Lighthouse museum

A lighthouse museum is a museum specializing in the display of historical objects relating to lighthouses.[1] These museums are either stand alone buildings or are present in lighthouses that are active or inactive. Objects displayed include tools lighthouse keepers used at the time in their everyday lives to maintain the light as well as historic objects such as the Fresnel lens.[2] In addition to navigation, lighthouses in general continue to operate almost as "small maritime museums".[3]

Lighthouse museums
light units on display in the former keeper's residence

The following is a list of lighthouse museums that are located worldwide. All of these entries are located on lighthouse property which may or may not be privately run, these areas include the lighthouse tower, keepers residence, and other buildings that were built to aid. The entries on this list include reliable sources that must mention a "lighthouse museum" on the given property.

NameState/RegionCountryOpenedA
Absecon LighthouseNew JerseyUnited States2002
Anorisaki LighthouseMieJapan2004
Ardnamurchan LighthouseScotlandUnited KingdomN/A
Au Sable LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Bald Head LightNorth CarolinaUnited StatesN/A
Barnegat LighthouseNew JerseyUnited StatesN/A
Battery Point LightCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Beavertail LighthouseRhode IslandUnited States1993
Bengtskär LighthouseKimitoönFinland1995[4]
Block Island North LightRhode IslandUnited States1993
Block Island Southeast LightRhode IslandUnited StatesN/A
Bluff Point LightNew YorkUnited States1986
Browns Point LightWashington (state)United StatesN/A
Burnt Coat Harbor LightMaineUnited StatesN/A
Burnt Island LightMaineUnited StatesN/A
Calvert Marine MuseumMarylandUnited States1970
Cana Island LightWisconsinUnited StatesN/A
Cape Arkona LighthouseMecklenburg-VorpommernGermanyN/A
Cape Forchu LighthouseNova ScotiaCanadaN/A
Cape Hatteras LighthouseNorth CarolinaUnited StatesN/A
Cape Jaffa LighthouseSouth AustraliaAustralia1976
Cape North LighthouseOntarioCanada1980
Cape Schanck LighthouseVictoriaAustraliaN/A
Charlotte–Genesee LighthouseNew YorkUnited StatesN/A
Choptank River LightMarylandUnited StatesN/A
Concord Point LightMarylandUnited StatesN/A
Copper Harbor LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Cove Point LightMarylandUnited StatesN/A
Crisp Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Currituck Beach LightNorth CarolinaUnited StatesN/A
Dongquan LighthouseJuguangTaiwan2008
Dunkirk LightNew YorkUnited StatesN/A
Eagle Bluff LightWisconsinUnited States1963
Eagle Harbor LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Fairport Harbor LighthouseOhioUnited States1945
Fenwick Island LightDelawareUnited StatesN/A
Fort Gratiot LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Forty Mile Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Gasparilla Island LightsFloridaUnited States1999
Grindel Point LightMaineUnited StatesN/A
Hereford Inlet LightNew JerseyUnited StatesN/A
Horton Point LightNew YorkUnited StatesN/A
Inubōsaki LighthouseChibaJapanN/A
Jupiter Inlet LightFloridaUnited States2006
Key West LighthouseFloridaUnited StatesN/A
Kinnaird Head LighthouseScotlandUnited KingdomN/A
Lighthouse of GenoaLiguriaItaly2006
Lindesnes LighthouseVest-AgderNorwayN/A
Marblehead Light (Ohio)OhioUnited StatesN/A
Marquette Harbor LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
McGulpin Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Mission Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Montauk Point LightNew YorkUnited States1987
Mukilteo LightWashington (state)United StatesN/A
Navesink Twin LightsNew JerseyUnited StatesN/A
New Presque Isle LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Nojimazaki LighthouseChibaJapanN/A
Old Mackinac Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Old Point Loma LighthouseCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Old Presque Isle LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Ontonagon LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Pensacola LightFloridaUnited StatesN/A
Phare de GattevilleMancheFrance1997
Piney Point LightMarylandUnited StatesN/A
Point Amour LighthouseNewfoundlandCanadaN/A
Point Cabrillo LightCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Point Fermin LightCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Point Iroquois LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Point Pinos LighthouseCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Point Reyes LighthouseCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Point Vicente LightCaliforniaUnited StatesN/A
Pointe aux Barques LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Ponce de Leon Inlet LightFloridaUnited StatesN/A
Port Burwell LighthouseOntarioCanadaN/A
Port Washington LightWisconsinUnited StatesN/A
Portland Head LightMaineUnited StatesN/A
Pottawatomie LightWisconsinUnited StatesN/A
Santa Marta LighthouseCascaisPortugal2007
Saugerties LightNew YorkUnited StatesN/A
Seal Point LighthouseEastern CapeSouth AfricaN/A
Seul Choix LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Signal Tower MuseumScotlandUnited KingdomN/A
Sodus Point LightNew YorkUnited StatesN/A
South Manitou Island LighthouseMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Southwold LighthouseEnglandUnited KingdomN/A
Split Rock LighthouseMinnesotaUnited States1976
St. Augustine LightFloridaUnited States1994
St Mary's LighthouseEnglandUnited KingdomN/A
St. Simons Island LightGeorgiaUnited States1975
Stonington Harbor LightConnecticutUnited StatesN/A
Sturgeon Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Świnoujście LighthouseWest Pomeranian VoivodeshipPoland2000
Tawas Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Tuckerton SeaportNew JerseyUnited States1993
Two Harbors LightMinnesotaUnited StatesN/A
Umpqua River LightOregonUnited StatesN/A
West Quoddy Head LightMaineUnited StatesN/A
Whitefish Point LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
White River LightMichiganUnited StatesN/A
Withernsea LighthouseEnglandUnited KingdomN/A
Wood Islands LighthousePrince Edward IslandCanadaN/A
Yaquina Bay LightOregonUnited StatesN/A
Yaquina Head LightOregonUnited StatesN/A

Museums not in lighthouses

See also

Note
A.^ The opening date refers to the current museum.

References
  1. Joe Wojtas (May 11, 2017). "Stonington borough approves lighthouse museum addition". The Day. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  2. "Portland Head Light". Lighthousefriends. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  3. "Massachusetts lighthouses tell the story of seafaring life and dangers". New England.com. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  4. "History (Bengtskär lighthouse)". www.bengtskar.fi. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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