Museum
There is a museum in the basement of the Chapel that offers exhibits of the early immigrant experience as well as audio and video presentations.
A desk in the museum features an iPad on which you may view a 5 minute narrated slideshow about the history and contents of the Chapel and museum. The English version is narrated by Kai Swanson, Executive Assistant to the President at Augustana College, Rock Island. The Swedish version is narrated by Angelica Lindqvist, a native of Sweden who is a 2013 graduate of Augustana College, Rock Island.
A cemetery is located near the Chapel and the tombstones bear these inscriptions.
Tim Larson is serving as Museum Curator. He is also in charge of building maintenance.
The museum is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from April through October and otherwise by special request. Confirmation classes and other church groups are welcome to visit the chapel and museum, by appointment.
For further information contact:
P.O. Box 157
Andover, IL 61233
309-521-8127
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, located at Augustana College, is a national archives and research institute providing resources for the study of Swedish immigration to North America, the communities the immigrants established, and the role the immigrants and their descendants have played in American life. Their archives include information about the Jenny Lind Chapel.