Encore Opening of African American Exhibit
2023-02-26 15:00 (America/New_York)
Encore Opening of African American Exhibit
Lighting the Way: African American Lightkeepers in Civil War America

Willis Hodges Lecture with Stephanie Ceballos, Education Coordinator
2023-02-26 16:00
Willis Hodges Lecture
with Stephanie Ceballos, Education Coordinator
Willis Augustus Hodges served as the first African American lighthouse keeper from May 10 to July 26, 1870.
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New Exhibit: Graphite Lighthouse Drawings by Greg DiNapoli
2023-06-03 11:00 - 16:00
New Exhibit: Graphite Lighthouse Drawings
by Greg DiNapoli
Opening Reception – Saturday, June 3, 2023
2pm-4pm
Exhibit will be up until June 30th
Light refreshments will be served. Prints and postcards will be for sale.
Greg DiNapoli is a New Jersey based graphite artist working in the style of realism. He specializes in architectural subjects, as well as cityscapes and landscapes. Greg has been an architecture enthusiast since childhood and is still fascinated by skyscrapers, lighthouses, and other large structures. Each drawing takes anywhere from 40 to 100 hours, depending on the complexity of the subject. Greg’s work has been displayed in multiple galleries across the United States, and he has been recognized in several international competitions.

First Fridays at NLM
2023-09-01 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Free Music and Game Night

Fig Fest 2023
2023-09-17 14:00 - 18:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Entertainment • Food • Vendors
A Fig King will be Crowned!
All invited to enter Fig King Contest with Fig or Fig Food Entries.
Participants must check into Judging Area.
Registration closes at 3pm. Winner announced at 4pm.
$5.00 Suggested Donation
Plus Free Entry into the National Lighthouse Museum!
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Lighthouse Point Fest 2023
2023-10-01 12:00 - 18:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Celebrating Our Maritime History
Lighthouses are worldwide!
A lighthouse has the power to bring people together.
Children’s Activities • Entertainment • Ethnic Food • Lighthouse Parade Contest
$5.00 Suggested Donation
Plus Free Entry into the National Lighthouse Museum!
Sponsored by:
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Council Members Kamillah Hanks & David Carr

First Friday at NLM: Spooky Season Kick Off
2023-10-06 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Paint a pumpkin, sip some cider and witness the return of Gladys!

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter Author Talk & Book Signing
2023-10-15 14:00 - 15:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Born in 1842, Ida Lewis assumed the keeping of Lime Rock Light in Newport, RI at the tender age of 15. Set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil and progress, including the Civil War and the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Ida’s seemingly unexceptional life took a drastic turn when the world discovered that she’d been silently saving the lives of countless sailors.
Fame took her in hand and, overnight, she became an international sensation. Something she neither wanted nor got accustomed to. THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER was originally published under the title KEEPER OF LIME ROCK two decades ago.
It has been in continuous publication ever since and is currently under the imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. Filmmaker Nico Raineau has adapted a screenplay based on Skomal’s book, to be produced as a major motion picture.
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Open House New York Free Weekend
2023-10-20 - 2023-10-22 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Welcome to our largest OHNY Weekend lineup ever. All 100% free! The majority of Weekend experiences are Open Access—no tickets required. Stop by the National Lighthouse Museum for FREE!
Learn more at https://ohny.org/

First Fridays at NLM
2023-11-03 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lighthouse Bingo Night

NJ Model Ship Club
2023-11-11 11:00 - 15:00
Demonstrations & Displays

Museum Store Sunday - Holiday Market
2023-11-26 11:00 - 16:00
Join us for Museum Store Sunday. We will be having a Holiday Market, hot chocolate and refreshments, and a visit from Santa!

Tracy Blom Book Reading & Kids Craft
2023-11-26 11:00 - 16:00
Join Tracy for storytimes at 12pm and 2pm. A lighthouse-themed, upcycled craft is available for kids all day!

