National Lighthouse Museum

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

National Lighthouse Museum at FerryHawks
2023-08-26 18:30 - 22:30 | Staten Island University Hospital Community Park, 75 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Come out with friends and family for National Lighthouse Museum Night and postgame fireworks! We are having an NYPD v FDNY charity softball game and then will have the FerryHawks game right after! The NYPD v FDNY game starts at 3 PM and the FerryHawks game starts at 6:30 and will have fireworks postgame around 9:15 – 9:30 PM. Tickets are $17 and $3 from every ticket goes back to the National Lighthouse Museum. You can also purchase a $12 meal voucher that includes a choice of a Nathan’s hot dog or chicken tenders, chips, and a soft drink or water! We hope to see you at the game!
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The Lower New York Harbor, and Ambrose Channel to Sandy Hook and Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey Tour
2023-08-06 11:00 - 14:00 | NY
The Lower New York Harbor, and Ambrose Channel to Sandy Hook and Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey Tour
Sunday, August 6th • 11am-2pm
FERRY DIRECTIONS:
DO NOT GO TO THE NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM. The “Fast Ferry” pier is located on the water, by the 1 Bay Street general area which includes the St. George Ferry Terminal and the Empire Outlets. The “Fast Ferry” pier does not have its own address. Google Maps will take you to the general area to find parking either at the Empire Outlets or St. George Ferry Terminal. Please refer to our walking map to find the pier: https://lighthousemuseum.org/boat-tours/ The pier is located at the end of Wall Street behind the Ferry Hawks Stadium. You cannot park at the “Fast Ferry” pier, but you can drop people off at the end of Wall Street. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO PLAN FOR PARKING AND WALKING TO FAST FERRY. Call the National Lighthouse Museum prior to Boat Tour to ask for further explanation if need be.
Popularly regarded as NLM’s “Signature Tour” this exciting 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: Battery Weed Light located atop Fort Wadsworth, the Coney Island Lighthouse, West Bank and Romer Shoals Lighthouses, the Sandy Hook Light, The Twin Lighthouses of Navesink at Atlantic Highlands, the Staten Island Rear Range at Richmond Hill, the New Dorp Light, and the Elm Tree Beacon at Miller Field, also located in New Dorp.
After sailing past historic Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton at the Narrows, we head under the Verrazano Bridge passing the former Quarantine stations of Hoffman and Swineburn Islands.
Enroute to the Sandy Hook Light, situated near the tip of an eight mile spit at Fort Hancock, a coastal defense base that once guarded the approach of NY Harbor, we learn about the role that this proud and historic beacon has played on behalf of NYC’s maritime trade and its commerce over the centuries.
Cruising on the Ambrose Channel, Sandy Hook Bay and the Shrewsberry River we journey along the Atlantic Highlands past the towns of Keyport and Leonardo, home to Naval Weapons Station Earle and the world’s longest pier as well as Mount Mitchill, the highest point on the Atlantic coast from Maine to the Yucatan in Mexico. The Atlantic Highlands is home to one of the most spectaular lighthouses in America: the Navesink Twin Light Station, the very first structure in America witnessed by immigrants following an Atlantic crossing.
Upon our return along the Ambrose Channel into Lower New York Bay, we head near to the Coney Island Lighthouse at Norton’s Point in Seagate, Coney Island, where famed Keeper Frank Schubert, NYC’s last Light Keeper, resided for 40 years. We are also treated to a memorable image: the bright and powerful lens emanating from Staten Island’s Rear Range Light, located atop Richmond Hill.
*Combo Ticket Available: $75 for adults/$50 for children.
Includes Boat Tour, National Lighthouse Museum admission and SI Ferry Hawks 4:00 pm Baseball Game.
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Lighthouse Weekend Lecture-Lilac’s Museum Director Mary Habstrit
2023-08-05 14:00 - 15:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Lilac’s Museum Director Mary Habstritt is the featured speaker and will look back at Lilac’s 90 years from her launch in 1933 through today. Cynthia Burmeister will share her story of the christening of the last Ambrose Lightship WLV-613. Bill Burmeister will talk about Kukui in the South Pacific in 1960. Free Admission!
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13th Annual Light Keeper's Gala
2023-08-04 17:30 | NY
13th Annual Light Keeper’s Gala
Friday, August 4, 2023
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
Speakeasy, Buffet Dinner, and Music
by Joan Caddell & The Midnight Choir
Raffles, Silent and Live Auction, Casino Games
1920s Attire Optional
HONORING:
Wind In Our Sails Award
Robert De Falco, Owner / Broker
Robert De Falco Realty
Light Keeper’s Award
LILAC Preservation Project
National Maritime History Preservation Award
National Maritime Historical Society
Community Lamplighter Award
Northfield Bank
Community Lamplighter Award
Peter Botros
Chef / Founding Partner
Bread & Butter Hospitality Family of Restaurants
* 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
$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
$2,500 Speakeasy Sponsor: 2 Gala tickets, half page color ad in Journal, company signage
$1,500 Museum Awards Reception: Half page journal ad, company logo displayed on banner at reception
$1,000 Bar Sponsor: Sign on bar with company name and logo, quarter page color ad in Journal
Journal Sponsor: $1,000 Full Page Ad – 3.75” W x 10.5” H
Journal Sponsor: $500 Half Page Ad – 3.75” W x 5” H
Journal Sponsor: $250 Quarter Page/Business Card Ad – 3.75” W x 2.25”H
$100 Gala Supporter
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Exhibit Opening Reception: Beacons of the Delaware: Major Lights Tended By Lilac
2023-07-15 14:00 | The National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
New exhibit “Beacons of the Delaware: Major Lights Tended By Lilac” opens at the National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island for City of Water Day. Lilac will be closed to the public so that all may attend this event where inventor Augustin Fresnel (played by Joseph Smith) will make an appearance. Free admission.

