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Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket

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#13 of 24 in Childrens Museums in Massachusetts

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The Maria Mitchell Association operates two observatories, a natural science museum, an aquarium, and preserves the historic birthplace of Maria Mitchell. A wide variety of science and history-related programming is offered throughout the year for people of all ages.

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• By strangersblog

  No photography is permitted inside the humble home of Maria Mitchell, the self-taught astronomer who achieved international fame by discovering a comet from a telescope on the roof of her father’s ban...  more »

• By Cwpappa

  We only had time to visit the “Natural History Museum at Hinchman House” (one of the 4 locations of the Maria Mitchell Association - Nantucket’s Science Center). Our tour guide was enthusiastic and sh...  more »

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• By Tracy Lanza

  A short walk from the center of town and incredibly meaningful.

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• By Christopher Wolfe

  Go there and learn about the most remarkable woman of the 19th Century

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