Friend Membership includes exclusive Member events, free entry to museum with a guest, 10% discount in our Shop, invitation for new exhibit opening nights, monthly newsletter, email notification of special events, and a Museum supporter window decal.

Corporate Membership inclueds 6 VIP passes, 10% Store discount, VIP Events, a 50% discount off one Legacy Pavilion rental, acknowledgment in our newsletter and a Museum supporter window decal.

In addition to Friend, Family and Sustaining benefits, Benefactors receive a 50% discount off one Legacy Pavilion rental per year, and recognition in our quarterly newsletter.

Reluctatnly, Paul and Maureen agree to sell her in order to send their uncle to college. Buy how will they fill the empty hole? Finding an orphan foal helps, and Sea Star needs them as much as they need her.

Created as navigational tools, lighthouses delight and enthrall thousands or admirers. Of equal interest are the tales of the men of the United States Lifesaving Service, the forerunner of thoday's Coast Guard. More than 200 images included!

Hand carved rockfish, approximately 20" x 8.5"

Hand carved Spadefish, 10" x 8"

The history of Wallops Island has been one of transitin. As the centuries passed, the wilderness of the island was radically altered by the influx of colonists, then vacationers, and, eventually, some of the brightest scientific minds of the country.

Virginia has more shipwrecks that any other state in the continental US. With 112 miles of Atlantic coast, 3,315 miles of tidal coastland and natural enemies such as water, wind, fire and human fallibility, countless ships and lives have been lost.