City of Water Day
2023-07-15 11:00 - 16:00 | The National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
City of Water Day from 11am to 4pm with Free Museum Admission.
Schedule of Events:
Opening Reception: Lilac Exhibit at 2 PM (Light refreshments will be served)
Exhibition opening of the History of the USCG Lilac, the USA’s only surviving steam-powered lighthouse tender decommissioned in 1972 and since reopened as a museum. The exhibition is being designed and presented in collaboration with the Lilac Preservation Project.
All day outdoor pop-up: Preserving Our Lighthouses
The National Lighthouse Museum is committed to educating the public on the challenges that our lighthouses and their shorelines are facing. Join us for an interactive pop-up led by our curator Thomas J. Rice, focusing on the different technologies that have been developed to save our lighthouses from eroding shorelines and “super storms” brought on by climate change!
All day crafts and games for all ages!
Historical Site Tours by Bob Eisele at 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Explore the US Lighthouse Service “Super” Depot on Scenic Staten Island! Enjoy a guided tour of the USLHE General Depot and the National Lighthouse
Museum and their fascinating history.

The East River and Long Island Sound
2023-07-09 11:00 - 14:00 | The National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
The East River and Long Island Sound
Sunday, July 9th • 11am-2pm
Many of NYC’s most fascinating and noteworthy historical sights are highlighted on this unforgettable journey up the East River and Long Island Sound.
As we pass Robbins Reef Lighthouse, aka “Kate’s Light” we recount the compelling story of the legendary Keeper, Kate Walker.
Across the harbor on the Brooklyn side we see the docks of Red Hook, subject of the famous movie about racketeering and corruption that afflicted the lives of Red Hook’s Long Shoremen: “On the Waterfront”, the Atlantic Basin, Governor’s Island, notable vessels at the South Street Seaport such as the Ambrose Lightship and the Waverley, the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, DUMBO, the Williamsburg Bridge, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Corlears Hook, once a dangerous and sordid hotbed of criminal East River Maritime life.
Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Long Island City, Roosevelt Island and its newly restored lighthouse, Hell Gate, the Hell Gate Bridge and RFK (Triborough Bridge), Wards and Randalls Island, Astoria, North and South Brothers Island, Rikers Island, the giant Vernon C. Bain Prison Ship.
LaGuardia Airport, the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges, College Point, Fort Schuyler and SUNY Maritime College, the US Merchant Marine Academy, the Throgs Neck, Stepping Stones and Execution Rocks Lighthouses, Hart and City Islands, New Rochelle, Glen Island, David’s Island where Fort Slocum, once stood, and the legendary North shore “Gold Coast” with a stunning array of 1920’s mansions that today, comprise the Sands Point Preserve, immortalized by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Great Gatsby. Near to the Sands Point Preserve stands the stalwart 1809 Sands Point Lighthouse, the third oldest lighthouse on Long Island.
*Combo Ticket Available: $75 for adults/$50 for children.
Includes Boat Tour, National Lighthouse Museum admission and SI Ferry Hawks 4:00 pm Baseball Game.
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Offshore Wind Short Film Screening with Worldview Films & Vineyard Offshore
2023-06-17 16:00 - 17:30 | NY
Offshore Wind Short Film Screening with Worldview Films & Vineyard Offshore
Saturday, June 17
Time: 4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
1 hour 30 minutes
Have you ever wondered what an offshore wind farm looks like or how it’s built? On Saturday June 17th join us for a film screening and discussion at the National Lighthouse Museum at 4 P.M. with WorldView Films. We will screen a short film that tells the story of the offshore wind industry in the U.S and host a discussion about how offshore wind is shaping up on Staten Island.
Location: The National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY 10301
Audience: All ages
Access:
– Municipal Parking Lot St. George at 55 Central Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301 (adjacent to St. George Library which is a 6 minute walk to the museum)
