Tour Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse

The Annapolis Maritime Museum has launched tours of the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse on Saturday and Sunday.

The tours include an orientation at the Annapolis Maritime Museum's Barge House; a roundtrip ride to the lighthouse; and a docent-led tour inside the National Historic Landmark.

The last screwpile lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay that is still in its original location is situated one-and-a-half miles offshore of Annapolis at the mouth of the South River.

Weather permitting, 2008 tours will be offered at 9:00 a.m., noon, and 3:00 p.m. on May 17, 18, 31; June 1, 14, 15, 28, 29; July 12, 13, 26, 27; August 9, 10, 23, 24; September 13, 14, 27, 28.

For more details, visit www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org.