National Lighthouse Museum

Brilliant Minds Series - Weather Watchers
2022-09-13 00:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Storms! Pounding waves! Keepers deal with many weather-related perils. We will examine what creates these difficult weather conditions, how weather is measured, and how boats and lighthouses contend with it. Projects may include creating a windsock, snowstorm in a jar, and weather logs.

Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - A keeper’s life could be isolated and hard
2022-09-13 08:00 - 17:00
Still, there were families including children who lived in these remote places. We will explore their daily lives. Projects may include gardening in harsh terrain, coastal terrain dioramas, keeper’s logs and tending an oil lamp.
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Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Navigation Naturals
2022-09-13 09:30 - 11:00
Safely steering a boat around nature’s challenges is no easy task! We will look at how lighthouses aid in navigation in addition to making some of our own navigation tools. Projects may include compass making and creation of a sextant and mapping stars for navigation.
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Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Weather Watchers
2022-09-17 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-09-24 09:30 - 23:00
Storms! Pounding waves! Keepers deal with many weather-related perils. We will examine what creates these difficult weather conditions, how weather is measured, and how boats and lighthouses contend with it. Projects may include creating a windsock, snowstorm in a jar, and weather logs.
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Fig Fest 2022
2022-09-18 14:00 - 18:00
Fig Fest 2022
Sunday, September 18th
2-6pm

National Lighthouse Museum
200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point
Staten Island, NY 10301

Fig Fest: $5.00 Suggested Donation
Plus Free Entry into the
National Lighthouse Museum!

Entertainment • Food • Vendors
A Fig King will be Crowned!
Meet Sir Isaac “Fig” Newton!
All invited to enter Fig King Contest with food or fig entries.
Participants must check into Judging Area. Registration closes at 3pm. Winner announced at 4pm.

Sponsored by:
Robert DeFalco Realty
Northfield Bank
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Council Member Kamillah Hanks
Bentson & Company • ICC Commonwealth

Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Navigation Naturals
2022-10-15 09:30 - 11:00
Safely steering a boat around nature’s challenges is no easy task! We will look at how lighthouses aid in navigation in addition to making some of our own navigation tools. Projects may include compass making and creation of a sextant and mapping stars for navigation.
Our October 15th program will also be making an appearance at the Saint George Library Center at 1pm with The Science of Lighting the Night: We will play with light, exploring original lighting methods, Fresnel lenses, and lighthouse automation. Projects may include solar marshmallow roasters, bending light with prisms, and experiments making light flash. This program at the library is free.
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6th Annual Lighthouse Point Fest
2022-10-16 12:00 - 18:00
6th Annual Lighthouse Point Fest
Sunday, October 16
12-6pm
NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM
200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point
Staten Island, NY 10301
$3.00 Suggested Donation
Entertainment • Arts and Crafts • Museum Admission
Sea Dart and Miller’s Tug Boat with Water Display by FDNY Harvey Fireboat.
Compete in the Legendary Soup Contest
Hedge Your Bets at the Ducks Race for $5.00
Join Our Pirate School!
Showtimes 1pm and 3pm
Children’s Activities • Face Painting • Food
Charlie the Balloon Man
Sponsored by:
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Council Member Kamillah Hanks
Bentson & Company • ICC Commonwealth

Soul of the Hurricane: The Perfect Storm and An Accidental Sailor Program and Book Signing with Author Nelson Simon
2022-10-20 18:00
Thirty years ago, Nelson Simon accepted an invitation to help sail a ship from Brooklyn to Bermuda, despite having little sailing experience. The ship ended up in what would later become known as the “Perfect Storm.” The crew managed to hold out long enough to be rescued by the US Coast Guard.
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Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - A keeper’s life
2022-10-22 09:30 - 11:00
A keeper’s life could be isolated and hard: Still, there were families including children who lived in these remote places. We will explore their daily lives. Projects may include gardening in harsh terrain, coastal terrain dioramas, keeper’s logs and tending an oil lamp.
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Haunted Halloween East River Dinner Cruise
2022-10-28 18:30 - 22:30
“Ghosts, Murder, Mayhem and Piracy Along the East River and Long Island Sound”….
Join us, if you dare….on a Halloween maritime tour as we discover macabre, often terrifying tales of murder, ghosts, mayhem, torture, organized crime and piracy associated with the history of the East River and Long Island Sound.
Immerse yourself in the Halloween spirit and dress in your favorite costume while enjoying an eerie and haunting look at maritime madness with food, drink and dance!
Please note this tour is strongly recommended only for ADULTS.
Three course dinner includes salad, chicken or fish, potato and vegetable, dessert, tea or coffee.
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Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Haunted Houses lighthouses that is!
2022-10-29 09:30 - 11:00
We will explore some spooky lighthouse tales from real life while discussing what made this remote, difficult locations, likely to be the site of such stories!
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Halloween Kid's Event - Model Trains of Staten Island display
2022-10-30 11:00 - 15:00
October 30
Model Trains of Staten Island
11AM-3PM
Halloween Kid’s Event/Display
Model Trains of Staten Island
Display of setup for viewing

Brilliant Minds Fall Program Series - Design and Architecture
2022-11-05 09:30 - 11:00
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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Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping by Angus Gillespie – Lecture and book signing
2022-11-10 18:00
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 - Advanced Design and Lightships!
2022-11-12 09:30 - 11:00, 2022-11-19 09:30 - 11:00
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
Saturday, November 12, 2022
11AM-3PM
Model Ships Club of New Jersey Display of working examples of the construction of ships

Lighthouse Holiday Market Holiday Shopping Party & Open House
2022-11-27 11:00
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.

Lighthouse Stamps of the United States - Exhibit Opening
2023-01-22 14:00
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.

The 7:30 Boat - Author Presentation -Also available on Zoom
2023-01-22 15:00
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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Lighthouses are for Lovers and Friends
2023-02-11 19:00
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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Encore Opening of African American Exhibit
2023-02-26 15:00
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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A Staged Reading Of MIND THE LIGHT
2023-03-12 16:00
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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Visit us at the 38th Annual CMA Expo & Conference March 21-23, 2023 at the Hilton Stamford, Connecticut
2023-03-23 10:00
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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The Lamplighter Hope Shines Brightest in the Dark Program and Book Signing with Author Pamela Hanson Ryder
2023-04-30 16:00
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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Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt
2023-05-21 10:00 - 16:00
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 Bay and Defenses of New York City 1776 by Norman Goben
2023-05-28 16:00
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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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.
