Mitchell House: Birthplace of Maria Mitchell

AAA Editor Notes

Mitchell House: Birthplace of Maria Mitchell, 4 Vestal St., is a typical Quaker-style Nantucket house, built in 1790, that was the birthplace of America's first woman astronomer.  Exhibits depict the life of Mitchell, her discoveries and teachings.  Vestal Street Observatory, 3 Vestal St., offers 1-hour tours and features an outdoor scale-model of the solar system, a planar sundial, sunspot observations and a permanent astronomy exhibit. 
The Maria Mitchell Association also maintains two off-campus sites.  The Maria Mitchell Association Aquarium on the harbor and the Loines Observatory, 59 Milk St. Ext.,  which has two telescopes, a refurbished antique 8-inch Clark telescope and a state-of-the-art 24-inch research telescope. 
Guided tours are available.