National Lighthouse Museum

National Lighthouse Museum Located on Staten Island, we promote the history, education, and culture of lighthouses worldwide.
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The National Lighthouse Museum’s Board of Trustees, Advisors and FRIENDS are dedicated to the full development of the National Lighthouse Museum on the site of the US Light House Service General Depot on Staten Island from 1864 to 1939. Partnering with government agencies, non-profits, corporations, foundations, and other organizations, we will work to promote and support historical, educational,

cultural, recreational, and other related activities at the site, while maintaining the navigational significance and maritime heritage of lighthouses throughout the world. We are the official page, and we are not affiliated with any other pages or groups claiming to be the National Lighthouse Museum.

Lighthouse Weekend Forecast: 92 Degrees and Sunny... Get Your Tickets Today! Click on link below to see all of our Weeke...
07/23/2024

Lighthouse Weekend Forecast: 92 Degrees and Sunny... Get Your Tickets Today! Click on link below to see all of our Weekend Events.

Panel Presentation about Kate Walker with Wade Goria as the ModeratorSaturday, August 3 @ 2pm Katherine Walker tended th...
07/18/2024

Panel Presentation about Kate Walker
with Wade Goria as the Moderator
Saturday, August 3 @ 2pm
Katherine Walker tended the Robbins Reef Light in New York Harbor for more than 30 years after the death of her husband, Captain John Walker. During her tenure she rescued 50 or more sailors from shipwrecks.

Lighthouse Weekend Signature Boat Tour!August 4 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmThis exciting sunset boat tour familiarizes passenger...
07/17/2024

Lighthouse Weekend Signature Boat Tour!
August 4 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This exciting sunset boat tour familiarizes passengers with key lighthouses that facilitate safe passage from the Atlantic Ocean into Lower New York Harbor. We explore a total of nine lighthouses, from Battery W**d Light to the Coney Island Lighthouse to the Sandy Hook Light,

Buy tickets today!
https://lighthousemuseum.networkforgood.com/events/71909-sunset-signature-tour-to-sandy-hook-twin-lights?flow=no&full-items=yes

Lighthouse Weekend EVENTS POSTED!Friday, August 2nd - Sunday, August 4thAnnual Light Keeper’s GalaFriday, August 2 • 5:3...
07/16/2024

Lighthouse Weekend EVENTS POSTED!
Friday, August 2nd - Sunday, August 4th

Annual Light Keeper’s Gala
Friday, August 2 • 5:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Aboard the Cornucopia Destiny

Storytime Hour - FREE
Saturday, August 3 @ 11am and 12pm
Reading of Kate’s Light, a story about Kate Walker at Robbin’s Reef Lighthouse

Panel Presentation - FREE
with Wade Goria as the Moderator
Saturday, August 3 @ 2pm
Katherine Walker tended the Robbins Reef Light in New York Harbor for more than 30 years after the death of her husband, Captain John Walker. During her tenure she rescued 50 or more sailors from shipwrecks.

Sunset Signature Boat Tour
Sunday, August 4 • 6pm-9pm
Sunset Tour to Sandy Hook & Twin Lights
This popular boat tour familiarizes passengers with key lighthouses that facilitate safe passage from the Atlantic Ocean into Lower New York Harbor.

BONUS EVENT:
Ferry Hawks Baseball Game
National Lighthouse Museum Night
Saturday, August 10
Come out with the museum to see the Ferryhawks
go head to head with the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars on August 10th at 6:30 pm. Tickets purchased through our link will have a portion of the proceeds go directly to the National Lighthouse Museum.

The National Lighthouse Museum has lots of educational and fun events planned for this weekend. City of Water Day and th...
07/10/2024

The National Lighthouse Museum has lots of educational and fun events planned for this weekend. City of Water Day and the East River and Long Island Sound Boat Tours. Check out all of the details on our website!

UPDATE: IN THE EVENT OF RAIN: Refreshments and free admission to the museum is still on! Outdoor games will not be offer...
07/05/2024

UPDATE: IN THE EVENT OF RAIN: Refreshments and free admission to the museum is still on! Outdoor games will not be offered.

Stop by tonight for games, snacks & late evening access to the National Lighthouse Museum exhibitions.

Now in its 17th year, City of Water Day — taking place this year on Saturday, July 13 — is a  region-wide day organized ...
07/03/2024

Now in its 17th year, City of Water Day — taking place this year on Saturday, July 13 — is a region-wide day organized by Waterfront Alliance and New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), to champion a climate-resilient New York and New Jersey harbor.

Join the National Lighthouse Museum with our event for City of Water Day: Picnic By the Bay!
July 13 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Outside Promenade of the National Lighthouse Museum
FREE!
Live Music • Family Games
Guest Expert Speakers
And much more!

Don’t forget to bring:
A blanket or lawn chair • Your favorite picnic dish
Sunscreen and hats for protection • Your family and friends!

