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Attractions & Activities: Seeing The Sights
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Key West Lighthouse Museum
When the Key West Lighthouse was opened in 1848, many locals mourned. Its bright warning to ships signaled the end of a profitable era for wreckers, pirate salvagers who looted reef-stricken ships. The story of this, and other Keys lighthouses, is illustrated in a small museum that was formerly the keeper's quarters. When radar and sonar made the lighthouse obsolete, it was opened to visitors as a tourist attraction. It's worth mustering the energy to climb the 88 claustrophobic steps to the top, where you'll be rewarded with magnificent panoramic views of Key West and the ocean.
938 Whitehead St.
Phone: 305/294-0012 .
Open: Daily 9:30am-5pm (last admission at 4:30pm)..
Admission $6 adults; $2 children 7-12; free for children 6 and under..
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