– Bus routes: S74, S76, S78, S86, and S90
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Our American Lighthouses: 300 Years of Shining Brightly by Jack Graham
2023-06-11 14:00 | NY
Our American Lighthouses: 300 Years of Shining Brightly
With John T. (Jack) Graham, Lighthouse Author and Historian
Sunday June 11, 2023 • 2pm
Mr. Graham is a retired Pennsylvania state park manager, always involved in operation and maintenance of historic sites to include colonial-era farms, grist mills, iron furnaces, and farmstead buildings. Since retirement in 2005, Mr. Graham and his wife have spent a part of each summer as docents at 17 different lighthouses across the U.S. and Canada. He writes articles on lighthouse history, operation, and lore for both the “Lighthouse Digest” magazine, and for the “Keeper’s Log” magazine of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
This one-hour program will begin with a short story about the perils of the sea and will then continue as a well-illustrated trip down Lighthouse Lane. It includes over 200 photographs, with time for any questions or discussion afterwards.

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National Lighthouse Museum Golf Outing
2023-06-05 13:00 | NY
National Lighthouse Museum Golf Outing
Monday, June 5th, 2023
Shot Gun Start 1:00pm
Scramble
Silver Lake Golf Course
915 Victory Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10301
Individual Golfer: $195
Foursome: $700
Includes:
18 holes, Dinner, Raffles, 50/50
Dinner Only $60
Sponsorships Available!
Event Sponsor – $5,000
-Company/Name prominently displayed throughout event
-Company/Name featured on all promotional material
-Includes one tee sign at first hole and two foursomes
Bar Sponsor – $2,500
-Company/Name prominently displayed at bar
-Company/Name featured on all promotional material
-Includes one tee sign and one foursome
Golf Ball Sponsor – $1,500
-Company logo printed on golf balls handed out to all players
BBQ Sponsor – $1,000
-Company/Name prominently displayed at lunch
Beverage Cart Sponsor – $1,000
-Company/Name prominently displayed on beverage cart
Golf Cart Sponsor – $750
-Company/Name prominently displayed on all golf carts
Tee-sign Sponsor – $150
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Circumnavigation of Staten Island
2023-06-04 11:00 - 14:00 | The National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Circumnavigation of Staten Island
Sunday, June 4th • 11am-2pm
Explore fascinating and mysterious sites unfamiliar to most New Yorkers on this exciting boat ride, one that circumnavigates Staten Island taking you past critical points of maritime interest: the historically rich Shooters, Prall, Isle of Meadows (the center of what was once the world’s largest garbage dump that now served as Fresh Kills Park representing NYC’s largest park), Hoffman and Swineburn Islands.
Our journey up the Kill Van Kull, and the Arthur Kill waterways, over to Raritan Bay, Princes’s Bay Staten Island’s southern shore around the Narrows contains much important history critical to NYC’s development and to its maritime life: Sailor’s Snug Harbor, the Caddell’s Shipyard and Repair Facilities at Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor, Port Ivory, Rossville, the eerie site of the Ship’s Graveyard, Tottenville, Prince’s Bay and Seguine’s Point together with key New Jersey maritime, commercial and industrial sites located along the Kill Van Kull, the Arthur Kill and Newark Bay including: Bayonne, Elizabeth, Linden, Carteret and historic Perth Amboy, which, overlooks the beautiful Raritan Bay.
Bridges under which our boat passes include the recently renovated Bayonne, the restored Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge, the all new Goethals Bridge, the Outerbridge Crossing and the Verrazano Narrows.
Lighthouses described and seen on this exciting tour include: Robbin’s Reef, Great Beds, Prince’s Bay, Staten Island’s Rear Range, (site of the Old Orchard Shoals Lighthouse destroyed by Sandy in 2012), New Dorp, Elmtree Beacon and the Battery Weed Light of Fort Wadsworth.
Boat Tour: $60 for adults/ $40 for children.
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New Exhibit: Graphite Lighthouse Drawings by Greg DiNapoli
2023-06-03 11:00 - 16:00 | NY
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.