Lighthouse of the Week: Ned’s Point Lighthouse in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Read about this lighthouse here: https://...
07/01/2024

Lighthouse of the Week: Ned’s Point Lighthouse in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Read about this lighthouse here: https://lighthousemuseum.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/lighthouse-of-the-week-eagle-bluff-lighthouse-wi

If you are in the Massachusetts area, the U.S. Coast Guard Flotilla 63 will be offering rare inside tours this summer! Mark your calendar for the following Saturdays: July 6 and 20, and August 3, 17, and 31.

The tours will take place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Donations are welcome, and 100% of the proceeds will go toward repairing and maintaining the lighthouse.

Learn more at https://fun107.com/rare-tours-of-mattapoisetts-neds-point-lighthouse/

Keep up to date with all of the National Lighthouse Museum's happenings. Read the latest newsletter online!https://light...
06/26/2024

Keep up to date with all of the National Lighthouse Museum's happenings. Read the latest newsletter online!
https://lighthousemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NLM-Newsletter-SPRING-2024PRINT.pdf

Don't miss our new exhibit starting this Sunday - "Lighthouse Logs"! Stories and backgrounds of lighthouses are often as...
06/20/2024

Don't miss our new exhibit starting this Sunday - "Lighthouse Logs"! Stories and backgrounds of lighthouses are often as dramatic as their role to save ships from disaster. These paintings by Suzi Hoffman and Barbara J. Kraemer tell tales of some of the world’s enchanting, glowing guides by the sea.

Opening reception is this Sunday from 2pm-4pm.

06/14/2024

Lighthouse of the Week!
Loon Island Lighthouse located on Lake Sunapee, NH.

Named an Algonquin word meaning “wild goose lake,” Lake Sunapee is a long, narrow lake stretching ten miles from north to south. In the late nineteenth century, the beautiful lake became a popular destination for travelers from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Read more at Lighthouse Friends:
https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=666
Or visit Facebook: @/LakeSunapeeProtectiveAssociation

[Lighthouse of the Week is sponsored by The Joe Tirone Team x Compass Realty. Facebook: @/thejoetironeteam.nyc]

06/14/2024

2024 LIGHTHOUSE BOAT TOUR SEASON HAS BEGUN with brand new sunset tours in August! Click the link in the bio to learn more and buy tickets! First tour is this Sunday, June 16th for Father’s Day! Need Father’s Day plans? Look no further⛴️⚓️🗽

Stop by Summer Lights at the National Lighthouse Museum First Friday event on June 7th. Games outside the Museum, plus f...
06/04/2024

Stop by Summer Lights at the National Lighthouse Museum First Friday event on June 7th. Games outside the Museum, plus free admission to tour the museum!

[Lighthouse of the Week] Introducing the Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse of Texas! Read on to learn more:It still welcomes visi...
12/02/2023

[Lighthouse of the Week] Introducing the Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse of Texas! Read on to learn more:

It still welcomes visitors to Port Lavaca. However, having been moved ashore from its perch above the waters of Matagorda Bay, it now performs that function for travelers entering Port Lavaca from the east on Highway 35, rather than for mariners arriving from the gulf.

After Matagorda Island Lighthouse began guiding traffic into Matagorda Bay in 1852, requests were made for additional lights to mark channels and obstacles in the bay itself. Complying with the demands, the Lighthouse Board successfully petitioned Congress in 1854 for funds to construct a light on the southern tip of Halfmoon Reef, a shoal on the eastern side of Matagorda Bay. Two years passed before the plans, which called for the construction of a screwpile lighthouse, were finalized. The lighthouse would consist of a wooden, hexagonal structure, sixteen feet on a side, surmounted by a lantern room and supported by seven, twenty-five-foot iron piles. On one end, the piles had threads, two feet in diameter, which facilitated screwing the piles into the shoal to a depth of nine feet.

The piles arrived at Matagorda Bay early in 1858, having been shipped to Galveston from Baltimore aboard the same vessel that carried the cast iron extensions for the Matagorda and Bolivar Point Lighthouses. Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse was completed by July 1, when it began operation. A fixed white light produced by a sixth-order Fresnel lens shone from the lantern room. However, mariners claimed that as they sailed in the gulf along the Matagorda Peninsula dunes would periodically obscure Halfmoon Reef Light, creating a flashing signature like that of the nearby Matagorda Island Lighthouse. To eliminate the confusion, a ruby red glass chimney was used in the oil lamp, changing the characteristic of Halfmoon Reef Light to red.

Thanks for reading, stay tuned for next week's lighthouse! Also be sure to check out our EVENTS to see what's coming up this holiday season~

Stop by tomorrow for our Museum Store Sunday & Holiday Market. Book readings with Tracy Blom and a Kid's Craft.Refreshme...
11/25/2023

Stop by tomorrow for our Museum Store Sunday & Holiday Market. Book readings with Tracy Blom and a Kid's Craft.
Refreshments, Cookies, Visits from Santa. FREE Admission.

