Great Lakes Naval Museum

The Naval Training Center Great Lakes Museum Exhibit is a government-owned and operated museum dedicated to telling the story "boot camp" training in the United States Navy, and in particular, the Naval Training Station/Center Great Lakes, Illinois. Although originally one of four boot camps, it is now home to Recruit Training Command, the only Navy recruit training command. A special section of the museum is dedicated to the expanding role of women in the United States Navy.

The Great Lakes Naval Museum Association, Inc. ("Association") is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation exempt from income taxation as a Section 501(c)(3) organization. Established in 1991, the Association has been the driving force behind the establishment and operation of an unofficial Navy museum exhibit presently open for visitors at the Naval Service Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois (NSTC).

Since its inception, the goal of the Association has been to bring NSTC a museum facility that qualifies under Navy regulations as an official Navy command museum. At the same time, the Association desires the museum to provide the greater community with a valuable resource to both entertain and educate the public generally on the evolution and significance of Naval recruit training and particularly on the role of the Great Lakes Naval base in recruit training through the years.

The private, non-profit Great Lakes Naval Museum Association (GLNMA) actively supports the museum.


To visit our existing museum web site please click on link below,

www.nsgreatlakes.navy.mil/museum/

To help and continue "landmark preservation" of historic buildings and sites please visit docomomo-chicagomidwest below,

http://docomomo-chicagomidwest.org/