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SOME OF THE MUSEUM'S CONTENTS INCLUDE:
- U.S. Life Saving Service Exhibit: Rare documents; station log books; uniform medals and buttons; complete 39-volume set of annual USLSS reports from 1876 to 1914; Lyle gun; coston cannister; patrolman "checks" and much more!
- Rare post-card collection of New Jersey towns, USLSS stations, lighthouses and other maritime-related fields.
- Extensive research library, consisting of hundreds of rare, out-of-print books, Sailor's Magazine and Naval Journal, shipwreck files and photographs.
- Pre-historic fossils recovered from the inter-continental shelf off the New Jersey coast on loan from Ray Young of Manahawkin.
- Antique navigational equipment, including taffrails, speaking trumpet, chronograph, compass, inclinometer, etc.
- Photographs of Beach Haven's 1930's head-boats by renowned photographer Dave Gurtcheff, along with classic scenes of yesteryear Beach Haven and other New Jersey coastal communities.
- Large number of shipwreck artifacts recovered from various wreck sites off the New Jersey coast by well-known members of the diving community.
- Antique china and silver depicting coastal towns, life-saving stations and lighthouses along the New Jersey coast.
- The most extensive Morro Castle shipwreck exhibit ever seen, including: rare photographs, original 1934 video news footage of the disaster; an authenticated life-vest worn by one of the survivors; original Acme News media photos; autographed menus; 1934 newspaper accounts; stateroom keys; rescuer notes; inscribed tokens, rescuer notes and much more.
- Antique diving gear, including a pair of Mark V Navy diving outfits; rebreather, double hose regulators, etc.
- Beautiful china plates, platters, pitchers and other artifacts recovered from the 1827 wreck of the Aurora off Sandy Hook.
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