The place is stunning. Really enjoyed reading the history of the lighthouse and location. The choice of brick was superb. Unfortunately the pictures I took are not very good because of the time of day. Would have liked to gotten better ones with the sun directly on the front.

You don't even know how much you don't know about lighthouses! Sure, I climbed the 72 steps to the top of the lighthouse. Yes, the views were amazing & I took plenty pictures. An , of course, I now want my own lighthouse! The unexpected treasure was the history & explanation of how lighthouses function. The 'keeper' was a plethora of information, which, he shared willingly.

Really lovely restoration of the original lighthouse, with interesting exhibits. It was free (donations appreciated), and you can apparently climb up the light itself for $10 a person (we didn't )

We had the opportunity to visit this very interesting museum on 9/8. Docent / Caretaker Ron was extremely knowledgeable regarding lighthouses and ships all around the Great Lakes. Climbing to the top of the tower added perspective on the important work performed by caretakers long before gps existed. Informational displays in the house itself were well done. The admission is no charge (with a contribution appreciated). There is a charge of $10 to climb the tower.

Amazing! Ron told us the history of the location and provided excellent background into the development of the Fresnel lense. Fascinating and a great example in the museum! The upper level was a history lesson in shipwrecks, notably the Wisconsin. Don't miss out on walking up the 55' tower either (small fee).

Such a great place with so much history about the ships traveling on lake Michigan. We were greeted by docent and caretaker. He asked us to look around and ask questions if we had any. He later met us and told us some interesting stories about ship history. The best one was about the USS Wisconsin. This is a must do. Highly recommend.

Kinda cool to go up in a lighthouse. When we showed up for the tour, the keeper was already giving one and he rudely yelled at us to come back later. Seemed like he got really stressed out over extra customers. My sister and I didn’t want to go back but our grandma really wanted to see the tour. When we came back he was again a little rude to us and the tour was quite boring. The ship models upstairs were cool

Museum was closed already when we came for our visit, but it was a beautiful place and very well kept.

I find all of this extremely amusing as I lived there in about 1980. It was the Kenosha County Girls' group home. We used to go into the lighthouse to smoke marijuana. It was fully of cobwebs and totally abandoned for many years. A couple of years after that it was a group home for mentally challenged people of both sexes. I'm really happy that they are finally telling the old history, but please don't ignore recent history.

The lighthouse and grounds and museum were nice. Ron, the tour guide was not good. He demeaned my friend and I (we are women) when talking about the Fresnel lens. He said it involves physics and trigonometry and that we ladies might not be able to keep up. Considering my friend and I both have Computer Science and engineering degrees, that was very insulting. He mumbled and talked in a very monotone way and once again was rude to me. I am a docent at a lighthouse. He was talking about candle power but I couldn't understand him and thought he said canopower. I said I didn't know what canopower was and his response was 'How can you work at a lighthouse and not know what that is?'. So rude! I finally figured out he meant candle power and asked him if that was what he was talking about. He said yes and that he mumbles. He also made us stand in one spot and listen for 20 minutes. It was hard on my back and hip and my friend's knee. I finally stated I needed to move around more instead of just standing and he said he was almost done...but then just kept talking. Our tour would have been better if we had just self guided all the way. A friend at the lighthouse I work at said he went to Southport and there was no guide. I told him that was a better way to go through the museum. Southport is a nice lighthouse to visit, but Ron is not a good representative and is very condescending.