The 1876 Tawas Point #Lighthouse on the #Michigan coast of #LakeHuron is seeking volunteer keepers for two week periods during the 2026 #LighthouseSeason, from May 5 to October 20. #GreatLakes 🧵 1/2

Mark your calendars! With renovations to the 1927 Manistee North Pierhead #Lighthouse in #Michigan proceeding on schedule, the tower is set to be open to the public for the first time ever on May 25, 2026. #GreatLakes #LakeMichigan

"Beneath the Light,” a supernatural thriller set at the 1917 Lorain #Lighthouse off the #Ohio shore of #LakeErie, is now available for free to #AmazonPrime members. As of Friday, January 29, "the movie was No. 4 in all horror films and No. 8 in drama, with a viewership rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars."

The 1821 Burnt Island #Lighthouse on #BoothbayHarbor, #Maine, is seeking couples to serve as keepers for the 2026 #LighthouseSeason. Applicants are should send a letter of interest to [email protected].

Photographer Jack Callahan's breathtaking drone photo of the 1910 Split Rock #Lighthouse in #Minnesota has been selected as a finalist in the Destination #Duluth #photography contest. #GreatLakes #LakeSuperior #DronePhotography

A local group in #Nishinomiya, #Japan, is hoping to open the 1810 Imazu #Lighthouse to the public. A wooden lighthouse built in the style of Japanese tall lanterns (tōrō, 灯籠), it was built by a local brewery to serve ships carrying barrels of #sake to Edo (modern-day Tōkyō). #灯台 #日本 #西宮市 #酒

Iceland's most iconic coastal lighthouses: A list Iceland's coastal lighthouses are a unique blend of history, architecture, and stunning landscapes. www.newsbytesapp.com/news/lifesty...

With the syndicate overseeing the Cordouan #Lighthouse in the #Gironde estuary, #France, facing a budget deficit of €200-300k (US$237-356k), there are concerns that the lighthouse will soon lose its keepers. #phare

Many residents of and visitors to #CanboSanLucas in #BajaCalifornia, #Mexico, are said to have seen a ghostly figure walking by the town's 1905 Old #Lighthouse on foggy nights. Some say it is the ghost of a keeper swept away in a storm, others, a sailor lost at sea. #faro #haunting

The San Juan de Salvamento #Lighthouse on the island of Los Estados in #Argentina has celebrated its 107th anniversary. 🥂🎂🎉 Due to its remote location, it is often referred to as "the Lighthouse at the End of the World" ("El #Faro del Fin del Mundo").

The 1891 Pilsumer #Lighthouse in #Niedersachsen, #Germany, is becoming an increasingly popular wedding site, with 69 couples tying the knot there in 2025. (Paywalled article) #Leuchtturm #Deutschland

The #Hiumaa municipality in #Estonia has received eight bids in its call for new operators of the historic Kõpu and Ristna Lighthouses. (Paywalled article) #lighthouse #tuletorn #Eesti

The Coastal Administration in #Norway is seeking organizations or volunteer groups as tenants at six lighthouses, including the Kjølnes #Lighthouse (👇). (📸 by Lene Knutsen, 2015, shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license) #Norge #fyr fyr.no/seks-fyrstas...

The 1875 Yuwengdao Lighthouse, the oldest #lighthouse in #Taiwan, has been reopened to the public after an extensive two-year renovation. An 11m (36') cast iron tower, it was built on the site of an earlier lighthouse built in 1778. #台灣 #燈塔

Take a scenic trip around Northern Michigan’s shoreline featuring January’s lighthouse highlights! From wave-washed towers to timeless lake views, these lights continue to guide, inspire, and tell the stories of our coast. youtu.be/rhb1ISJX-xA

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in #SouthKorea has selected the Seomang Port North Breakwater #Lighthouse in #SouthJeolla Province as "Lighthouse of the Month" for February. #Korea #등대 #전라남도 #한국

#LighthouseArt of the Day James H. Wheldon (British, 1832-1893), A Barque Struck by Lightning off Eddystone #Lighthouse, #Cornwall, n.d., oil on canvas. Courtesy Hull Maritime Museum, maritimehull.co.uk #art #artsky #seascape #MarineArt #MaritimeArt #OilPainting #BritishArt

#LighthouseArt of the Day Reverend John Swete (British, 1752-1821), Untitled (lighthouse and tall ships at sea), ca. 1820, #watercolor on paper. Courtesy Royal Albert Memorial Museum, rammuseum.org.uk 🧵 1/2 #art #lighthouse #PharosFriday #ScapeDay #scape #seascape #MarineArt #MaritimeArt

All over the world, there are legends of sea monsters swimming in the depths. In the mid-18th century, Dutch miners came face-to-face with one. They’d discovered Mosasaurus – an ancient animal unlike anything ever seen before. Find out about this undersea titan for #FossilFriday!

🐋 #Whales #whaling #Brazil "...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy." share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...

Some views from around #Scotland painted on #VintageMaps #Prints available online or by DM A lovely memory of holidays or these make fabulous #GiftIdeas #ElevensesHour #CraftBizParty #Handmade #ShopIndie #Lighthouse www.lincolnmaplady.co.uk

Interviews with Björn Karlström, the curator of a vast online #lighthouse bibliography, and Kevin Arsenault, a former lighthouse keeper from #Massachusetts. #USLHS 🧵 1/2

The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse in New York's Hudson River was damaged by collision with a barge last April. Now there's bad news. Engineers have estimated that damage to the foundation of the building could cost $3.6 million. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

#LighthouseArt of the Day Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883–1955), Le #phare du Stiff, 1912, oil on canvas. Via artnet.fr #art #artsky #PharosFriday #lighthouse #OilPainting #FrenchArt 🧵1/2

🚨 Vacancy alert! 🚨 www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... Join us as our Museum Collections Manager and be in charge of a globally important Museum Collection including, but not limited to, Roman, Greek & Egyptian artefacts, Prehistoric & Romano-British Antiquities, Ango-Saxon & Viking objects, & more!

