East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation P.O. Box 624 • Greenport, NY 11944 • 631-477-2100 • eseaport@verizon.net
	East End Seaport Museum
Home Maritime Museum Mission Statement Foundation History Meet the Board Calendar of Events Lighthouse Maritime Festival Blacksmith Shop Membership Volunteers Directions Contact Us   Museum Hours: Mid-May-June Weekends 11 - 5 July and August Mon, Wed, Thurs, & Fri. 11 - 5 Sat & Sun 9:30 - 5 September Weekends 11 - 5   Blacksmith Hours: June - September Saturdays & Sundays 11AM to 5PM Winter: Closed October - Mid-May Admission $2	The Maritime Museum is located in the the old train station at 3rd St., adjacent to the Shelter Island North Ferry Dock. Inside, the museum boasts an array of exhibits on the maritime heritage of the area, including displays on the menhaden fishing industry, the oyster industry, lighthouse lenses, a model ships of the USS Ohio, and more. Among the more popular exhibits at the museum are the Fresnel lenses. The Second Order Fresnel lens is shown on the right. Second Order lenses, especially in this condition, are uncommon. In the photo you can see that this was a fixed, as opposed to rotating, light. The middle of the lens is a band that emits a solid sheet of light, rather than a bulls eye which would emit a flash from a rotating optic. The lens served at the Little Gull Island lighthouse from 1869 until 1995. The Fourth Order lens, at left, was originally installed at the Plum Island lens was moved to the new lighthouse when it was built in 1869-70, and served until the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1978. This lens is complete with a working wind-up clockworks mechanism. In the picture to your left, you can see how the lens concentrates the light from the bulb within. Originally, whale oil was used to produce the light inside the lens. Additions and modifications to the Museum include: • Professional exhibits secured from a Mystic Seaport Museum. • A professionally designed wind exhibit to demonstrate hands on sailing principles and techniques. (Great for demonstrating the physics of sailing to both young and old) • An exhibit of model historic sailboats which sailed in local waters. • A photo exhibit of key local yachtsmen. • An exhibit of artifacts from the Greenport firm of Wm. J. Mills and Company, one of the oldest sail making companies on Long Island. • In association with the Shelter Island Yacht and the Orient Yacht Club, East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation (EESMMF) will offer four scholarships to local kids to participate in 2007 summer sailing programs to be selected on the basis of a best essay. Funding for these scholarships is being provided by Wm. J. Mills Co., Hudson City Savings Bank, and the EESMMF. • Lectures from key sailors and others involved in the business of sailing. The Grand Opening of the Museum will be May 19th. Visit our gift shop which offers maritime gifts including posters, T-shirts, nautical music, books and items for children including: coloring books on maritime subjects, kits for boat building and knot tying.
East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation • PO Box 624 • Greenport, NY 11944 • 631-477-2100 • eseaport@verizon.net