Lost on a Reef
The Nantucket Historical
Association announces the world
premiere of Lost on a Reef: an
exhibition of artifacts retrieved
from the 1823 Nantucket whaleship, Two Brothers, in collaboration
with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This exhibition is in the
NHA's Whaling Museum, 13
Broad Street and may be viewed
during regular museum hours.
Lost on a Reef presents rare
treasures recovered by maritime
archaeologists at the wreck of
the site of Two Brothers on French
Frigate Shoals in the Hawaiian
Islands. The exhibition highlights
findings, photography, and artifacts
from nearly two years of
research by maritime archaeologists.
Dr. Kelly Gleason served as
the project's lead marine archaeologist.
"We are thrilled to host the world premiere of artifacts from the wreck site
of the Nantucket whaleship Two Brothers," says Ben Simons, Robyn and John
Davis Chief Curator at the NHA. "We have worked closely with Dr. Kelly Gleason
and her colleagues at NOAA from the early days of discovery to the past year in
which ongoing conservation work has been conducted on select artifacts from
the site. We are very honored as the home port of the ill-fated Two Brothers and
the home town of the tragic figure of Captain George Pollard Jr. that NOAA has
chosen the Nantucket Whaling Museum to host this premiere. It feels very much
as if the Two Brothers has finally come home."
All photos courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association
In 2008, researchers from NOAA discovered the remains of a whaleship in
the waters of Papahnaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the northwest
Hawaiian islands. In February 2011, NOAA's Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries formally identified the wreck as the Two Brothers.
