Ocean City Life-Saving Museum

It might look small from the outside, but the exhibits inside are impressively well-organized and packed with information. There are plenty of display boards with artifacts, plus an aquarium room, a kids’ playroom, and a swimwear exhibit. The staff was incredibly friendly—one even offered my kids a paper worksheet with 3–4 questions for each room, encouraging them to read, explore, and discuss. We spent about 1.5 hours completing all the questions, and the kids were thrilled to receive a small bag of shark teeth as a special reward. Such a cool place! Parking was easy on a weekday. Highly recommend.

Very nice museum, much more interesting than I was expecting.

This engaging 2-story Life Saving museum has many fascinating displays chronicling the development of Ocean City with historical photographs and fabulous artifacts. Included with a book store, gift shop, and terrific aquarium room is an amazing and mesmerizing collection of sands, row upon row in small cups, from beaches all over the world ! In another section there is an enormous, restored wooden, open lifeboat. How did rescuers manhandle this extremely heavy (800+lbs) boat into a raging surf ? It's hard to believe the widespread extent of busy offshore traffic during the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries. Incredible how often these ships ran into trouble necessitating life saving stations like Indian River. Upstairs contained thoughtful exhibits featuring influential and entrepreneurial women of that era as well as bathing suits from earlier times. The vivacious concierge was welcoming, so informative and eager to answer any questions. Children and adults will have a marvelous time. Check hours & fees first.✅👍🌞🏖⛵⚓.