The Ocean City Museum located at the end of the boardwalk by the inlet is dedicated to preserving and assembling the history of the United States Life Saving Service of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. The museum encompasses a unique and interesting heritage and history of Ocean City, Maryland folklore, dress, and shipwreck artifacts.
The Ocean City Maryland Life Saving Station Museum also displays an intesting mermaid collection, bathing suits, and the "Sands From Around the World" exhibit. The museum has been restored to it's authenticity for the constructed time period.
The Ocean City Life Saving Station orginally was built on the north end of the town (approximately 30th Street) and was alone among the dunes. The station saw much activity during it's early years that the facility was enlarged by the government. As part of the "coastal system" established by the United States Treasury Department, the Life Saving Station emparted the role of rescuing and saving ships and lives in dire help when in distress.
HOURS:
June - September Daily open: 11 am to 10 pm
October and May Daily open: 11 am to 4 pm
Winter Saturdays and Sundays: 11 am to 4 pm
ADMISSION FEES:
$3.00 for adults
$1.00 for children 12 and under.
AAA membership honored: 2 for 1 .
In 1915 the U. S. Coast Guard was formed by the merging the U. S. Life-Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service. Until 1962 the Coast Guard actively used the building that was moved and now located at the end of the boardwalk at the inlet. Orginally built in 1891 and fashioned after life saving stations of the era, with substantial peaks and the ability to house or garage life saving boats.
Although scheduled for demoliton in 1977 a group of citizens formed the Ocean City Museum Society and were able to restore the building and move it to it's present location, dedicating the building as a museum on Christmas Day 1978.
