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Barnegat Light Historical Society and  Museum

 

 
bulletIn the last few years we made extensive changes and improvements to the museum. Visitors to the museum increased three fold last year and our membership has doubled in the last three years.

 A large screen TV slide show featuring over 100 pictures of the history of  "Barnegat City" was installed, made possible by a grant in honor of Howard Warner. Additional, interesting DVD's are ready for your viewing.  

New cabinetry and a rearrangement of the exhibits resulted in a more roomy ambiance and easier viewing of the exhibits. 

The schoolhouse bell was installed in its new enclosure in front of the museum. and a new brick sidewalk was installed, replacing the old concrete one

bulletThe Asbury Park Press readers voted out museum the Second Best Museum in Ocean County.
bulletWe held our annual member's dinner at the Firehouse Hall. Jeanette Lloyd, L.B.I. Historian, was our guest speaker.
bulletPrevious member's meeting featured  Ray Miller,  describing the art of making shore bird decoys and the history of shorebird hunting; Jack Lamping, island historian and nonagenarian,  returning to reminisce with us about life and tourism on old LBI  and Richie Kohler speaking to us about his diving experience on the German U-Boat off Brielle (from the book SHADOW DIVERS). 
bulletThis fall we extended our hours to include weekends in October. One of the Saturdays was the 150th anniversary celebration of the lighthouse where our displays at the State Park and the museum attracted a number of people.
bulletWe held our annual wine and cheese party in August at the museum.
bulletThe 2008 Lighthouse Challenge (Organized by the NJ Lighthouse Society)  included our museum as one of the stops. We hosted over 1,900 visitors on the two days of the challenge. The enthusiasm of our visitors was contagious and all had a good time.

     

 

 

Upcoming Events:

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June 11th 7:30 p.m.: Todd Pover will talk about Piping Plovers 

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July 10th 6 p.m.: Annual meeting and Dinner Party at the B.L. Firehouse. Call for reservations. Margaret Buchholz will make a presentation on the Storms and Hurricanes on LBI. ALL ARE WELCOME!

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August 23rd: Annual Wine and Cheese Party 4p.m. - 6p.m.

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Sept10th 7:30 p.m.: Nonagenarian Jack Lamping will discuss LBI from Long Ago.

 

The 2009 Lighthouse Challenge (Organized by the NJ Lighthouse Society) now includes our museum as one of the stops (for the second year). We again expect close to 2,000 visitors.

 

 

 

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Last modified: June 02, 2009