The Bay and Defenses of New York City 1776 by Norman Goben
2023-05-28 16:00 | NY
The Bay and Defenses of New York City 1776
Sunday May 28, 2023 • 4pm
Join Norman Goben, SAR member for a slide presentation, discussion and map of the bay during the hot month of August. Make new friends and old acquaintances with this dive into a small slice of our founding.
18th Century attire is encouraged.
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Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt
2023-05-21 10:00 - 16:00 | NY
Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt
Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 10:00am – 4:00pm
• 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:
Self directed maps to lighthouse locations both on and off shore will be picked up at either starting location
Hunt Participation Award Ribbon
Receive Lighthouse Hunt Totebag to remember this special day!
Don’t forget binoculars, your camera/cell phone, snacks and sunglasses!
RULES:
We suggest two or three participants – designated driver/navigator, and photographer.
Post pictures on Facebook or Instagram and tag us @NationalLighthouseMuseum.
For more information, please contact the National Lighthouse Museum.
718-390-0040 or info@lighthousemuseum.org
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The Lamplighter Hope Shines Brightest in the Dark Program and Book Signing with Author Pamela Hanson Ryder
2023-04-30 16:00 | NY
The Lamplighter
Hope Shines Brightest in the Dark
Program and Book Signing with Author Pamela Hanson Ryder, visiting from Scotland
Sunday April 30th • 4pm
The Lamplighter is a novel based on a screenplay that won six international awards in 2021 and is destined to become a period drama movie. The journeys of three people from extremely different backgrounds culminate in the building of a lighthouse. Not just any lighthouse, but the one that may have changed the course of modern literature forever.
We have all experienced ‘lamplighters’ in our lives. Perhaps an inspiring teacher, parent or good friend has helped change the course of your own life’s events. Likewise, major changes in history may have taken a turn due to a simple, chance meeting or the sharing of views between strangers. Lamplighters are everywhere for those who dare to hope.
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Visit us at the 38th Annual CMA Expo & Conference March 21-23, 2023 at the Hilton Stamford, Connecticut
2023-03-23 10:00 | NY
Visit us at the 38th Annual CMA Expo & Conference
March 21-23, 2023 at the Hilton Stamford, Connecticut
North America’s most anticipated event of the year for maritime markets – CMA Shipping – is back!
From March 21-23, CMA Shipping will return once again to the Hilton Stamford, Connecticut, as the premier conference & expo for the global maritime community in North America.
And the great news is… as a National Lighthouse Museum member, you are eligible to receive an exclusive $300 discount on all Conference passes!
Your Member’s Discount!
USE CODE: FKT3879IMNLM
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A Staged Reading Of MIND THE LIGHT
2023-03-12 16:00 | NY
By Ariel Marcus-Hollenbeck (initially produced by Women’s Playwright Collective of Staten Island)
When a visitor comes to the Robbins Reef Lighthouse, not only is lighthouse keeper Kate Walker’s nighttime routine upended, but possibly the rest of her life.
Actors:
KATE WALKER – Regina Paleau
PHILIP ATKINS – Dan Duffy
ROBBIN – Courtney Emerson
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Willis Hodges Lecture with Stephanie Ceballos, Education Coordinator
2023-02-26 16:00 | NY
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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Encore Opening of African American Exhibit
2023-02-26 15:00 | NY
Encore Opening of African American Exhibit
Lighting the Way: African American Lightkeepers in Civil War America

