The museum and lighthouse was a fun experience for a self-guided tour. We stopped by the 20 minute video explaining the tour and we're probably 5 minutes past the start time of the video. Though it loops every 20 minutes on the hour, honestly, most of the information you'll want from The video itself is in the first 5 minutes. The rest goes through picture slide shows of all the keepers and their families. Something that I'd love either more time to learn about each in a documentary or learning more about them through the informational posters in each of the buildings.

The lighthouse itself is a lot of fun! It's a brutal climb to the top. You know it's bad as people coming down are encouraging you, "it's not that much further now, just 3 more rungs." We even did that to some coming up when we started going down. I will sat, pay attention to the walls and windows on the climb up! There's a lot of little bits of information sprinkled throughout the trek.

The buildings we could explore fully were great! They really do a good job of presenting the information for you so you get an understanding of what it took, and who some of the important people who manned the lighthouse were! I loved the large light room showcasing all the different types that are used. And learning that they would carry 40 lbs of kerosene up the 203 stairs seems insane to me, seeing as I did good just to get myself up the stairs! There's one building you can't enter but you can view the sleeping quarters and such. At first, I was a little sad you couldn't step into the building (at least that I could tell) but I totally respect the decision.

The only thing I can say is that I wanted to buy water from the gift shop on my way out. I know they don't want it in the museum and want to avoid spills on the grounds, so I can understand if that's why they don't seem to sell anything to drink to mitigate the risks. But I was willing to pay overpriced water bottle prices on my way out, and think it was a missed opportunity if you're diligent on only letting them have in on the way out. They do a good job of having water fountains available though, which I used at the end to rehydrate.

Definitely worth the visit and the price of admission is very fair for a self-guided tour. We had it booked with lots of other events, but I'd recommend blocking out at least 2-3 hrs to read everything they have available for learning and really immerse yourself. Otherwise, it can be done in 1.5 hrs for a quick tour of all the places.