
When you think of a lighthouse, what comes to mind? For some, it might be lighthouse keepers, shipwrecks and stormy nights at sea, or perhaps a foghorn which used to keep them up at night. For others, a lighthouse might be somewhere they walk the dog, somewhere they visited as a child, a familiar landmark…

On 15 and 16 August, the Travelling Pharology Archive made its second public appearance, this time at Harwich Maritime Museum. Set beside the historic Low Lighthouse, it was a particularly fitting place to continue testing the Archive. Across the weekend, visitors explored stories connected to lighthouse and maritime heritage, from Henry Winstanley and the Eddystone…