Space is limited.

 

Thursday, June 11, 7 P.M. Madaket Millie Gam – share your stories of Nantucket’s salty legend, the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. $5.00 admission; free to Egan Maritime Members.

 

JULY                                                                   Sunday, July 5, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family Day at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum,and book launching of Mill Hill Press’s Coffin’s Ghost by Whitney Stewart, 158 Polpis Road. $10.00 family admission; free to Egan Maritime members. Space is limited.

 

Thursday, July 23, 7 P.M. Nantucket’s Art with artist Reggie Levine and Ben Simons, the NHA’s Robyn and John Davis Curator, at the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. $5.00 admission; free to Egan Maritime members.

 

AUGUST                                                                                                Thursday, August 13, 7 P.M. Lifesavers with Fredrick Stonehouse, maritime historian and President of the U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Society with CMDR. Maurice E. Gibbs, USN Ret. at the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. $5.00 admission; free to Egan Maritime members.

 

Sunday, August 23, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family Day at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, 158 Polpis Road. $10.00 family admission; free to Egan Maritime members. Space is limited.

 

SEPTEMBER                                                        Thursday, September 3, 7 P.M. History of Nantucket as narrated by the painted works of maritime artist Rodney Charman, with Nantucket historian Robert F. Mooney at the Coffin School, 4 Winter Street. $5.00 admission; free to Egan Maritime members.

 

Friday, September 11, 5 P.M., ceremony begins at 5.30 P.M. Lifesavers Recognition Day at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, 158 Polpis Road. Invitation to follow. Reservations imperative since space is limited.