About Us
Where We Started
Hull Lifesaving Museum
The Hull Lifesaving Museum is so much more than a museum. Founded in 1978, we are an essential part of the community that for 46 years has provided not only crucial lessons from our maritime heritage but also life-changing and sometimes life-saving youth development experiences.
About Us
We celebrate the lifesaving spirit of Skills, Courage, and Caring, and the relevance of our history to our constituents’ daily lives. As one of our region’s leading cultural organizations and agents of social change, HLM challenges its participants to draw the best from themselves by combining social services and experiential education with historical preservation and interpretation. HLM’s year-round education and recreation programs, serving a diverse constituency, 75% of whom are underserved youth from metropolitan Boston, are broadly recognized as best practice models. HLM’s program design respects the needs, expectations, and skill level of each participant.
Our Mission
The driving principles of the 19th century coastal lifesavers – Skills, Courage, and Caring – are the foundations of the Hull Lifesaving Museum’s commitment to impact individual lives for the better. We foster a community dedicated to the preservation of Boston Harbor’s rich maritime heritage and lifesaving traditions through exhibits, collections, open-water rowing programs, and stewardship of our historic sites.
Our History
The Hull Lifesaving Museum (HLM) is housed in the former Point Allerton US Lifesaving Station opened in 1889 under the leadership of Joshua James who, with his crews of the Massachusetts Humane Society and US Lifesaving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service, were merged to form the US Coast Guard. Joshua James is considered a “father” of the US Coast Guard.
Museum Staff
Board of Directors
Robert MacIntyre
Chair/President
Nowell Bloomenthal
Vice President
Chad Wolfe
Treasurer
Dolly Snow Bicknell
Clerk
Melinda Cady
Mark McDonnell
Brian Stanley
Helen Gould
Job Opportunities
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Our Sites
Point Allerton Station
- 1117 Nantasket Avenue, Hull, MA
- Headquarters of the Hull Lifesaving Museum at the Point Allerton U.S. Lifesaving Station in Hull, MA. The museum exhibits are open to the public year round.
Windmill Point Boathouse
- 185 Main Street, Hull, MA
- Windmill Point Boathouse (Hull) former 1960's U.S. Coast Guard Station is the base of our South Shore Maritime Program.
