Swedes have been working with wood for hundreds of years. This month at Toddler Time families will get to explore ASHM’s collection of carved wooden art. We will read “Harvey the Carpenter” by Swedish children’s author Lars Klinting to get an introduction to basic tools. Children will play with wooden toys and even make their own wooden picture frame to take home!
It’s important to pick the right clothes to keep warm in winter. Join us as we read The Hat by Jan Brett and explore some of Sweden’s cold weather clothing. Toddlers will have fun playing interactive games based on the animal characters from the book and enjoy a winter snack.
Toddler Time is a monthly program, every third Tuesday of the Month. Cost is $5 per child or free for Museum Household Members. There is no charge for accompanying caregivers. No pre-registration required, pay at the door.
The museum is happy to announce our collaboration with the Flyers for a Swedish heritage night on Feb 19th!
Launched in 1928, the same year construction of the American Swedish Historical Museum was completed, the Swedish ocean liner Kungsholm was one of the earliest vessels decorated in the Art Deco style. The Kungsholm’s fashionable passenger spaces made her a popular ship, even during the Great Depression.
People from the Nordic nations love being outdoors. Join us as we explore the history of Nordic navigation, compasses, and the modern-day sport of orienteering.
This season, the Franklin Institute presents Vikings: Beyond the Legend, asking: Who were the Vikings? How did they live?
You can tie nearly everything that the American Swedish Historical Museum does to the word ‘home.’ Our founder sought to celebrate the Swedes who had made America their new home, we preserve and interpret the artifacts used within our ancestors’ homes, and we remind Swedes and Scandinavians that, among friends and family at our cultural celebrations, they should consider the Museum as another home.
“The Jenny Lind mania still continues, like a snow ball, which – crescit eundo – grows larger as it rolls.” – “Jenny Lind in the Metropolis,” The New York Herald, September 5, 1850
-Dr. Hanna Rydh, Women in the Ancient North, 1926
2018 has been a year of momentous elections in Sweden and America. As newly-elected representatives decide upon issues of immigration, social policies, and globalism, we reflect upon the histories of progressivism and human rights that have pushed both countries onto the world stage today.