The Administration Building

Historical marker location:

200 The Prominade at Lighthouse Point, SI, NY, 103, Staten Island, New York

( Marker is on The Prominade south of Ferry Terminal Viaduct, on the left when traveling south.)

National Lighthouse Museum. Museum offices, research and archival storage.

The first American museum was founded in New York City in 1792. It was called the American Museum, and it was located in what is now City Hall Park.