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Lighthouse & Keeper’s Quarters

The Lighthouse & Keeper’s Quarters exhibit brings a rich level of learning and a deep understanding to a “playhouse” environment. Children can learn about life in another era and the lifesaving role of the lighthouses and their keepers by dressing up in period-style costumes and enacting the daily life of the people who lived in and tended the lighthouses. Your youngster will want to serve you dinner prepared in the Lighthouse kitchen! The view from the top of the lighthouse shows tall ships in the harbor and Grand Traverse Bay!

The Lighthouse has been the focus of extensive updates during 2016-2018. In collaboration with partners Maritime Heritage Alliance and students from Interlochen Center for the Arts Visual Arts Program, the Museum now offers a more authentic experience for what life growing up in a lighthouse would have been like! Come in and see for yourself!

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