Join ASHM and SEAMAAC for a community celebration on the closing day of the Indivisible exhibition. Learn about art and culture through family-friendly art and nature activities hosted by SEAMAAC teaching artists including a collaborative mosaic project and a seed planting and pot painting activity. Food and beverage vendors will also be available.
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Break out your bell-bottoms and platform shoes! There's no better place to celebrate the iconic music of ABBA than the American Swedish Historical Museum. Philadelphia's own DJ Robert Drake will spin the classics as everyone lets out their inner Dancing Queen.
Highlights of the evening include a dancing and costume contest and a Drag Queen homage to ABBA performed by Summer St. Cartier, Miss. Troy, Amerie Jameson, and Morgan Morgan Morgan!
Whatever the weather is in Sweden or Philadelphia, kids worldwide experience the forces of nature. Join us this month to learn how the weather differs across the globe as we read a weather story and try out different weather activities around the Museum!
Amazing colors can be found all around us! Kids will explore color throughout the Museum, play color matching games, and create their own colorful crafts.
Attention, attention! The American Historical Swedish Museum is inviting you to an event like no other!
On February 14th, 2026, internationally touring, interactive historical theatre company, Live History, is putting on a performance just for the American Swedish Historical Museum.
Before the Doors Open is a seated, immersive historical mystery where time is on the brink of collapse.
Treat yourself to a rich semla, a cream and almond paste filled Swedish pastry, along with a cup of hot coffee and a Swedish film. Semlor are often eaten before the start of lent, the Swedish version of “Fat Tuesday.”
Event tickets are $16 in advance and $20 at the door. Ticket price includes one semla, additional semlor are $6 each. If you can't stay for the movie, no problem. You can still purchase semlor for pick up on Saturday, February 7th only. Walk-ins are welcome, or pre-register online by February 4th.
As the Museum begins its 100th-anniversary celebration, we invite you to step back in time. Join us for a screening of the little-known, Oscar-nominated 1943 black-and-white documentary short "Swedes in America" narrated by Ingrid Bergman and featuring some of the earliest footage ever recorded of the Museum. Following the screening, we will explore the film’s origins and its connections to World War II–era propaganda.
Due to an unexpected mechanical issue at the Museum, the opening for Indivisible: Stories of Strength will now be held on THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH.
Gather with fellow ASHM members and explore the branches of your Swedish ancestry! Genealogy Club is a benefit of ASHM membership.
Warm up on a chilly winter’s night with a bowl of Swedish yellow pea soup! Dinner is served with sharp Swedish cheese, mustard, and bread, with Swedish pancakes and coffee for dessert. There will also be a cash bar.
Gather with friends and family to enjoy time together at the Museum.
Pre-registration is required by January 26th. $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers.
The event is now sold out.