{"id":5799,"date":"2016-08-19T16:26:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T14:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=5799"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:23:38","slug":"great-lakes-naval-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/great-lakes-naval-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"National Museum of the American Sailor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Great Lakes Naval Museum<\/strong>, now officially known as the <strong>National Museum of the American Sailor<\/strong>, is located at Naval Station Great Lakes in <strong>North Chicago<\/strong>, <strong>Illinois<\/strong>. It is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history and heritage of the United States Navy and its sailors, with a particular focus on the contributions of Naval Station Great Lakes. One helicopter on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\"><strong><strong>National Museum of the American Sailor<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">2531 Sheridan Road<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Great Lakes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Illinois 60888<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/nmas\">http:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/nmas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@greatlakesnavalmuseum.org\">NHHC_NMAS@us.navy.mil<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+1 (847) 688-3154<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Monday &#8211; Saturday 09:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Closed Sunday<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The museum is located outside of the Main Gate (Gate 1) of Naval Station Great Lakes. As such, base access is not needed and visitors to the National Museum of the American Sailor do not need visitor passes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d377651.7968408631!2d-88.12287917739204!3d42.31256699999999!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xeac61d8ec43fb99a!2sGreat+Lakes+Naval+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1471616662230\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/great-lakes-naval-museum\/great-lakes-naval-museum-great-lakes-illinois\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Great-Lakes-Naval-Museum-Great-Lakes-Illinois.jpg\" alt=\"Great Lakes Naval Museum Great Lakes, Illinois \" class=\"wp-image-5800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Great-Lakes-Naval-Museum-Great-Lakes-Illinois.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Great-Lakes-Naval-Museum-Great-Lakes-Illinois-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Great-Lakes-Naval-Museum-Great-Lakes-Illinois-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><span class=\"txt\">149959\/AH-300<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"txt\">Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Visitors will gain an appreciation for Naval Service by being able to explore mission and the operational history of the Navy, from the American Revolution and the origins of the U.S. Navy to the War on Terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Lakes Naval Museum, now officially known as the National Museum of the American Sailor, is located at Naval Station Great Lakes in North&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5799"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32167,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799\/revisions\/32167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}