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St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum

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Visit the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum seven days a week from 9 AM-6 PM We are a non-profit museum offering authentic, enjoyable, experiences.
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Come climb the lighthouse tower and its 219 steps for an amazing view. Enjoy shipwreck artifacts in the lab and historical exhibitions about undersea explorations. Talk to our scientists, volunteers and boatbuilders. Sign up a Museum membership for deep discounts and special monthly programs. Find a souvenirs or local art in the St. Augustine Lighthouse Gift Shop. Make a donation to save our maritime past and keep the light shining, or take a special night time tour such as Sunset-Moonrise, or Dark of the Moon.

10/29/2026

Did we catch the shadow figure? 👤A dark, human-shaped silhouette has been reported and photographed along the 165-foot, 219-step spiral staircase and interior white brick walls of the St. Augustine Lighthouse tower! Did we catch it on a Dark of the Moon Ghost Experience?!

Many believe the shadow figure is the spirit of Peter Rasmusson, who served as the head lighthouse keeper from 1901 to 1924 (the longest tenure of any keeper at the Light Station)!

The St. Augustine Lighthouse has been featured on Ghost Hunters, the Travel Channel, CNN, BuzzFeed Unsolved and many other TV shows.

Ghost Tours are available every week, including four tours on Halloween!

RSVP: https://store.staugustinelighthouse.org/SelectEvent.aspx?eventid=1001427

10/27/2026

NEWEST EXHIBIT! Within These Walls: Duty & Daily Life at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum!

This brand-new four-room exhibition in the 1876 Keepers’ House explores the human side of maritime history.

Within These Walls: Duty & Daily Life invites visitors into four immersive rooms, exploring the
daily routines of lighthouse keepers, the realities of raising a family at a Light Station, the
evolution of the lighthouse service, and a heartfelt tribute to the dedicated men and women
who kept the beacon burning.

The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum brings the stories of multiple lighthouse
keepers together. Made possible through extensive research into the keepers’ personal lives,
service records, and daily challenges, this landmark exhibition shines a new light on the individuals behind the beacon.

10/26/2026

From the Museum Collections:
148 years ago, the Keepers’ House at St. Augustine’s original lighthouse (the Old Spanish Watchtower) met an unfortunate end when a storm toppled the building into the ocean.

The “storm” that brought down the keepers’ house was most likely the 1878 Haiti-Florida Hurricane. The Category 2 hurricane had primarily stayed along Florida’s west coast before making a sharp turn east. The storm was severe enough that the city’s statement, reported in the Sunland Tribune, declared that “the storm was the worst that has ever been here.”

The keepers’ log gives us a firsthand account of what happened that day:

“Very Stormy Weather. Tide washed the foundation from under the dwelling of the Old Lt. House and the building tumbled down into the River. The high Wind drove the rain in through the windows of the Tower. One of the Window fastenings gave way and Seven paines of glass were broken”

One storm, one destroyed keepers’ house, and a rather memorable entry in the lighthouse logbook.

📷 Keeper William Russell, far right, stands in front of of the Old Spanish Watchtower and the attached Keeper’s House with a group of visitors. Photo likely from the late 1860s.

10/25/2026

The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum Heritage Boatworks is a wooden boatbuilding program overseen by the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program and carried out by a dedicated team of volunteers.

Boatbuilders are on site from 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Friday.

Wooden boatbuilding thrived in St. Augustine for over four centuries until it was finally supplanted by fiberglass construction in the early 1980s.

Heritage Boatworks is committed to keeping this maritime tradition alive and relevant by constructing living replicas of vessels once common in the waters of St. Augustine, northeast Florida and in coastal areas of the United States.

10/24/2026

💡Celebrating 152 years of light from this First Order Fresnel Lens, installed in 1873-74 and first lit on October 15, 1874 in St. Augustine’s second lighthouse! Get a view of the lens room when you climb to the top — during the day and on select night tours. Hours are 9 AM-6 PM seven days a week, with after-hours events each week. Learn more at staugustinelighthouse.org

📸 Beautiful drone photography on Fri, Oct 23 by JWilson aerial photography

10/23/2026

👻 ✨GHOST TOURS in St. Augustine, Florida! Dark of the Moon Ghost Tours are held each week at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum — with extended tour dates each week during spooky season.

With only a glow stick and lanterns as lighting, guides share the history and ghost stories of the people who have lived, worked, and visited the Lighthouse. Dark of the Moon is the only tour that gets you in the Lighthouse grounds at night!

DATES
👻Oct 23-25
👻Oct 28
👻Oct 30-31 (four tours on Halloween!)

👉🏽RSVP: https://store.staugustinelighthouse.org/SelectEvent.aspx?eventid=1001427

10/22/2026

🎅FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOLIDAY EVENT! 🌟🎄Lighthouse Illuminations at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum! This all-ages event runs on select nights from November 20, 2026 through January 16, 2027 throughout the historic Light Station. ✨🎄🎅

View stunning holiday decor, fun family photo opportunities, and 20+ elaborately decorated trees in the lighthouse, historic buildings and throughout the grounds!

This is a relaxing walk-through event with no crowds.
🅿️ Free parking on site. See the dates below.
🔗 RSVP: https://store.staugustinelighthouse.org/SelectEvent.aspx?eventid=1000137

DATES & TIMES
Tours begin at 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. each evening on the dates below. Guests can take their time strolling through the event.

Nov 20-21
Nov 23
Nov 25
Nov 27-28
Nov 30
Dec 4-5
Dec 7
Dec 9
Dec 11-12
Dec 14
Dec 16
Dec 18-19
Dec 21
Dec 23
Dec 26-30
Jan 1-2
Jan 8-9
Jan 15-16

10/21/2026

The beautiful spiral staircase at the St. Augustine Lighthouse has eight landings on the way up … and guests can stop on each one to catch their breath!

The wider staircase was designed in the late 1800s to accommodate guests who would visit Anastasia Island by boat from St. Augustine’s historic district. At that time, women’s fashion included hoop skirts, which the would fit on the wider staircase.

The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum is open from 9 AM to 6 PM seven days a week. Tickets & details at staugustinelighthouse.org

10/20/2026

💫✨After-hours events at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum:

✨Dark of the Moon Ghost Experience — Every Friday-Sunday and extra tours on Halloween week, spring break and summer.

✨ Sunset Moonrise — Watch the sun set and the full moon rise. Limited tickets. Only one night per month.

✨ Twilight at the Top — select evenings each week.

🎟️✨RSVP: store.staugustinelighthouse.org/Events.aspx

📸: Photo by Flying Fish Media 𝐵𝓎 𝒮𝑒𝒷𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝑀𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑜

10/20/2026

🛍️ Shop online for items in the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum store! Here’s the link: https://store.staugustinelighthouse.org/NavPage.aspx?navid=1000008

Address

100 Red Cox Road
Saint Augustine, FL
32080

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 6pm
Sunday	9am - 6pm

Website

http://www.staugustinelighthouse.org/

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