The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Mid-Atlantic Region announces the opening of its new exhibit, Beacons on the Shore: Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
The exhibit focuses on several themes including the architectural evolution, technological development, and maintenance of lighthouses. Visitors will take a symbolic voyage along the eastern seaboard of the United States from Cape Fear in North Carolina to Long Beach Island in New Jersey with visits to the Outer Banks, Cape Henry, the James, Potomac and Delaware Rivers, the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and the Delmarva Peninsula.
The exhibit features architectural drawings and documents from the records of NARA, Mid-Atlantic Region; vintage photographs from the Still Pictures Branch of NARA; and modern-day photographs, lighthouse models, and artifacts donated by private citizens.
The exhibit will be open to the public January 28, 2002 through January 11, 2003. The National Archives exhibit gallery is located in the Robert N.C. Nix Federal Building on Chestnut Street between 9th and 10th Streets in Philadelphia. The hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM, and the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, 8:00AM-4:00PM. Admission is free.For more information please contact Matthew DiBiase at 215-597-5694.