National Lighthouse Museum

Annual Golf Outing
2025-05-02 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | South Shore Golf Course, 200 Huguenot Avenue, Staten Island, NY, 10314, United States
Set amid rolling hills on the south shore of Staten Island, the newly re-constructed tee-to-green cart paths, extensive fairway drainage and countless turf improvements have vaulted this course to the top of the local’s “Best Places to Play” list in Staten Island.
Best Ball Start 9:00am
Grand Oaks Country Club
(South Shore Golf Course)
200 Huguenot Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312
Individual Golfer: $175
Foursome: $600
Includes:
Bagels and Coffee, 18 Holes, Luncheon, Special Prizes, Amazing Raffles and 50/50
Sponsorships Available!
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Lighthouse Hunt
2025-05-18 | NY
Learn about the ten lighthouses on and off shore Staten Island!

Start time at either the Conference House in Tottenville or the National Lighthouse Museum 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.
Have a family-friendly fun day learning about Staten Island’s lighthouse history.

INCLUDES:
Lighthouse Hunt Tote Bag (1 per bike/motorcycle & 2 per vehicle included with admission fee, each additional tote is $5 each) containing self directed maps to lighthouse locations both on and off shore, commemorative stamps, & fun giveaways!
Hunt Participation Award Ribbon 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.
$35 per carload
$15 per bicycle or motorcycle
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Celebrate Father's Day with a Lighthouse Boat Tour Circumnavigating Staten Island!
2025-06-15 11:00 - 14:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Kick off the National Lighthouse Museum’s 2025 Lighthouse Boat Tour Season and celebrate Father’s Day all at once with this exciting circumnavigation of Staten Island. The series will be narrated by Wade R. Goria. Wade is a National Lighthouse Museum historian, author, and former New York University professor.
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’s, 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 Swinburne Islands.
Our journey up the Kill Van Kull, and the Arthur Kill waterways, over to Raritan Bay, Princes’ 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, Elm Tree Beacon and the Battery Weed Light of Fort Wadsworth.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Lighthouse Boat Tours commence rain or shine.
The boat leaves from the National Lighthouse Museum. Admission to Museum is FREE for Boat Tour ticketholders. Please call the museum at 718-390-0040 for further information if needed.
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The Staten Island Ferry, A History with Patricia Salmon
2025-06-22 14:00 - 16:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
For more than four hundred years ferries have operated on the waterways that surround Staten Island. Native Americans ran primitive ferries as did the seventeenth century founders of the island. Many modern day courses actually followed their original routes. With the establishment of the Staten Island Ferry run from Saint George to Whitehall in Manhattan in 1886, ferry service changed drastically. Discover the world’s most famous floating icon!
Patricia Salmon is a professional historian and naturalist. She writes books that are filled with verified fascinating facts and commentary that appeal to all interested in community history. Ms. Salmon knows what her audience wants and for this reason she searches for history’s hidden secrets.
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City of Water Day: Picnic By the Bay!
2025-07-12 11:00 - 16:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Bring your Picnic Lunch and Enjoy Views of the NY Harbor
Live Music by Harbortown • Orcas and Glaciers Art Show by Selva Ozelli
Lighthouse Ladies Reading and Book Signing • Al Fresco Art Experience with People’s Choice Award
Hands-On Lighthouse-Related Children’s Activities
Billion Oyster Project Educational Booth
Gotham Whale Educational Booth plus viewing of their award winning film
Rain Barrel/Stormwater Management with Tony Rose
Free Admission to the National Lighthouse Museum

