Help preserve the Viking ship's rivets

	Friends of the Viking Ship

ABOUT	HISTORY	PRESERVATION	TOURS	JOIN	RESOURCES
The 1893 Viking Ship exhibit will open in the spring. Visit us at Good Templar Park, Geneva, IL, between 1:00 & 4:00 on these dates: • April 24 • May 22 • July 17 • August 14 • September 18 • October 9

The Viking is a replica of the Gokstad ship. In 1893, under Captain Magnus Andersen, she sailed across the Atlantic (from Bergen, Norway to New York) and on to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (via the Erie Canal and Great Lakes).

Declared one of the 10 most endangered landmarks in Illinois, this important, irreplaceable piece of our nation's and region's history must be preserved.

"Ship belongs in a museum"
An editorial in the Kane County Chronicle

The need is urgent!

Viking’s thousands of rivets need to be cleaned and treated with a preservative. Some must be replaced.
The need is urgent!

Consider “rescuing a rivet”, at $10.00 each, in honor of parents, spouse, children, grandchildren, yourself, or others. The possibilities are limitless.

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Friends of the Viking Ship, NFP is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.

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Please help rescue Viking's rivets!

rusted rivets

Viking’s thousands of rivets await your help.

Learn of endangered landmarks status in Illinois at
landmarksillinois.org

PRESERVATION PROCESS

RESCUE A RIVET

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at Good Templar Park, Geneva, IL.