For Lilac’s 90th birthday, we have launched new on-board displays about her history and restoration.

These displays will be accompanied by an exhibit on the lighthouses and lightship tended by Lilac at the National Lighthouse Museum .

This exhibit opens at NLM on City of Water Day, July 15, 2023.

Join us there for a reception to celebrate from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Free admission.

Lilac crew filling water and fuel tanks at Ship John Shoal light in 1970. Michael Rankin Collection, Lilac Preservation Project.