9 Hole Holiday Golf Outing
2023-12-01 11:30 - 16:30 | South Shore Golf Course, 200 Huguenot Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10314, United States
11:30am Kick Off
Bagels, Donuts & Coffee
12:30pm Tee Off
Raffles, Best Ball Scramble, 50/50 Raffles
Longest Drive, Closest to Pin, Straightest Drive,
Lowest Score Prizes
All You Can Eat and Drink
BBQ Lunch with Hot Dogs, Hamburgers,
Chicken, Hot Chocolate, Coffee and Open Bar.
$100.00 Per Golfer
$50.00 BBQ Lunch Only
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE!
Event Sponsor – $2,500
– Company/Name prominently displayed at event,includes one (1) foursome and two (2) tee signs
Golf Cart Sponsor – $500
– Company/Name prominently displayed on all golf carts
BBQ Sponsor – $1,000
– Includes four (4) golfers and sign at BBQ
Tee Sign Sponsor – $100
– Company/Name prominently displayed at one (1) tee
Corporate Foursome – $500
– Includes four (4) golfers and a tee sign
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First Fridays at NLM
2024-01-05 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
New Year’s Jazz

POSTPONED TO JANUARY 28, 2024: North and South Pole Adventures with Dr. William Baker
2024-01-28 14:00 - 16:00
Dr. William Baker is an author, filmmaker, professor, and long-time media executive. He is a seven times Emmy Award winning producer, twenty year president of the PBS flagship station, WNET in New York and previously president of Westinghouse Television for a decade. He launched many cable networks and helped start Oprah’s talk show career. Baker has written five books and produced two theatrical movies. He’s believed to be the eighth person to stand on the North and South Poles.
Attend in person or zoom!
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Through the Lens: New Images from the Progressive Visions Photo Club
2024-02-04 - 2024-03-03
The National Lighthouse Museum, a leading maritime sentinel cultural center, and CP Unlimited, a respected provider of supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), will present a new photo exhibition at the Museum as seen through the eyes of CP’s Progressive Visions Photo Club.
“Through the Lens”, running through March 3, 2024, will feature around a dozen images of local monuments, exteriors, and permanent displays captured during excursions in late 2023. The Progressive Visions Photo Club is comprised of creative amateur photographers with I/DD who shoot and develop images, alongside a love of photography and community engagement.
Event Details: Join local leaders, Club photographers, and officials for an exclusive welcome tour and breakfast on the morning of February 4, celebrating the exhibition. Prints and souvenirs will be offered for sale during the public portion and permanently thereafter. Proceeds from purchases will support both The National Lighthouse Museum and CP Unlimited.

Lighthouses Are For Lovers & Friends
2024-02-10 19:00 - 23:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Drinks and Lover’s Punch • Hors D’oeuvres
Fabulous Entertainment with The Dreamers
Raffles • Games
Special Thanks to Small Affairs by Elizabeth Graves, Da Noi and Pier 76
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NLM First Fridays
2024-03-01 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Through the Lens Closing Reception

First Fridays
2024-04-05 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lighthouse Jeopardy Night
Game times are 6pm & 7pm

Paintings by Alfred La Banca Exhibit
2024-04-28 - 2024-05-26 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lighthouses of the United States
Paintings by Alfred La Banca Exhibit
April 28-May 26, 2024
Opening Reception April 28th at 2pm
Alfred La Banca was born in New York City in 1930. His family spent summers in New Dorp, Staten Island, and so began his love for coastal communities. He owned three IOR-rated sailboats and competed from Maine to Florida – including Newport, Annapolis, Fort Lauderdale and Key West.
Lighthouses were his passion. He called them the “Vanishing Castles of America”. Sadly, these beautiful marine castles are disappearing, often abandoned or destroyed. It was the hope of Alfred LaBanca to rekindle America’s passion with lighthouses through his beautiful watercolor paintings.
His work has been selected for Ritz Carlton Hotels, York Wallpaper and many local art shows.
He was a member of the United States Airforce, New York Yacht Club, New York Athletic Club Yacht Club, Corinthians, Storm Trysail Club and the Noroton Yacht Club.
The La Banca Lighthouse Collection has over 250 paintings. We hope you enjoy viewing this wonderful collection and perhaps think of Al LaBanca when you see a lighthouse.

