NANTUCKET, MA—The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will host Multilingual Days at the Whaling Museum on Monday, July 29, and Tuesday, August 13. This will be the first time the Whaling Museum offers a complete day of programming in various languages during the summer to accommodate visitors in multiple languages.
“Our Visitor Experience team has been working hard to make this exciting day of programming happen, and we are fortunate enough to have a talented team of Museum Guides that allow us to interpret our programming into multiple language offerings,” says Niles Parker, NHA Gosnell Executive Director. “We are thrilled to be able to offer this during peak season and share Nantucket’s history to diverse audiences that visit the island.”
On July, 29 Multilingual Day, the Whaling Museum’s daily programming will be offered in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and American Sign Language. Daily program offerings that are being interpreted include Spotlight Tours that cover the themes of Notable Nantucketers and Scrimshaw, as well as the classic daily presentation of Life Aboard A Whaleship, which takes visitors through what it was like to live aboard a whaleship and hunt for whales in the 19th century. This presentation will also include an ASL interpretation.
The schedule for multilingual program offerings includes:
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10:45 am: English Language Spotlight Tour
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11:15 am: Vida a Bordo de un Ballenero en Español
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12:15 pm: Tour de Scrimshaw em Português
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1:30 pm: Courte visite guidée en français
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2:15 pm: Tour de “Mujeres Notables de Nantucket” en Español
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3:00 pm: Life Aboard a Whaleship in English and ASL
Multilingual Day offerings will be FREE with registration to visitors who want to participate. The Whaling Museum hours are 10 am – 5 pm daily.