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                                                                  Summer
                                                                  2018

P.T. Barnum Brings Jenny
Lind to America…Again
by Katie Callam

“The Jenny Lind mania still continues,         of the New-York Daily Tribune, Barnum
like a snow ball, which – crescit eundo –      claimed that his true intent was to
grows larger as it rolls.” – “Jenny Lind in    expose the country to a magnificent
the Metropolis,” The New York Herald,          artist:
September 5, 1850                              “… I assure you that if I knew I should
                                               not realize a farthing profit, I would yet
With the success of the recent movie           ratify the engagement, so anxious am I
musical The Greatest Showman (released         that the United States shall be visited
December 2017), interest in Swedish            by a lady whose vocal powers have
soprano Jenny Lind (1820-1887), “still         never been approached by any other
continues” today as it did in 1850.            human being, and whose character
Rebecca Ferguson (who, like Lind, was          is charity, simplicity and goodness
born in Stockholm) plays the opera star        personified.”
coaxed to the United States by the
legendary showman P.T. Barnum, played          Almost immediately, the publicity
by Hugh Jackman. In a departure from           Barnum generated began to feed off of
the historical record, Ferguson’s Lind         itself. “The all-absorbing topic in the
falls for the married Barnum, setting up a     saloon, the hotel, and the family circle is
central conflict in the film. Though some      the distinguished stranger [Lind],” noted
reviews of The Greatest Showman                one newspaper. When she arrived in New
 were tepid, audiences embraced the            York for her first set of concerts, crowds
upbeat, pop-heavy soundtrack and               stampeded and concerts quickly sold
family-friendly story. The movie-Lind’s        out. Lind was the darling of the press,
power ballad “Never Enough,” written by        with her movements in any given city
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, claims many        reported across the country. “Lind
YouTube covers and was performed by            mania” spread beyond the east coast
contestants on the most recent seasons         when she performed in cities including
of NBC’s The Voice and ABC’s American          New Orleans, Memphis, Madison, and
Idol. Despite its popularity, the film might   Cincinnati.
leave viewers wondering: why has Lind’s
star power endured to the present? And         Historians have pointed to Lind’s
how did she become a cultural                  impeccable reputation and charitable
phenomenon in the first place?                 giving as factors in her mass appeal: she
                                               was a woman of the stage who
In the U.S., the phenomenon began with         nevertheless embodied her Christian
Barnum. Following a ten-year career            faith. During the eight months she toured
singing leading roles in opera houses          with Barnum, Lind reportedly donated
across Europe, the so-called “Swedish          upwards of ten thousand dollars to
Nightingale” had retired in 1848. But the      charities including the New York City Fire
profit-minded showman convinced her            Department Fund and several orphan
to undertake an American concert tour.         asylums.
In a February 20, 1850 letter to the editor

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Note from                                     Of course, Lind’s personality was only one
                                              factor: there was also her voice, with its
                                                                                                    purchased by or for young, white, middle-
                                                                                                    class women to sing at home. Today, major
the Director                                  wide range and beautiful tone in its high
                                              register. By contrast, Lind’s musical number
                                                                                                    collections of “Lindiana” are held at the
                                                                                                    ASHM, the New-York Historical Society, and
                                              in The Greatest Showman, “Never Enough”               Stanford University.
Summer has a much different feeling           (sung by Loren Allred), is in a lower range
at the museum than the other seasons          than would have been comfortable in Lind’s            As Lind did not live into the era of recording
of the year. In some respects, it seems       voice and its musical style is very different         technology, her voice can now only be heard
quiet. We have fewer events on the            from nineteenth-century opera repertory.              where memory and imagination intersect:
calendar, fewer school children on the        After her first Boston concert, one paper did         perhaps the unknowableness of her voice is
premises, and most of the time, no new        not even attempt to describe Lind’s voice:            part of its allure.
exhibitions opening. But it in actuality,     “Vain – lunatic would it be – to attempt to
it is not a quiet time at all, as we see an   describe the qualities of Jenny Lind’s voice.         Watching The Greatest Showman, we do not
uptick in visitors on weekdays, and the       The soul felt every trill of her melodious            hear what nineteenth-century audiences
                                              utterance – the whole air seemed to vibrate           would have heard. But we do, in a way, get a
few events that we do have-Swedish
                                              with her sweet and astonishing eloquence.”            taste of their experience. The film, writes the
National Day, Midsommar, Smörgåsbeer                                                                Guardian’s Caspar Salmon, “though hokey
and Crayfish are big celebrations! It is                                                            and trite at its core […] offers a genuine rush
                                              The memory of Lind’s tour – of her
actually our busiest time of year for our     personality and her voice – was kept alive in         of spectacle and wonder.” With its help, we
educational programs—it’s just that           the decades after her 1852 return to Europe           too can leave the theater excited by –
they are off-site at libraries across our     through both objects and music. The                   perhaps even humming – the songs
tri-state area. And, of course, weddings,     seemingly endless array of Lind-inspired              we just experienced.
weddings, weddings (37 between May            knick-knacks produced in the 1850s have
                                              lived on in museum collection: figurines,             Katie Callam is completing her PhD in historical
and October!). Behind the scenes, each
                                                                                                    musicology at Harvard University. Her dissertation
staff member is busy with something,          cups and saucers, medals, cigar boxes,
                                                                                                    explores how music history was crafted during the early
whether it is wrapping up the closing of      and glass bottles, to name but a few. Lind’s
                                                                                                    twentieth century in the United States and includes a
the fiscal year, planning for the next        repertoire ended up in thousands upon
                                                                                                    chapter on the Jenny Lind centennial celebrations of 1920.
                                              thousands of parlors during the nineteenth
series of exhibitions, or for putting plans
                                              century in the form of sheet music, often
in place for the upcoming year’s
programs and activities.