First Fridays
2024-05-03 17:30 - 20:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301

Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt
2024-05-19 10:00 - 16:00
Start time at either the Conference House in Tottenville or the Postcards (The Staten Island September 11 Memorial, Bank St, Staten Island, NY 10301) near the National Lighthouse Museum in St. George between 10am – 11am to allow ample time to finish before 4pm at either location.
Follow map and visit lighthouses in Staten Island.
Take selfies or group photos with lighthouses in the background, receiving your lighthouse stickers at each site.
Learn about the ten lighthouses on and off shore Staten Island.
Have a family-friendly fun day learning about Staten Island’s lighthouse history.

Participation Admission: $35 per carload & $15 per bicycle or motorcycle
INCLUDES:

Lighthouse Hunt Tote Bag (1 per bike/motorcycle & 2 per vehicle included with admission fee, each additional tote is $5) containing self directed maps to lighthouse locations both on and off shore, commemorative stamps, & fun giveaways!
Hunt Participation Award Ribbon upon completion of the route to remember this special day!

RULES:

We suggest two or three participants – designated driver/navigator, and photographer.
Post pictures on Facebook or Instagram and tag us @NationalLighthouseMuseum.

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What Happened To Francis Scott Key Bridge and What We Can Learn
2024-05-23 19:00 - 20:00
A Presentation by Captain Joe Ahlstrom
President of the National Lighthouse Museum
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore left six construction workers dead after a massive cargo ship collided with the bridge on March 26, 2024. Captain Joseph Ahlstrom, a professor at SUNY Maritime College, will discuss what happened and how we can learn from this tragedy.
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New Jersey Shipwrecks
2024-06-02 14:00 - 15:30
An overview of shipwrecks off the Jersey Shore with Dan Lieb
Dan is a certified scuba diver having attained a divemaster certification. He has logged over 2,300 dives to date. This includes rescue dives, an important certification to hold in the field.
He has a love for maritime history in the state of New Jersey. For more than two decades he has spent countless hours researching and identifying shipwrecks off the coast. This avocation, coupled with his diving and technical illustration background has allowed him to participate in 30 archaeological expeditions throughout the region. He has mapped well over twenty wreck sites and created illustrations of them for archaeological reports for both state and federal agencies.
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Summer Lights at First Fridays
2024-06-07 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-07-05 17:30 - 20:30

“Lighthouse Logs” Exhibit
2024-06-23 - 2024-07-21
Featuring Paintings and Tales of Many of the World’s Storied Lights
About The Artists:
Barbara J. Kraemer
Barbara is an award-winning artist, with her work held in private and corporate collections and appearing in several publications. She is a member of Pine Shores Art Association, The New Jersey Watercolor Society, The Brevard Watercolor Society, and The Florida Watercolor Society, but she is not limited to watercolor. She works in every two-dimensional medium and enjoys the challenge of all subjects, from seascapes and landscapes to portraits. She believes every view can be a compelling painting.
In addition to creating her own artwork, she teaches art in New Jersey and Florida, and in Spring 2024, she was asked to demonstrate painting techniques at Brevard County Florida’s major annual SPLASH Watercolor Art Show. She makes time to also continue her own art studies under the direction of renowned painters. Her work is regularly seen in coastal exhibitions.
Barbara holds a BA in Mass Communications and Public Relations. Her 40+ year career included working for several major New York advertising agencies. She also served as owner and president of A Current Affair, which served the tristate area, providing a full range of special event planning and publicity.

