Warm up on a chilly winter’s night with a bowl of Swedish yellow pea soup and a cup of punsch. Dinner is served with sharp cheese, bread, and dessert. Vegetarian (not vegan) pea soup will also be available. A special addition this year will be a live nyckelharpa performance! Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for non-members, make sure to get them in advance before they sell out. Register by phone or online by the end of Friday, January 25th.
Save the date for the winter Genealogy Club meeting. Gather with fellow ASHM members and explore the branches of your Swedish ancestry. Not a member, not a problem! There is still plenty of time to get your ASHM membership. Make a day of it and follow up the genealogy program with research time in the library, and then finish the day by attending our delicious pea soup dinner (separate registration required).
What better way to spend a cold winters day than nestled inside the Museum surrounded by warm textiles! In addition to the From the Heart, Made by Hand: Treasures from the Women of Sweden exhibit, artisans will be stationed around the Museum galleries demonstrating various techniques used in creating different types of textiles.
Every Swede knows that one of the best parts about the holiday season is glögg. New this year, ASHM is combining the warm atmosphere of the Museum with the warm glow that comes from drinking this special spiced mulled wine. On December 27th from 3-5pm ASHM invites you to register for a guided tour and glögg tasting.
Be sure to join us this month and see the museum decked out in its holiday splendor! Toddlers and families will get into the spirt by learning about fun Swedish holiday traditions such as St. Lucia Day, Pepparkakor, and Jultomte. We will read Lucia Morning in Sweden by Ewa Rydåker and dance to seasonal music! If you’re not already a member, now is the perfect time to join. Museum members attending December’s Toddler Time will receive a double discount in the gift shop the morning of the program!
Come and experience the wonderful world of fiber arts! This month at Toddler Time preschoolers will explore our new textile exhibits and learn about the meaningful gift given to the Museum in 1938 by the women of Sweden. We will read Wild Rose’s Weaving by Ginger Churchill and practice fine motor skills with our weaving activity centers.
From folk songs to ABBA and Avicci, Swedish musical artists know how to get us moving! Join us this month as we explore music from Sweden and read Moose Music by Sue Porter. Toddlers and parents alike can dance along while listening to the Midsommar favorite Vi Aro Musikanter, 70’s hit Dancing Queen, and club favorite Wake Me Up by Avicci! We will also explore the operatic music of Jenny Lind in the museum gallery and then Toddlers can make their own music during center time.
The hand speaks and craft communicates from the heart. Fiber sculptor Ted Hallman examines the relationship between traditional and modern craft through three contemporary installations on ASHM’s first floor, and gives a gallery talk about the installations.
Exhibit opening is free with museum admission. Refreshments will be served.
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) – renowned Swedish director, scriptwriter, theater manager, dramatist, and author – would have been 100 years old in July 2018. To honor this accomplished filmmaker, Bergman’s anniversary is being celebrated worldwide and on August 24th we open up the doors to our new balcony exhibit introducing Ingmar Bergman and four of his films: The Seventh Seal, Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander.
Museum members are invited to have their children participate in our annual Lucia performance on December 1st and 2nd. They are sure to have fun dressing up as tomtar, pepparkakor, folk dancers, star boys, and Lucia and her attendants while singing traditional Swedish Christmas songs. Attendance at both this and the November 10th rehearsal is required.