[DON'T FORGET] Come participate in our 9 hole holiday golf outing on December 1st, from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm!11:30 am kic...
11/22/2023

[DON'T FORGET] Come participate in our 9 hole holiday golf outing on December 1st, from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm!
11:30 am kick off with delicious bagels, donuts & coffee, 12:30 pm tee off, featured raffles, best ball Scramble, 50/50 raffles, longest drive, closest to pin, straightest drive, & lowest score prizes!
And an all-you-can eat and drink BBQ lunch with hot dogs, hamburgers, & chicken, hot chocolate, coffee and open bar!
Tickets
$100.00 Per Golfer
$50.00 BBQ Lunch Only
Venue
South Shore Golf Course
(Grand Oaks Country Club)
Interested in being a sponsor? Click on the link in our bio for more information and tickets!

11/21/2023
[Lighthouse of the Week🔦] Introducing the Conimicut Lighthouse of Rhode Island!Point Shoal was established in 1868, when...
11/21/2023

[Lighthouse of the Week🔦] Introducing the Conimicut Lighthouse of Rhode Island!

Point Shoal was established in 1868, when a lantern room and a fourth-order Fresnel lens were placed atop a granite tower that had been built on the shoal in 1866 as a daymark to guide navigators transiting between Narragansett Bay and the Providence River. The tower’s light allowed the nearby Nayatt Point Lighthouse, which had been established in 1828, to be discontinued.

Even before the granite tower on Conimicut Point Shoal was complete, captains and owners of vessels sent a petition to the Lighthouse Board asking that a light be exhibited therefrom. On March 2, 1867, Congress provided $15,000 “to make such alterations in the day beacon at Conimicut Point, Providence River, as to fit it for the exhibition of a light.” These alterations included increasing the height of the granite tower and arranging the necessary watch and store rooms. On November 1, 1868, the Fresnel lens was removed from Nayatt Point Lighthouse and placed in Conimicut Point Lighthouse, which was activated for the first time that evening. Besides a fixed white light, the lighthouse also had a fog bell that was struck at regular intervals during periods of limited visibility.

While the addition of a lighthouse closer to the channel was a blessing for ships navigating the Providence River, it was a nuisance for keepers assigned to the station, as living quarters had not been included in the plans. Keeper Davis Perry and his assistant were forced to row back and forth to the quarters at Nayatt Point Lighthouse. The mile-long trip had to be made in a small rowboat, often while fighting dangerous currents and avoiding ship traffic.

On March 3, 1873, Congress appropriated $15,000 for a dwelling at Conimicut Lighthouse, “Provided, that upon completion of said dwelling the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to sell, at public auction, after due notice, and either in one parcel or divided into lots, the land constituting the site of the old light-station at Nayat Point.” A keeper’s dwelling was accordingly added at Conimicut Shoal on a pier just north of the tower, and the old dwelling at Nayatt was placed under the care of a custodian. In March 1875, Keeper Horace Arnold and his son barely escaped the dwelling as “a heavy field of floating ice” crashed into pier the supported it.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for next week's lighthouse feature!

[Lighthouse of the Week] Introducing the Grand Marais Lighthouse of Minnesota! Keep on reading to learn more 👇The 1854 T...
11/16/2023

[Lighthouse of the Week] Introducing the Grand Marais Lighthouse of Minnesota! Keep on reading to learn more 👇

The 1854 Treaty of La Pointe opened up the northern shore of Lake Superior to settlement, and Richard B. Godfrey, an independent fur trader from Detroit, arrived in Grand Marais that same year. Two years later, in 1856, he became Grand Marais’ first postmaster. Native Americans called the place “double bay” for the two bays formed by a T-shaped point that projects into Lake Superior. The French name Grand Marais, meaning Great Marsh, was applied to the site due to a marsh at the head of the west bay.

On May 26, 1856, a memorial from the citizens of Minnesota Territory was presented to the U.S. House of Representatives, praying for lighthouses at Beaver Bay and Grand Marais on Lake Superior’s northern shore. The matter was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and Congress appropriated $6,000 on August 18, 1856 for each of the two lighthouses. After an examination of the sites, the need for the lighthouses was found insufficient to warrant their construction. Not long thereafter, Godfrey left Grand Marais, and it was until 1871 that Henry Mayhew and Sam Howenstine, the two individuals considered the founders of the city, arrived.

A bill for harbor improvements at Grand Maris was passed by Congress in 1873, and the project was initiated in 1879. A 300-foot-long breakwater was extended westward from Mayhew’s Point to narrow the harbor’s entrance and thus provide an area of greater shelter for vessels inside the port. In addition, the harbor was dredged to a depth of sixteen feet to create the first harbor of refuge on the north shore. The breakwater was completed in 1883, and during a storm the following year, eleven vessels sought shelter in the harbor.

Stay tuned for next week's lighthouse and for posts on upcoming museum events!

Address

200 The Promenade At Lighthouse Point
New York, NY
10301

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+17183900040

Website

http://lighthousemuseum.taplink.ws/

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