ROCKLAND, Maine — The Maine Lighthouse Museum will open for the season on Thursday, March 24.
The museum, located at One Park Drive in Rockland, overlooks Rockland Harbor and Penobscot Bay, and it is home to the largest collection of lighthouse, life-saving and U.S. Coast Guard artifacts in the nation.
The mission of the Maine Lighthouse Museum is “to educate the public regarding the long standing traditions, heroism and progress of America’s Lighthouse and Lifesaving services and the United States Coast Guard through the conservation and interpretation of the nation’s most significant collection of lighthouse and lifesaving artifacts.”
All members of the Coast Guard, active and retired receive free admission to the museum. Parking is free at the Trade Winds Motor Inn across the street for museum visitors.
The museum will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until Memorial Day when the normal expanded summer schedule begins. During the summer, the museum will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, call 594-3301, visit www.mainelighthousemuseum.org or the museum’s Facebook page.