French senate adopts a bill to ease the return of colonial-era artifacts to their countries of origin

OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hookland is an odd county. Nowhere else in England has a tourist board happy to promote its haunted shoreline, boast of it including a record number of haunted light houses. A civic pride in phantoms is not the standard approach to encouraging day-trippers. – George Kindred

David Abulafia. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean (Penguin U.K., ebook 2011, paperback 2014) Publisher: www.penguin.co.uk/books/55861/... #maritimehistory #histbookchat

Kazakh national instruments like the dombra and kobyz are finding new life in contemporary music as young artists blend tradition with modern sounds https://ow.ly/WJ3k50Y4oC9 #Kazakhstan #Culture #Music #Dombra #CentralAsia #MereyOtan #KazakhMusic #Kobyz

#LighthouseArt of the Day Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1902), Newport #Lighthouse, 1860s, oil on paper mounted on masonite. Courtesy Santa Barbara Museum of Art, sbma.org 🧵 1/2 #art #artsky #AmericanArt #OilPainting #seascape #MarineArt #MaritimeArt #HudsonRiverSchool #luminism

The Municipality of Bayham, Ontario, is in negotiations with an unnamed organization to transfer ownership of the endangered 1840 Port Burwell Lighthouse, closed in 2023 due to structural problems. The tower is stabilized but a restoration would cost a least $1.5 million. lfpress.com/news/local-n...

#LighthouseArt of the Day Carl Frederik Sørensen (Danish, 1818-1879), Fishing boats by sunset, 1862, oil on canvas. Private collection, via Bruun-Rasmussen, bruun-rasmussen.dk #art #artsky #lighthouse #seascape #OilPainting

#LighthouseArt of the Day Joseph Heard (British, 1799-1859), "Alliance," 1848, oil on canvas. Courtesy Merseyside #Maritime Museum, liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime-museum #art #artsky #lighthouse #MaritimeArt #MarineArt #OilPainting #BritishArt #seascape

'East Pier, Dun Laoghaire (Dublin) - West Pier' by Susan Early, contemporary Architect and Printmaker, currently based in Graphic Studio Dublin #Womensart

#LighthouseArt of the Day Peter Monamy (British, 1681-1749), Winstanley's #Lighthouse, n.d., oil on canvas, Courtesy The Box, theboxplymouth.com/ #art #artsky #seascape #OilPainting #MarineArt #MaritimeArt #BritishArt

A new #RealityTV series in #Norway will feature ten celebrities living in isolation at the Ryvingen #Lighthouse, the southernmost lighthouse in the country. (📸 by Tregde Feriesenter, 2012, shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license) fyr.no/realty-serie... #fyr #Norge

The East End Seaport Museum on #LongIsland, #NewYork, has raised US$880k for the restoration of the Long Beach Bar #Lighthouse (aka "Bug Light"). Work will begin next month, and will focus on stabilizing the foundation and building a new dock and access ramp. 🧵 1/2 #museumsky

Researchers in #Cyprus have determined the possible location of at least one Roman-era #lighthouse in the ancient port city of #Paphos. #φάρος #Κύπρος #Πάφος

A visit to Viedma, #Patagonia, #Argentina, home to the country's oldest #lighthouse: the Río Negro Lighthouse, a 16.5m (54') tower built in 1887. #faro

Did you know sponges are among the oldest animals on Earth? They're over half a billion years old! New research has helped to narrow down when they first evolved - and it could reveal more about the first ever animals! Find out more about these marine marvels 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

In California the Friends of the Point Vicente Lighthouse have begun co-hosting with the Coast Guard the monthly open house tours of the station, bringing in speakers to educate the public on the history of the lighthouse and its urgent need for restoration. www.dailybreeze.com/2026/01/15/u...

#Lighthouse Art of the Day. Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714-1789), The four times of day: night, 1757, oil on silvered copper. Courtesy Art Gallery of South Australia, agsa.sa.gov.au #art #artsky #lighthouse #MarineArt #MaritimeArt #seascape #harborscape #FrenchArt #OilPainting

A smaller original painting of Dungeness #lighthouse in #Kent painted on a #VintageMap from 1969 Prints also available on request original-art-prints.sumupstore.com/product/dung... #EarlyBiz #MHHSBD #OriginalAcrylicPainting #GiftIdeas #TuesdayMorning

The Umpqua River #Lighthouse in #Oregon has celebrated its 132nd anniversary. 🎂🥂🎉 It is the sole remaining active lighthouse in the state.

A new breakwater in #Tongyeong, #SouthKorea, will feature a red #lighthouse in the form of a cello, in honor of composer Yun Isang (1917-1995), who was born in the city. #등대 #한국 #통영 #Korea

Light Hearted Lite 37 - Erik Nissen Johansen, Pater Noster, Sweden A conversation with the creator of an award-winning hotel at an incredible island lighthouse in Sweden. uslhs.org/podcast

#LighthouseArt of the Day Robert Willoughby (British, 1768-1843), Whaler and Stone #Lighthouse, 1814, oil on canvas. Courtesy Hull Maritime Museum, maritimehull.co.uk #art #artsky #MarineArt #MaritimeArt #BritishArt #OilPainting

Today is National Thesaurus Day. Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.

The 1904 Monte Hermoso #Lighthouse in Bahia Blanca, #Argentina, is said to be in dire need of repair. At 74m (241') in height, it is the tallest lighthouse in the country. #faro