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 | In the last few years we made extensive changes and improvements to
the museum. Visitors to the museum increased almost three fold in the last
few years and our
membership has doubled in the last four 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 Worner. Additional, interesting DVD's are available
for
your viewing.
Our paintings and photographs are now labeled for easier
understanding .
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
| The Asbury Park Press readers voted our museum the Second
Best Museum in Ocean County. |
| We held our annual member's dinner at the Firehouse Hall.
Guests related anecdotes and stories about their experiences on LBI. |
| Previous member's meeting featured Carole Bradshaw, aka the
Anchor Lady,
relating the story of the Fortuna, 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). |
| Last 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. |
| We will hold our annual wine and cheese party on August
24th from 4:00 to 7:00 at the
museum. All visitors are welcome. |
| We will participate in the 2011 Lighthouse Challenge (Organized by the NJ Lighthouse Society)
This is our fourth year. We hosted over 1,500 visitors on
the two days of the challenge for the last three years. The enthusiasm of our visitors was contagious
and all had a good time. |
Upcoming Events:
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August
24th: Annual Wine and Cheese Party 4p.m. - 7p.m. |
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August
25th: Pirates Lore, a childrens program for ages 4 to 8. Contact
Judy at (609) 361-1747 for details. |
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The
2011 Lighthouse Challenge includes our museum as one of the stops (for the
fourth year). We expect close to 2,000 visitors.
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