The East River and Long Island Sound
2025-07-13 11:00 - 14:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Many of NYC’s most fascinating and noteworthy historical sights are highlighted on this unforgettable journey up the East River and Long Island Sound. The series will be narrated by Wade R. Goria. Wade is a National Lighthouse Museum historian, author, and former New York University professor.
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 Randall’s 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.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Lighthouse Boat Tours commence rain or shine.
The boat leaves from the National Lighthouse Museum. Admission to Museum is FREE for Boat Tour ticketholders. Please call the museum at 718-390-0040 for further information if needed.
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15th Annual Light Keeper’s Gala - Starry Nights
2025-08-01 18:30 - 23:30 | The Historic Old Bermuda Inn, 301 Veterans Road West, Staten Island, NY, 10309, United States
Honoring:
Wind In Our Sails Award
William Baker, PhD
Past Light Keeper Award
Ida Lewis
Limerick Rock Light/Ida Lewis Yacht Club
Newport, RI
Modern Light Keeper Award
John Vincent Scalia
Community Lamplighter Award
Community Media of Staten Island
Community Lamplighter Award
Seamen’s Society for Children & Families
Cocktail Hour 6:30pm
Dinner & Awards 7:30pm
Dancing By Take 2
Black Tie Optional
For information on local accommodations or other questions, please contact the Museum at 718-390-0040. Sponsorships available!
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Ida Lewis Panel Presentation
2025-08-02 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Lighthouse Recognition Weekend Event!
Panel presentation on Ida Lewis, past lightkeeper of the Limerock Light, Newport Rhode Island and award winner of our 2025 Gala’s Past Keeper’s Award
Presentations by:
Lenore Skormal, author & book signing of THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER and KEEPER OF LIME ROCK
Jan Slee, member of the Ida Lewis Yacht Club Discussing Limerock Light, now the Ida Lewis Yacht Club and Ida Lewis’ gift of a row boat & the process of getting an official state lighthouse license plate

Lighthouse Weekend Signature Tour to Sandy Hook & Twin Lights
2025-08-03 11:00 - 14:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
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. The series will be narrated by Wade R. Goria. Wade is a National Lighthouse Museum historian, author, and former New York University professor.
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.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Lighthouse Boat Tours commence rain or shine.
The boat leaves from the National Lighthouse Museum. Admission to Museum is FREE for Boat Tour ticketholders. Please call the museum at 718-390-0040 for further information if needed.
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New York’s Lighthouses
2025-09-06 - 2025-12-13 | NY
By Semine Hazar and Barbara Todd, Award Winning Artists
Artist Reception: Friday, October 3 from 5-7 pm
in collaboration with the National Lighthouse Museum
Exhibit from September 6 – December 13, 2025
New York’s Lighthouses celebrates the state’s historic lighthouses—recognized for their architectural charm, symbolic power, and breathtaking settings. Once essential to maritime navigation, trade, and transportation, many of these landmarks are now lovingly preserved and open to the public, evoking themes of hope, guidance, and resilience.
Through Semine Hazar’s expressive paintings and Barbara Todd’s evocative photography, the exhibition captures the lighthouses’ enduring presence in New York’s coastal landscapes and their deep connection to the region’s maritime heritage. The exhibition showcases their distinct yet complementary artistic styles, offering unique interpretations of the iconic lighthouses of New York.
The show also draws inspiration from the Hudson River School, America’s first art movement, which celebrated the natural beauty of the Northeast and aligns with the National Lighthouse Museum’s mission to preserve and honor these coastal treasures.

Circumnavigation of Staten Island - SOLD OUT
2025-09-07 11:00 - 15:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Explore fascinating and mysterious sites unfamiliar to most New Yorkers on this exciting boat ride circumnavigating Staten Island.
This tour takes you past critical points of maritime interest: the historically rich Shooters, Prall’s, 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 Swinburne Islands.
Our journey up the Kill Van Kull, and the Arthur Kill waterways, over to Raritan Bay, Princes’ 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, Elm Tree Beacon and the Battery Weed Light of Fort Wadsworth.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Lighthouse Boat Tours commence rain or shine.
The boat leaves from the National Lighthouse Museum. Admission to Museum is FREE for Boat Tour ticketholders.
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Richmond County Orchestra Outdoor Concert
2025-09-21 15:00 - 16:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
The Richmond County Orchestra is a non-profit professional symphony orchestra based in New York City on Staten Island. It was founded in 1998 by Maestro Alan Aurelia and has been bringing world-class presentations of the classical arts to the greater Staten Island community for over 25 years.
Alan Aurelia, Conductor
Carla López-Speziale,mezzosoprano
Pablo Zinger, pianist
Alejandro de los Santos,baritone
William Velasco, tenor
Bring your own chairs and snacks! Free Admission to the Museum.

