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Lighthouse Completes Preservation Project With Support from Dr. Guy Harvey

2015-07-27T12:32:48-04:00July 27th, 2015|

The nonprofit St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum recently finished a $280,000 restoration project with help from state funds, grants and a crowd-funding partnership with Dr. Guy Harvey. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. – St. Augustine’s most iconic landmark is looking brighter than ever following the completion of a three month, $280,000 preservation project to restore and protect the St. Augustine Lighthouse. State grants and appropriations, a grant from the Florida Lighthouse Association and crowd funding fueled by [...]

Lighthouse’s Underwater Archaeology Field School Begins Monday

2015-06-01T11:45:55-04:00June 1st, 2015|

Archaeologists from the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum will begin their annual field school in St. Augustine on June 1st with six students from around the world. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. – Six students from as far away as Canada have arrived in St. Augustine, Fla., for the educational experience of a lifetime. Beginning June 1st, the students will join archaeologists from the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum for four weeks of hands-on, underwater research and excavation [...]

New Museum Exhibit Will Showcase Local Ties to American Revolution

2015-02-17T14:55:38-05:00February 17th, 2015|

The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum has partnered with renowned exhibit designers Peter and Sharon Exley from Architecture is Fun in Chicago, Ill., to create an exciting new museum exhibit. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. – St. Augustine might not be the first city people think of in connection to the American Revolution, but the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum hopes to put the Nation’s Oldest PortSM into the conversation with a new exhibit scheduled to open [...]