light units on display in the former keeper's residence

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

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

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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