Suzi Hoffman
Suzi is a professional artist working primarily in watercolor/mixed media and acrylics. Her artwork is in corporate and private collections across the nation and regularly seen in coastal art shows. In 2023, she was accepted into the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Annual show and invited to be part of the Heart of South Jersey Arts & Cultural Connections exhibit. In 2021, she was awarded 2nd place in the LBI Foundation’s “Plein Air Plus” national juried competition. She is past president of the Paducah Art Guild and Gallery in Kentucky, and she has been on the board of directors of Pine Shores Art Association in New Jersey for several years, currently serving as Director of their two galleries. She’s also co-curator of the Beach Haven Borough Hall Gallery, and she authored “Guide to the Jersey Shore”, a 2021 publication illustrated by Pine Shores Art Association.
Majoring in art at Endicott College in New England, she continued art studies at the Corcoran Gallery of Art School in Washington, DC and Paducah School for Art and Design in Kentucky.
As a free-lance writer and graphic artist, her client list included theatres, performing arts centers, charitable organizations, advertising agencies, and major newspapers. Before opening her studio, she was marketing manager at Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, DC.

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City of Water Day: Picnic By the Bay!
2024-07-13 11:00 - 16:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
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!

Annual Light Keeper's Gala
2024-08-02 17:30 - 23:30
On Friday, August 2, 2024, we will be hosting our 14th Annual Light Keepers’ Gala as we set sail on the Cornucopia Destiny…honoring:
Robert “Patches” Eisele, Wind in Our Sails Award
Family of Kate Walker, Light Keeper’s Award
Halina McCormack, Maritime Conservation Award
Council Member Kamillah Hanks, Community Lamplighter Award
St. George Theatre, Community Lamplighter Award
for their commitment, dedication and community service to the National Lighthouse Museum or lighthouses nationwide. This year is a special time, as we celebrate our 10th year anniversary and all of the great things we’ve accomplished…while we look forward to all that’s to come!
During this momentous occasion, you can make a valuable impact on our ability to continue in our mission by making a generous tax-deductible donation through purchasing a sponsorship package, journal ad and/ or attending the Gala.
Schedule:
5:30pm Doors Open
Parking not permitted on Museum Plaza
(*See Parking Information)
6:00pm Awards & Champagne Reception
National Lighthouse Museum
7:00pm Board the Cornucopia Destiny
Pier One/Museum Site
7:30pm Dinner Cruise Leaves Port
Sponsorships:
$20,000 10 Year Anniversary Lighthouse Weekend Sponsor: 2 Tables of 10 at Gala, 20 tickets to Signature Boat Tour, Full Page color Ad Inner Cover of Journal, Your Company Name and Logo
$10,000 Event Sponsor; Table of 10 at Gala, full page, color ad in Journal, your company name and logo displayed prominently at Gala on banner
$5,000 Dinner Sponsor: 8 Gala tickets, full page color ad in Journal, company logo on centerpieces
$2,000 Cocktail Sponsor: 2 Gala tickets, half page color ad in Journal, signature drink
$1,500 Museum Awards Reception Sponsor: Half page journal ad, company logo displayed on banner at reception
$1,500 Entertainment Sponsor: Half page journal ad, company logo displayed on the dance floor
$1,000 Bar Sponsor: Sign on bar with company name and logo, quarter page color ad in Journal
Gala Tickets:
$2,000 Gala Table of 10
$275 Lighthouse Weekend Ticket Gala Awards & Reception, Lecture, & Signature Boat Tour
$225 Gala Ticket
Gala Printed Journal Sponsorships:
$1,000 Full Page Color Ad: Journal Ad – 3.75” W x 10.5” H
$500 Half Page Color Ad: Journal Ad – 3.75”W x 5”H
$250 Quarter Page/ Business Card Color Ad: Journal Ad – 3.75” W x 2.25”H
$100 Gala Supporter
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PARKING:
Empire Outlets: 55b Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301, entrance to parking lot is on Wall St. off Richmond Terrace St.
George Ferry Terminal: 12 Staten Island Ferry, Staten Island, NY 10301, entrance to Ferry Terminal Munimeter Parking is off Richmond Terrace
Along Bay St.: 2 hour metered parking