As I reflect on the upcoming summer, I        Hear the Work of                                      accompanied by Julia Sjöstedt. An original
                                                                                                    piece written for Lind, entitled “Jenny Lind’s
hear each activity as its own instrument
creating the rhythms and hum of a tune        Jenny Lind Live:                                      Greeting to America” has been located at
                                                                                                    the University of Pennsylvania, in the Keffer
punctuated by bursts of sound and joy,                                                              Collection of the Kislak Center at the
moving in and out. Music is a language,       The 2018 Jenny Lind Scholar,                          University Library. The 2018 Jenny Lind
but the beauty of it is that you don’t have   Kine Sandtrø Performs at                              Swedish scholarship winner, Kine Sandtrø
to know the language in the technical         Gloria Dei Church on                                  has been asked to sing this as a part of her
                                                                                                    concert. Since the original Jenny sang at this
sense to understand and enjoy it! It          June 8th, 2018
speaks to our spirits, bypassing our                                                                church in 1850, it will be the first time this
                                                                                                    music has been heard in 168 years!
minds. That’s why music is such an
accessible way to bridge cultures, too.
                                                                                                    The June 8th concert at Old Swedes Church
This summer’s newsletter, and several
                                                                                                    in South Philadelphia is a benefit for the
of our summer activities revolve around                                                             Gloria Dei Historic Preservation Trust and
music. I hope you will consider                                                                     the Augustana Institute. Kine is a student at
introducing some of your friends to                                                                 the Royal School of Music in Stockholm and
the museum this summer through the                                                                  won a national contest to tour America. Her
music.                                                                                              accompanist is Julia Sjöstedt who studies at
                                                                                                    the Academy of Music in Stockholm. Both
                                                                                                    young women will present a varied program
                                                                                                    of Nordic folk music and Opera arias in the
                                                                                                    near-perfect acoustics of Pennsylvania’s
                                                                                                    oldest church. See the calendar of events for
                                                                                                    ticket information.
Tracey Beck                                   The music of Jenny Lind will be brought
                                              back live and in person at a very special
                                              concert at Gloria Dei (Old Swede’s) Church
                                              on the evening on Friday, June 8th, with
                                              Norwegian soprano, Kine Sandtrø, as the
                                              2018 Jenny Lind Scholar and will be
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New on View
                                              A new painting was installed on the ASHM’s       Lie’s paintings quickly drew attention,
                                              balcony in early May. Dr. Kirsten Jensen, a      appearing in hundreds of shows and even in
                                              collector of Scandinavian art, loaned a          the Oval Office during Franklin Roosevelt’s
                                              massive painting by Norwegian-American           presidency. Despite Lie’s critical acclaim
                                              artist Jonas Lie. This painting, The Fleet,      in America, Norway’s mountains and seas
                                              depicts a Norwegian fjord and fishing boats      remained the artist’s greatest inspiration.
                                              in an ethereal, impressionistic style.
                                              Child of a Norwegian father and American         Even while painting the coasts of New
                                              mother, Lie immigrated to the U.S. in 1893.      England, Lie noted that “the keys and
                                              After several years of schooling, he began       chords and harmonies of my work come
                                              designing calico shirts at a New York cotton     from the North.” Lie’s paintings transport
                                              mill to support his family. Lie’s years at the   viewers to ethereal memories of the artist’s
                                              cotton mill and intermittent lessons formed      homeland.
                                              the backbone of his art education. He did
                                              not pursue painting full-time until 1906.

