Egan Maritime Institute and Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum

10/08/2026

Thanks The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror for sharing!

09/30/2026

In partnership with the Egan Maritime Foundation, we’re honored to present a new edition of Dreamland Conversations. Join us as we revisit the 1999 flight of John F. Kennedy Jr., a tragedy many on Nantucket still remember vividly, and the search that followed, one of the largest ever undertaken for private citizens. One night only. Don’t miss it.

09/25/2026

Join us out at the Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum for an ice cream social tomorrow at 12:30pm in celebration of Madaket Millie!

☔️Get out of the wind and rain and come check out our updated exhibit space “From Coast to Coast: the Heroic Stories of Madaket Millie and Marshall the Sea Dog.”

🍦Ice cream while supplies last, generously donated by Island Kitchen!

No preregistration required - general admission tickets sold at the door. Members and island students get in free.

08/13/2026

We have two great weeks of day camp sails with Tall Ship Lynx! One more week to go.

08/11/2026

Egan Maritime Institute is proud to join The Blockade Runners Mayflower II Shallop Tour this August, a regional maritime event marking Revolution 250 and the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. The tour celebrates the daring exploits of Captain and patriot Paul Cuffe, who is remembered for evading the British blockade by using a shallop to move supplies along the coast.

Over an 11-day period, the Plimoth Patuxet Museum’s Fuller Shallop, crewed by sailors in colonial garb, will make four ports of call: Westport Point, Padanaram, Cuttyhunk, and Nantucket. The voyage recreates the kind of small-boat seamanship that made figures like Cuffe legendary in the region's Revolutionary-era history.

The Shallop Tour will remind us of the daring exploits of the legendary captain and patriot Paul Cuffe, who evaded the British blockade by using a Shallop to transport supplies.

The Mayflower II’s Fuller Shallop, manned with a crew outfitted in colonial garb, will visit four (4) ports over an 11-day period. Ports of call include Westport Point, Padanaram, Cuttyhunk, and Nantucket.

Friday, August 21st: Public Tours of the Shallop -

9:00 am - 11:00 am - Town Pier - 36 Washington Street

Join us for free public tours from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at 36 Washington Street. Tours run in small groups down the pier, where volunteers and crew will share the history of this remarkable vessel.

While you wait, explore hands-on history with the Nantucket Historical Association, test your knowledge at the Egan Maritime trivia station, and learn more about the vessel and its story. No registration required — just check in at the information table when you arrive. The last tour departs at 11:00 AM, so come early to secure your spot.

Friday, August 21st: Film Screening: CUFFE: TAXED — Paul Cuffe, Nantucket, and the Mayflower Shallop

Learn More: https://eganmaritime.org/news/the-blockade-runners-mayflower-ii-shallop-tour

(Aug. 13, 2026) The Egan Maritime Institute will host a visit by the Fuller shallop, a replica small boat from the Plimoth Patuxet museum's Mayflower II Aug. 21 to mark

08/10/2026

Greenhands & card sharks welcome 🦈 🛟

08/07/2026

Don’t miss game night at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum THIS TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 from 5:30PM-7:30PM.

We’ll have corn hole, shut the box, card games, and more with a backdrop of beautiful Folger’s Marsh.

We’ll have two great food trucks on site Lemon Press and Ellie O’s ice cream for purchase, or, BYO picnic.

Admission to the event and the museum is FREE!