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About Museum Lighthouse and Beacon
On the wild island of Ouessant, off the western tip of Finistère, the Museum of Lighthouses and Beacons occupies the great Créac'h lighthouse, one of the most powerful in the world, guarding one of the busiest and most dangerous sea routes on Earth. Housed in the lighthouse's former engine rooms, the museum tells the fascinating story of lighthouses and maritime signalling — the heroic keepers, the ingenious optical lenses, the technology that has saved countless ships from the rocks of this treacherous coast. Its collection of giant glittering Fresnel lenses is especially spectacular. Set amid the dramatic, storm-swept scenery of Ouessant, the museum combines maritime history, science and adventure. Fascinating, atmospheric and unique, the Museum of Lighthouses and Beacons offers a memorable journey into the world of these guardians of the sea, at the very edge of Brittany.