Lighthouses are for Lovers and Friends
2023-02-11 19:00 | NY
Live Entertainment with The Dreamers
Dinner and Drinks • 50/50 Raffles •Silent Auction
200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point
Staten Island, NY 10301
$60 per person
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The 7:30 Boat - Author Presentation -Also available on Zoom
2023-01-22 15:00 | NY
Meet Art Cappabianca, a retired member of the US Navy and the New York Police Department, and author of “The 7:30 Boat”: a thriller that draws on the author’s years as an intelligence specialist in the Navy, and as a sergeant/investigator with the NYPD.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Sea mines are the original stealth weapon that just silently sit and wait. Imagine the ensuing chaos that would result from an unexpected mine detonation in one of our harbors. This book examines the frightening “what-if.
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Lighthouse Stamps of the United States - Exhibit Opening
2023-01-22 14:00 | NY
This exhibition showcases a selection of American lighthouses prominently featured on United States postage stamps. Each stamp, displayed in mint condition and matched with a superbly rendered 22kt gold replica, is accompanied by a full-color photograph and historical narrative that engagingly depicts the history of each lighthouse.
Refreshments will be served.
Entrance included with Museum admission.
We would like to recognize John & Mary Goodacre & Family, donors of the Collection.

Lighthouse Holiday Market Holiday Shopping Party & Open House
2022-11-27 11:00 | NY
Lighthouse Holiday Market
Holiday Shopping Party & Open House
November 27th, 2022
11am-4pm
Part of Museum Store Sunday.
Gift Wrapping
Refreshments
Cookies
Visit from Santa
Parking available at Empire Outlets and SI Ferry.

Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Advanced Design and Lightships!
2022-11-19 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-11-12 09:30 - 11:00 | NY
This session builds on previous ideas of lighthouse height and placement to specific hazards of locations both ships and lighthouses face and focuses on problem solving. Projects may include model building or drafting focused on sealing with a specific challenge of weather, geography, or lighting. In the last week we will discuss lightships and build our own model.
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Model Ships Club of New Jersey Display of working examples of the construction of ships
2022-11-12 11:00 - 15:00 | NY
Saturday, November 12, 2022
11AM-3PM
Model Ships Club of New Jersey Display of working examples of the construction of ships

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping by Angus Gillespie – Lecture and book signing
2022-11-10 18:00 | NY
Thursday, November 10, 2022
6PM
Container shipping is a vital part of the global economy. Goods from all around the world, from vegetables to automobiles, are placed in large metal containers which are transported across the ocean in ships, then loaded onto tractor-trailers and railroad flatbeds. But when and where did this world-changing invention get started? This fascinating study traces the birth of containerization to Port Newark, New Jersey, in 1956 when trucker Malcom McLean thought of a brilliant new way to transport cargo.
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Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Design and Architecture
2022-11-05 09:30 - 11:00 | NY
We will focus on designing lighthouses including why color, height and durability matter. Projects may include building a lighthouse model with a working light and sponge painting of our design ideas.
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Halloween Kid's Event - Model Trains of Staten Island display
2022-10-30 11:00 - 15:00 | NY
October 30
Model Trains of Staten Island
11AM-3PM
Halloween Kid’s Event/Display
Model Trains of Staten Island
Display of setup for viewing
