ROCKLAND (AP) – The Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland says rising costs and lagging donations have led to financial problems that may force it to close.
Board member Dot Black, widow of museum founder Ken Black, said Wednesday that without financial help, “the lights may go out in the largest and most important lighthouse museum in the nation.”
The museum has its roots in a maritime exhibit created in 1972 at the Rockland Coast Guard Station. The growing collection, which includes rare lighthouse lenses, was moved twice before the Museum of Lighthouse History in Wells merged its collection with the museum in Rockland.
The museum, a nonprofit run largely by volunteers, relies primarily on membership dues, admission fees, contributions and fundraising events.
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