Bridal Crown
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Did you know that since the Middle Ages, Swedish brides sometimes wear bridal crowns? đź‘‘
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 CafĂ© 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.Â
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!
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 CafĂ© 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.Â
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!
Member Shopping Week
To show our appreciation for all your support throughout the year, members can enjoy 20% savings in-store and online from Tuesday, November 18, through Sunday, November 23.
Want to order online then pick up in person? Simply enter promotional code PICKUP upon checkout and you will be notified when your order is ready!
Toddler Time: Christmas Tomte
Toddlers and families will get into the holiday spirt by learning about tradition of Jultomte. We will read The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren and try Swedish holiday activities. It’s a perfect opportunity to teach your little ones about Swedish culture!
Toddler Time: Have You Any Wool?
Join us as we explore the world of textiles and learn how wool from a sheep is made into new clothes! We will read Pelle’s New Suit and explore tactile objects used during the process of making clothing. Kids will try out different activities and crafts all about sheep and clothing.
Toddler Time: Sculpture
This month’s Toddler Time is all about sculpture! Follow three mice in the story Look, Look, Look at Sculpture by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace as we explore the wonderful world of three-dimensional art. Kids will explore sculpture in the Museum and then create some sculptures of their own with different mediums like sand, playdough, and cardboard.
LAB Fall Fest & Rambo's Revival New Sweden & Lingonberry Hard Cider Release!
Join the American Swedish Historical Museum at Liquid Alchemy Beverages in Wilmington, Delaware, for their first-annual Fall Fest!
ASHM has once again collaborated with Liquid Alchemy Beverages to create our exceptional Lingonberry and Rambo Apple hard cider. This cider is truly unique because it features heritage Rambo apples grown on the Museum’s apple trees. This apple breed traces its origins back to the early 1600s when they were brought to the New Sweden Colony by Peter Gunnarsson Rambo.
Guided Trolley Tour of the Philadelphia Navy Yard!
Don’t miss this unique opportunity for a guided tour of the historic Philadelphia Navy Yard with CAPT Francis Spencer, USN (Ret.), former commanding officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division.
The tour will highlight both the Navy Yard’s U.S. Navy history and its more recent commercial history. Some U.S. Navy activities and related operations still take place in the Navy Yard, and the tour will include information about those activities as well as other commercial ventures occupying the Navy Yard, which benefit the Philadelphia community.
Free Family Day: Shipbuilding!
Join us for a Free Family Day at the American Swedish Historical Museum inspired by ships and shipbuilding!
Explore And Let Victory Tell the Rest: 250 Years of Shipbuilding in Greater Philadelphia, and try out engineering and nautical-themed activities in the Museum galleries including designing and building your own boat that floats and US Navy LEGO shipbuilding with the Kalmar Nyckel!
This event is supported by SWEA New Jersey. Walk-ins are welcome, but help us plan with your RSVP.