Nantucket Whaling Museum
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Nantucket Whaling Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Peter Foulger Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 30 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Nantucket Whaling Museum is a museum located in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It is run by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Whaling Museum is the flagship site of the Nantucket Historical Association’s fleet of properties. Restored in 2005, the Nantucket Whaling Museum has an expanded exhibit and program space that connects the 1847 Hadwen & Barney Oil and Candle Factory and the 1971 Peter Foulger Museum. The new structure includes the Gosnell Hall Whale Hunt Gallery, where a 46 foot (14 meter) long sperm whale skeleton is suspended from the ceiling. The Hadwen & Barney Oil and Candle Factory, featuring the massive lever press, is interpreted as an industrial site where the complicated process of refining oil and making spermaceti candles is explained, along with the other Nantucket industries that arose from the whaling era. Eleven galleries and exhibit spaces featuring artifacts and art pertaining to Nantucket life, art, and ideas are on display. In 2008, the Whaling Museum received accreditation from the American Association of Museums. The museum was reaccredited in 2017.
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Dates from 1929.
Wikidata Q568334, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Dock: 0.3 mi
- North Beach Street: 0.6 mi
- The Creeks: 0.8 mi
- Grove Lane: 1.0 mi
- Monomoy: 1.0 mi
- Childrens Beach: 0.2 mi
- South Beach: 0.4 mi
- Clean Shore: 0.5 mi
- Jetties Beach: 0.8 mi
- Steps Beach: 0.9 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 0.0 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 0.2 mi
- Hadwen House: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Macy House: 0.3 mi
- Fire Hose Cart House: 0.4 mi
- Lilly Pond: 0.3 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 0.4 mi
- Coffin Park: 0.5 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- Dead Horse Valley: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Hill: 0.5 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 0.9 mi
- Fudge Hill: 2.2 mi
- Swain Hill: 2.2 mi
- Trots Hills: 2.6 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 0.4 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 6.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 6.9 mi
- cannon: 22.4 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 1.1 mi
- Squam Head: 6.2 mi
- Sankaty Head: 7.0 mi
- Wasque Point: 18.9 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 0.4 mi
- Brant Point Light: 0.5 mi
- Whale Tail: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nantucket Whaling Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | E 94° | 33 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 288° | 28 m | 21.0 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | E 93° | 26 m | 2.8 mi |
| Sauls Hills | E 95° | 23 m | 4.7 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SW 232° | 22 m | 0.9 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 286° | 22 m | 20.1 mi |
| Macys Hill | E 94° | 19 m | 3.9 mi |
| Fudge Hill | E 88° | 18 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/213828099
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