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LUX Light Archive grows through careful stewardship. Contributions help preserve lighthouse heritage with provenance, attribution, and continuity.
What you can contribute
Researchers, institutions, and individuals may contribute source leads, corrected metadata, editorial descriptions, translations, and documented media.
Every contribution should strengthen traceability rather than add volume alone.
Original texts and data
Original texts, metadata, and editorial descriptions contributed to the archive are made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA), unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Software contributions follow the archive's open-source license. See Rights & Reuse for details.
Media and third-party works
Media may be contributed only when you own the work, it is in the public domain, it carries an open license compatible with documented display, or you have permission from the rights holder.
Do not assume third-party images inherit the archive content license. Uncertain material is marked for review and is not published until rights are verified.
Review and responsibility
Contributions pass through human review. The archive values provenance over speed.
Read Legal & Ethical Principles for the philosophy behind this approach, and Method / Evidence Policy for how evidence is handled.
Begin a contribution
For collaboration, source leads, provenance questions, or institutional partnerships, use the Contact page.
Please include the LUX record URL or LUX ID when discussing a specific lighthouse, asset, or image.