NANTUCKET ISLAND, Mass. -- The Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum is scheduled to reopen in July after a $3 million renovation.

The museum will offer new exhibits, stories of disasters and rescues at sea and various artifacts.

More than 1,200 boats a day once traveled Nantucket's shipping lanes - without benefit of today's technology. The area was known as the "graveyard of the Atlantic" because more than 700 shipwrecks took place in the surrounding waters.

The museum as formerly known as the Nantucket Life-Saving Museum.

The museum will be open July 1-Columbus Day. Details at http://www.nantucketshipwreck.org.

If you're planning to be in Nantucket well before the museum opens, consider attending the 12th annual Nantucket Wine Festival, May 14-18. The event includes "Everything you ever wanted to know about Burgundy," along with tastings, cooking demonstrations and seminars in wine and food pairing. Details at http://www.nantucketwinefestival.com or 508-228-1128.