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Celebrate with special food offered at Mormors Café and Store sales on special Swedish items. ...
Join us for Knitting Group, where we work on our knitting or other projects while enjoying fika. All are welcome, including those who just want to come and socialize. ...
We offer free admission to all on the second Tuesday of every month! In June, enjoy a guided tour of We Are America at 11 a.m., a pop-up table with some featured items from our Collection, a children's paper weaving craft, and Mormors Café specials. Open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ...
The Museum will join Andersonville again in celebrating the longest days of the year at one of the city’s most vibrant street festivals. Located at the south end of the festivities, the Museum will have its own Swedish stage featuring a variety of performances. There will be food and drinks, and of ...
The Swedish American Museum will be returning to participate in Swedish Days, and this year is the festival's 75th anniversary. We will be selling items from the Museum Store. Other festivities include a craft beer tent, a carnival, kids' activities, performances, and a parade. There will be merc...
Join us for Knitting Group, where we work on our knitting or other projects while enjoying fika. All are welcome, including those who just want to come and socialize. ...
Delve into the beauty of Swedish design as our Midsommar Camp will be themed around Swedish art history- from runestones to kurbits. 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Ages 6-12 ...
Experience the Museum's surrounding neighborhood in this tour led by Museum member Kris Pierre. Tours last approximately 1 hour. ...
On the last Thursday and Friday of most months we read a children's book (all available in our Store) and we do a craft. In June we will read Officer Helga Hedgehog Meets the New Neighbors by Helen Lundström Erwin. ...
On the last Thursday and Friday of most months we read a children's book (all available in our Store) and we do a craft. In June we will read Officer Helga Hedgehog Meets the New Neighbors by Helen Lundström Erwin. ...
Chicago’s Eastland Disaster In-Person Presentation By Ted Wachholtz $10. Free for Swedish American Genealogical Society members. Were your Chicago Swedish ancestors involved in Chicago’s worst loss of life? Join us June 28, 2025 and learn about the history, the response and the afterm...
We meet the last Saturday of the month at 2 p.m. to discuss books from Nordic countries that can be bought in the Museum Store. In June we will discuss Fire from the Sky by Moa Backe Åstot. The Zoom meeting information is below. Swedish American Museum is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting....