National Lighthouse Museum

Category: Museums & Collections

This project controlled by the NYC EDC is stalled in the water.

It will be housed in one of the six historic buildings a the former U.S. Lighthouse Service Depot, which beginning in 1862 assembled, tested and repaired lighthouses for close to a century. Five of the remaining buildings at the 10-acre site are on the National Register of Historic Places and the Administration Building is a New York City Landmark. The museum will a Fresnal lens, which is made of hundreds of pieces of glass, the range of which is only limited by the curvature of the earth. Plans call for the Romer Shoals lighthouse to be relocated to the museum.