International Lighthouse Point Fest
2025-10-05 13:00 - 18:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Celebrating Our Maritime History
Children’s Activities • Magic
Balloons • Face Painting
International Entertainment
Indian Dance • Mariachi Performers • DJ Joe Nose
Opera Singing • Afro-Caribbean
$3.00 Suggested Donation • Children under 12 Free
Plus Free Entry into the National Lighthouse Museum!
SOUP CONTEST IS BACK!
Free to Enter the Contest. Click here to Enter.
$7 to Sample the Soup Entries.
Call for performers and artists!
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Twin Lights Bus Tour
2025-10-08 09:00 - 16:30 | NY
Bus Tour Includes: Transportation to Twin Lights Historical Lighthouse with Guided Tour, Lunch Buffet at Bahr’s Landing Restaurant. Leaves from National Lighthouse Museum (top of hill).
The Twin Lights Lighthouse is located in Highlands, New Jersey, overlooking Sandy Hook Bay and the entrance to New York Harbor. Originally built in 1828, it became a significant navigational aid and was the first lighthouse in the U.S. to use the Fresnel lens. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1949 but remains a National Historic Landmark, offering visitors a glimpse into maritime history and a museum showcasing its artifacts. Visitors can enjoy stunning views from the towers and participate in educational programs about lighthouse technology and history.
$125.00 per person
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Open House New York Weekend
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19 | NY
Open House New York Weekend is an annual festival that unlocks 300 destinations across the five boroughs for behind-the-scenes tours and special activities.
Take a look at new buildings transforming the skyline, step inside infrastructure facilities keeping the city running, explore parks offering respite, discover state-of-the-art performance spaces, visit manufacturing workshops, browse private collections, and much more.

Fall Foliage Tour up the Hudson River to Haunted Sleepy Hollow - SOLD OUT!
2025-10-19 11:00 - 16:30 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Explore fascinating and mysterious sites unfamiliar to most New Yorkers on this exciting boat ride along the Hudson River.
Up the Hudson River to Tarrytown Light near the legendary Sleepy Hollow. See the Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge along this scenic boat tour. Along the way, take in the stunning fall foliage along the shores of the mighty, historic, Hudson River.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Lighthouse Boat Tours commence rain or shine.
The boat leaves from the National Lighthouse Museum. Admission to Museum is FREE for Boat Tour ticketholders. Please call the museum at 718-390-0040 for further information if needed.

Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas of Staten Island
2025-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | National Lighthouse Museum, 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, Staten Island, NY, 10301
Staten Island was not the quiet place that people thought it was in years gone by. On May 12, 1889, Mary Tobin’s remains mysteriously washed up at the dock of the Clifton Boat Club. Two years later a man’s body was discovered bound and gagged floating off of Tottenville. From South Beach to West New Brighton, the waters around Staten Island and its surrounding coastline have yielded some disturbing secrets. In “Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island,” historian Patricia M. Salmon presents several of the most meticulously researched murders and mysteries that have occurred in and around the bays, harbors, and inlets of our borough.
Patricia Salmon is a professional historian and naturalist. She writes books that are filled with verified fascinating facts and commentary that appeal to all interested in community history. Ms. Salmon knows what her audience wants and for this reason she searches for history’s hidden secrets.
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Cosmic Bowling
2025-11-02 13:30 - 15:30 | Rab’s Country Lanes, 1600 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10305, United States
Cosmic Bowling at Rab’s Country Lanes will light up the afternoon to benefit the National Lighthouse Museum!
Guests will enjoy an afternoon of bowling under the cosmic lights, complete with shoe rental, pizza, and soda. Each ticket also includes five free raffle tickets, with the option to purchase more for a chance to win exciting prizes—all while supporting the National Lighthouse Museum.
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Museum Store Sunday
2025-11-18 11:00 - 16:00 | NY
We’re excited to invite shoppers to our store on Sunday, November 30, in celebration of Museum Store Sunday! Everyone is welcome to visit our store at the to shop with purpose and find distinctive and locally-made gifts for family, friends, and anyone on their holiday lists, such as ornaments, clothing, and accessories.
Shoppers’ museum store purchases support their favorite museums and cultural institutions, as well as artists and small businesses in their communities.

Annual Golf Outing
2026-05-08 | NY
Save the date for May 8, 2026!

16th Annual Lightkeeper's Gala
2026-08-07 17:00 - 23:00 | NY
Details coming in early 2026!
