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 be selling holiday foods and sweets for your refreshment. Enjoy daily Lucia processions at 11 am and 2 pm and live holiday music throughout the day.
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 be selling holiday foods and sweets for your refreshment. Enjoy daily Lucia processions at 11 am and 2 pm and live holiday music throughout the day.
This month at Toddler Time families will get to explore ASHM’s newest exhibit American by Craft: The Furniture of Olof Althin and see the amazing things that can be built from wood. We will read “Harvey the Carpenter” by Swedish children’s author Lars Klinting to get an introduction to basic tools. Children will play with toy tools and even make their own wooden picture frames to take home!
Toddler Time is free for members and $5 per non-member child. You can register below or pay at the door.
Join us for our second Plogging in FDR Park! We are excited to partner with the FDR Park staff to help keep our park beautiful. Plogging is a Swedish craze in which you pick up trash while exercising. This event is free but please register below.
Ready to do some early Christmas shopping, but prefer to do it from home? Sign up for a 20-minute time slot and you will be assigned a personal shopping assistant who will contact you via video chat to help you make selections from the ASHM gift shop. Your purchases can be packaged for mail or pick-up. To register for a time slot, call 215-389-1776. Follow the link below to see a video tour of the shop and products.
This year’s conference topic is Bridging Many Worlds: Exploring Concepts of Changing Cultural Identities in the New Sweden Colony. The colonial Mid-Atlantic region was a mixture of Lenape, Susquehannock, Swedish, Finnish, English, and Dutch peoples. This theme invokes exploration of physical and sociopolitical environmental impacts on cultural practices. How did experiences of migration affect traditional customs and concepts of identity during this period, 1638- 1776?
All ASHM members are invited to this exclusive discussion. Museum members will have the opportunity to gather as friends to socialize, learn more about the organization, and get a behind-the-scenes peek at collection objects and exhibits. This month our conversation starter will be what is your favorite museum? This member-only program is free and held over Zoom. Please register below.
Fika is life! When people fika (fee-ka), they take a break, unwind, or just enjoy each other’s company. They share conversations over a delicious cup of coffee and eat customary Swedish or other favorite pastries. This September, the American Swedish Historical Museum is pleased to present an exhibition of original watercolors by Jan Padover featuring various desserts traditionally served during fika. Learn about Sweden’s long history with coffee and how these foods became a treasured pastime loved by people all over the world.
Learning a new language is a fun and exciting challenge. ASHM’s virtual language program gives people the flexibility to learn from their living room! Whether you are brand new to Swedish or Finnish, have some experience and want to learn more, or you are looking for conversation partners, there is a class option tailored to your level. The Finnish Beginners class is taught by Marja Kaisla!
Learning a new language is a fun and exciting challenge. ASHM’s virtual language program gives people the flexibility to learn from their living room! Whether you are brand new to Swedish or Finnish, have some experience and want to learn more, or you are looking for conversation partners, there is a class option tailored to your level. Not sure which class is the best fit for you? Check out the website registration page to ascertain your skill level. Swedish sessions are taught by Carina Åhren.