National Heritage Area

Get to Know Our Heritage Boatworks Program!

Jay Smith2025-07-16T16:04:36-04:00July 16th, 2025|

Nestled on the grounds of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum is an area where you can hear the hum of power tools and the witty banter of a very special group of volunteers. This is Heritage Boatworks, a truly unique, volunteer-based program dedicated to preserving the traditional art of wooden boatbuilding. A part of the Lighthouse’s archaeological program since 2007, Heritage Boatworks was created to educate guests on the maritime history of Northeastern [...]

Muskets Added to Wrecked! Exhibit

Jay Smith2023-04-13T15:59:07-04:00March 19th, 2023|

The Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) Conservation team installed a new case in the Wrecked! Exhibit. This new case replaces the Star Waters mannequin and features one of the muskets recovered from the Storm Wreck, the American Revolution-era shipwreck excavated in 2009. Other artifacts associated with the musket including flintlock, flint, shot and even some paper wadding are also featured. The team has recently installed a second musket in the exhibit. The muskets have undergone [...]

Dune Erosion Reveals New Shipwreck at Crescent Beach

Jay Smith2020-11-25T18:14:33-05:00November 17th, 2020|

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – The recent tropical storm helped to uncover the remains of a shipwreck buried under a dune along Crescent Beach. Mark O’Donoghue, a local resident, found the exposed timbers and reached out to the St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) Director, Chuck Meide. The LAMP team began inspecting and documenting the shipwreck the same day. After completing the initial survey, the LAMP team determined that the ship is likely an American [...]

Commission Comes to St. Augustine, FL Feb. 13

amy.gress2015-02-02T13:18:30-05:00February 2nd, 2015|

Cultural Heritage Panel to Focus on Florida Geechee Communities JOHNS ISLAND, SC, January 30, 2015 –The four-state Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission will hold its first quarterly business meeting for 2015 on Friday, February 13, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Maritime Room of First Coast Technical College Conference Center, 2980 Collins Ave., St. Augustine, Fla. The business meeting will focus on the communities in St. Johns County and surrounding areas. [...]

Get to Know Our Heritage Boatworks Program!

Muskets Added to Wrecked! Exhibit

Dune Erosion Reveals New Shipwreck at Crescent Beach

Commission Comes to St. Augustine, FL Feb. 13

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