There’s a more polished look to the Admiralty Head Lighthouse these days.

Aside from hosting a steady stream of visitors during the busiest time of year, the lighthouse also has received a makeover this summer, giving it a fresh look just in time for an important event.

Admiralty Head Lighthouse is celebrating National Lighthouse Day from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6.

The iconic lighthouse, located at Fort Casey State Park in Coupeville, will feature craft activities for children, who will be building tiny lighthouses, and a musical performance from Whidbey Island’s Shifty Sailors.

Food vendors also will be on hand.

Although it’s being tabbed as a free event, a Discover Pass is required to enter the state park and there is a cost for food.

At the main fort area, there also will be a war re-enactment taking place involving the Fort Casey Volunteer Battalion.

Admiralty Head Lighthouse is one of 14 lighthouses in Washington that are open to the public. It drew about 54,000 visitors last year.

The Spanish-style structure, built in 1903, was the second lighthouse constructed on the site of the former fort. The original lighthouse was built in 1861 further to the south near the bluff and was in operation until Fort Casey was established.

The lighthouse has been a whirl of activity in recents months, not only to prepare for this weekend but to make it even more inviting for visitors in the future.

Two of the three rooms upstairs formerly used as bedrooms by the families of lighthouse keepers have received fresh coats of paint and new flooring with the third room not yet complete.

The plan in the future is to be able to open the upstairs portion of the lighthouse to the public, said Sharon Sharpe, program specialist with Central Whidbey State Parks and Admiralty Head Lighthouse.

Fort Casey State Park staff and volunteers have teamed up to make other improvements, including repainting the lantern house as well as the stairs, railing and several other areas of the structure’s exterior and interior.

“There has been a lot of stuff done the past few months,” Sharpe said.

The celebration is co-sponsored by Lighthouse Environmental Programs and the Keepers of the Admiralty Head Lighthouse.

The actual date for National Lighthouse Day is Aug. 7, but Whidbey Island’s only lighthouse is celebrating a day earlier.

On Aug. 7, 1789, Congress approved an act for the establishment and support of lighthouse, beacons, buoys and public piers. Exactly 200 years later, Congress passed a resolution designating Aug. 7, 1989 as National Lighthouse Day.