American Lighthouse Foundation & Maine
Lighthouse Museum Form the Largest Lighthouse Museum in the United States
Sometimes joining forces to attain greater strength in numbers and access to
more resources in conserving our nation’s rich lighthouse heritage simply
makes the most sense.
Such was the case when the American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF) consolidated
the artifact collection of the Museum of Lighthouse History, formerly of
Wells, Maine, within the collections of the Maine Lighthouse Museum (MLM) in
Rockland, Maine during spring 2007.
The consolidation was completed on April 19, 2007, with a fine
representation of each collection placed on exhibit and opened to the
general public for visitation two weeks later on May 5, 2007.
The consolidation of the ALF & MLM collections has created the largest
lighthouse museum in the United States, thanks to the efforts of the late
Ken Black who founded the Maine Lighthouse Museum, and the American
Lighthouse Foundation and its president Timothy Harrison, which spearheaded
the creation of the former Museum of Lighthouse History.
The American Lighthouse Foundation also relocated its corporate offices from
Wells to Rockland inside the Maine Lighthouse Museum as well (as of January
15, 2007), and has become the managing partner of the consolidated Museum
collections as part of a unique and exciting collaboration between the two
nonprofit organizations.
To learn more about the Maine Lighthouse Museum – ALF’s proud partner in the
preservation of America’s lighthouse heritage, visit:
www.mainelighthousemuseum.com
