Nantucket Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour: Beyond the Cobblestones

The tour begins outside the Nantucket Whaling Museum on Broad Street. Hear how Nantucket became one of the world’s leading whaling ports and why the museum is worth visiting before or after your walk.

Learn about the Nantucket Atheneum as you view it from outside and hear about the well-known figures who have visited or spoken here over the years.

rom the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

tographer who created the original image in 1936.

View the Quaker Meeting House as you hear about its history on the island.

View this historic home and museum, built in 1846 by William Hadwen. It's a prime example of the island's whaling success. Admission is $10 per person (or included if you purchase admission to the Whaling Museum).

Learn about America's first female astronomer as you view her historic home.

Learn about 2 Quaker sisters who restored this old barn into a quirky mix of art and architecture as you view it from outside.

in 1845, and how it survived the Great Fire of 1846.