Ocean City Life Saving Station Museum

Shipwrecks, life-saving & rescue, history, swimwear, sea life, and more!

Seaside Adventure! – The historic Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum serves as the town’s museum. It once housed the surfmen charged with rescuing shipwrecked mariners from the sea, and later, the U.S. Coast Guard.

Surfs Up! – Riding the Waves of Change

The Aquarium Room – contains two 250 gallon saltwater aquariums and several smaller tanks filled with interesting creatures indigenous to the Ocean City waters.

Sands From Around the World – is a unique collection of over 200 samples of sand collected by friends of the museum.

Davey Jones’ Locker – Deep-sea divers share with you unusual objects that have been recovered from the shipwrecks off of Ocean City and the surrounding area.

Wreck in the Offing – is a vividly depicted exhibit of the U.S. Life-Saving Service

The Boardwalk of Yesterday – learn the history of Ocean City’s famous promenade.

Little Keepers Day Room/ Play Room – a room designed with children in mind.

The Museum is located at the very South end of the Ocean City Boardwalk, next to the Inlet. Parking is available in the adjacent municipal parking lot. The bus terminal and the boardwalk train are located close by.

Ocean City Life Saving Station Museum, Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland

813 S Boardwalk
Ocean City, MD 21842

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