the Viking ship traveled to New Orleans

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"Visitors' Days" The Viking Ship Exhibit is closed for the season. New tour dates will be posted in the Spring of 2012.

"... and that Viking was the only ship that had sailed over the Atlantic ocean, thereafter gone through the Erie Canal and through the Great Lakes and on down canals and rivers to the Mexican Gulf."

Magnus Andersen

At the conclusion of the World's Columbian Exposition, the Viking was towed through the Illinois and Michigan Canal and down the Illinois River to Grafton. She then sailed down the Mississippi River to New Orleans where she remained over the winter.
Never able to complete her journey around Florida and up the East Coast to Washington, D.C., the Viking was towed back to Chicago.

After her return, the Viking sat beside the Field Columbian Museum (now the Museum of Science and Industry) Here Viking was neglected.

Viking beside the Field Columbian Museum

Viking beside the Field Columbian Museum

photo: Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, IA

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