From the age of the Vikings to the settlers of the New Sweden Colony (1638-1655), to contemporary issues in Scandinavian society, the American Swedish Historical Museum will take you back in time and across the sea to learn the stories of Swedes in America.

ASHM will be closed to the public on Tuesday, January 20th and Toddler Time is cancelled due to building maintenance.

Golden Map Room

This room has a striking map depicting Sweden at the height of the nation’s political power. Painted on bronze leaf by Sten Nilsson in 1938 the “golden map” features vignettes of everyday life in Sweden and its dominions during the early 1600s.
 

American Swedish Historical Museum -Golden Map Room object

Two seventeenth and eighteenth century Swedish swords.

 

American Swedish Historical Museum -Golden Map Room object

Sundial originally designed for Stockholm's latitude.