Free Admission for Dads at Lighthouse June 21

On Father’s Day, June 21, 2026, Piney Point Lighthouse Museum will offer free museum admission for dads during normal operating hours 10am to 5pm.

Please note that regular admission prices apply to others in the party: $7 for adults, $3.50 for children (6 to 18), seniors and military, and free for those 5 and younger.

Guests begin their visitor experience at the museum where they sign in, pay admission, and obtain a tour guide who will then provide escort to the Potomac River Maritime Exhibit and the lighthouse and keeper’s quarters. Those who desire to climb to the top of the lighthouse will be accompanied by a staff person or volunteer.

Museum exhibits focus on the construction and operation of the lighthouse, lighthouse keepers, the role of the US Coast Guard, and the story of the Black Panther U-1105 German submarine sunk in the Potomac that now serves as Maryland’s first historic shipwreck dive preserve.

There is a collection of four historic wooden vessels on loan from the Paul Hall School of Maritime Training and Education. The collection is comprised of a 67-foot skipjack (Joy Parks), an 84-foot bugeye (Dorothy A. Parsons), a log canoe, and Potomac River dory boat. The exhibit focuses on the life of the watermen who sustained a livelihood working the waters of the Potomac for crabs, fish, and oysters.

Built in 1836, the Piney Point Lighthouse and keeper’s quarters are located 14 miles up the Potomac River from the Chesapeake Bay.

The lighthouse and keeper’s quarters were built by master lighthouse builder, John Donahoo, for the contracted price of $3,888. The circular tower stands 35 feet tall from its base to the coping and the walls are 3 feet 10 inches thick at the base and 2 feet 3 inches at the parapet. This lighthouse was the tenth of the 12 lighthouses built by Donahoo in his lifetime.

The museum is at 44720 Lighthouse Road in Piney Point, MD. It can be reached at 301-994-1471.

Learn more here.