Outdoor Christmas Market Vendor Application Due
Are you a crafter, maker, or person who loves to create things by hand? We want you! Don't miss the opportunity to be a vendor at the American Swedish Historical Museum's Lucia & Christmas Market.
Toddler Time: Fall Fest!
Celebrate fall at Toddler Time! Kids will learn about the changing seasons and different foods we eat at this time of year. Make a meal and take home a fall leaf craft!
Toddler Time: ABCs and 123s Svenska Style
Learn letters and numbers in both English and Swedish! Kids will listen to an alphabet story and practice counting around the museum. Try out different number and letter tactile activities and take home a stamping craft!
Toddler Time: I Can Build Too!
Find out what you can build at this month’s Toddler Time! Listen to “Harvey the Carpenter” by Swedish children’s author Lars Klinting to get an introduction to basic tools, and then explore the museum to see different things we can build. Kids will try out different building materials and make a project to take home.
Julbord Dinner
*The event registration is now closed*
Start your Christmas celebrations by indulging in a Swedish holiday smörgåsbord prepared by Jeffrey A. Miller Catering. Your favorites will be a spread to remember, including the Christmas ham, herrings, meatballs, salads, and bread. A selection of ASHM Christmas Market vendors will be open from 5-7 pm, so you can shop while you enjoy a drink and some hors d'oeuvres before dinner.
Lucia & Christmas Market
Don’t miss this unique magical holiday experience! The outdoor Christmas Market includes your favorite holiday deli items, Christmas decorations and gifts, and SWEA bakery treats. The Swedish Christmas Café will sell holiday foods and sweets for refreshment. Enjoy live music holiday music by the Last Chance duo throughout the day. During the market, shoppers can experience the Lucia children’s program at 11:30 am and 2:00 pm.
Lucia & Christmas Market
Don’t miss this unique magical holiday experience! The outdoor Christmas Market includes your favorite holiday deli items, Christmas decorations and gifts, and SWEA bakery treats. The Swedish Christmas Café will sell holiday foods and sweets for refreshment. Enjoy live music holiday music by the Last Chance duo throughout the day. During the market, shoppers can experience the Lucia children’s program at 11:30 am and 2:00 pm.
The Market will take place in our heated tent outside, and Lucia performances will be in the Grand Hall. Shoppers can enjoy the day, rain or shine!
New Sweden History Conference
The New Sweden History Conference (NSHC) explores the history of the New Sweden Colony (1638-1655) and its legacy in colonial America. As the only conference dedicated to New Sweden, the NSHC provides research and networking opportunities for a wide audience of professors, students, and avocational historians.
Marimekko + FWM: The History of Printing for Progress (Event at Fabric Workshop Museum)
Learn how pattern, color, and form inspired free expression and radical progress of Marimekko at the Fabric Workshop with American Swedish Historical Museum Curator, Christopher Malone, and FWM Director of Education, Christina Roberts.
Extend your experience with an optional workshop directly following the lecture. Participants will have the opportunity to screenprint their own tote with a prepared pattern inspired by Marimekko and FWM designs, then customize their own screenprinted totebag through various surface design techniques guided by FWM master printers.
Lucia Rehearsals Saturday November 11th from 10am-12 pm and Sunday the 19th from 2-4 pm
Museum members are invited to have their children participate in our annual Lucia performance on December 2nd and 3rd. Children will have fun dressing up as tomtar, pepparkakor, folk dancers, star boys, and Lucia and her attendants while singing traditional Swedish Christmas songs.
Rehearsals will take place on Saturday, November 11th from 10 am - 12 pm and Sunday, November 19th from 2 pm - 4 pm. Attendance at both rehearsals is required.