The museum contains models, paintings, maritime artifacts,
photos of early Ashtabula Harbor, ore boats and tugs, miniature hand-made brass
tools that actually work, and the world's only working scale model of a Hulett
Ore Unloading Machine. Construction has begun in 2010 to build interactive model
train layouts of the Ashtabula Harbor circa 1940-50.

Then step inside and imagine sailing away in our authentic pilot
house from the lakeboat the Steamer Thomas Walters. Also view our U.S.
Navy ship display of the U.S.S Ashtabula, the original Ashtabula
Lighthouse’s Fourth (4th) Order Fresnel lens built in 1898 and the display of
the Ashtabula Car Ferry.

The museum also provides an expansive view of the commercial
& recreational Ashtabula Harbor. Watch actual lakeboats loading and
unloading coal & iron ore on the commercial dock. Watch the Bascule
liftbridge open and close to let power & sailboats pass through.
There are outside displays and picnic tables are available.

The gift shop includes nautical items such as: jewelry, maritime
and railroad books, mugs, lighthouse slates, wooden model boat kits, miniature
boats, "Scaasis" lighthouses, shipwreck charts, post cards, lighthouse
writing paper and Ashtabula Lighthouse pictures. We also have
"Ashtabula Lighthouse", "Lake Erie Lighthouses", "Lakeboats" and
"Edmund Fitzgerald" Tee-shirts along with many other items.