New Faces at ASHM
The Museum has had several new staff          Hampus Öberg,                                    Ann Charlotte Storer,
members join us (or who are about to join
us!) in 2018. We hope that you will have a
                                              Marketing Assistant                              Gift Shop Manager
chance to meet them soon and welcome                          Hampus was born and                              Born in Sweden, Ann
them to the community!                                        raised in Stockholm,                             Charlotte moved abroad
                                                              Sweden and will be joining                       almost 20 years ago to live
                                                              the Museum as our new                            and work in the small
Elin Karlsson,
                                                              marketing trainee! He is a                       country of Luxembourg in
           Weekend Manager                                    recent graduate from the                         the center of Europe. After
                Elin moved to South Jersey    Stockholm School of Economics, with              meeting her husband, their family of four
                from Sweden in mid-2015       masters’ degrees in finance and                  eventually moved to the Philadelphia area in
                after a quick stop in         international management. One of                 2009. Her early career was in the financial
                California. The move to the   Hampus’s biggest passions is photography,        and banking world, but she has more
                East Coast was the result     and he has been running his own portrait         recently started working as a translator, as
of her husband being accepted to medical      and wedding photography business for             she always loved languages. She translates
school in the area. She became acquainted     several years alongside his university           material from English into Swedish and is
with the American Swedish                     studies. Growing up he would spend the           fascinated by the importance that language
Historical Museum through a Google            summers sailing in the Stockholm                 has in our society, and how it develops
search, which quickly led to a few            archipelago or hiking and picking berries in     and changes all the time. Ann Charlotte is
visits and then involvement in both           the forests of northern Sweden, which has        excited to work as the Gift Shop Manager
Midsommarklubben and Smörgåsbeer.             turned into a love for the outdoors. He is       and hopes to keep the shop full of fun and
She is about to graduate from Camden          looking forward to becoming a part of the        interesting products that relate to Sweden
County College with an Associate’s Degree     ASHM community and participating in all          and Scandinavia!
in Languages and International Studies and    the Swedish traditional celebrations
hopes to continue her studies in political    at the museum!
science later this fall.
                                              Mabel Rosenheck,
                                              Weekend Manager
                                                              Mabel Rosenheck is a writer
                                                              and historian who lives in
                                                              South Philly and works at
                                                              the Wagner Free Institute
                                                              of Science. Her writing has
                                                              appeared in The Toast, Vice
                                              Sports, the Mad Men, Mad World anthology,
                                              and elsewhere. She has a PhD from
                                              Northwestern University in media and
                                              cultural studies.

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To Register For Events
Upcoming Events and Registration Info
                                                                                                       call 215-389-1776, or visit online at
                                                                                                       www.americanswedish.org/calendar.htm

There is always something going on at the       Concert with 2018 Jenny Lind Scholar,               Summer Concert- OSKAR STENMARK TRIO
American Swedish Historical Museum. See         Kine Sandtrø                                        Friday, August 3rd, 6:30pm-8:00pm
                                                Friday, June 8th, 7:30pm                            Head over to ASHM for a free summer evening
below for scheduled events. Please check
                                                At Gloria Dei Church (Old Swede’s),                 concert on the Terrace. The OSKAR STEMARK
with the Museum to confirm dates and
                                                916 Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA                TRIO combines traditional Swedish melodies
other details. Refunds will not be granted      The Royal Stockholm School of Music has             with improvisation and New York jazz sounds.
for cancellations after the registration        selected young Norwegian soprano, Kine              Feel free to bring a picnic blanket or a lawn chair
deadline. To register for events by phone       Sandtrø, as the 2018 Jenny Lind Scholar! She        and enjoy the smooth tunes among the fireflies.
call (215) 389-1776. Online registration is     will be accompanied by Julia Sjöstedt who is        Cash bar and food will be available to purchase
                                                studying piano at the Academy of Music in           food and drinks throughout the evening.
available through links in the Museum’s
                                                Stockholm. For one night only, this talented
email announcements or on the                   pair will recreate a summer evening of song                           Crayfish Party
Events Calendar page of our website,            from 1850 when the original Jenny Lind sang                           Friday, August 17, 6:30pm
americanswedish.org/calendar.htm.               at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church. Enjoy this                        Get a taste of Swedish summer
                                                program of Nordic folk music and opera arias                          at our annual Crayfish Party!
                  MONTHLY PROGRAM:              in the near-perfect acoustics of Pennsylvania’s                       Enjoy a buffet of crayfish and
                  Toddler Time                  oldest church! Suggested donation: $20/adult                          Swedish meatballs, along with
                  10:30 am - 11:30 am           and $10/student, pay at the door.                   crisp bread, cheese, potatoes, cheese pie, and
                  The third Tuesday of each                                                         glass of akvavit all outside under our beautiful
                  month ASHM offers specially                     World Cup                         lighted and decorated tent. $50 for ASHM
                  designed programs to                            Viewing Party:                    and SACC Philadelphia members, $60 for
introduce Swedish culture through art,                            Sweden vs Germany                 non-members. Register by phone or online by
science, and literature in fun and creative                       Saturday, June 23, 2pm-4pm        August 13th.
ways to children ages 18 months to 4 years                        Come and cheer on the home
                                                                  team! Catch every play on our     The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska
old. The cost is $5 per child or free for
                                                big screen projector and speaker system in the      and Sami Walking with Reindeer
museum Household Members. There is
                                                air conditioned Josef Frank Gallery. Ticket price   Current Exhibits on View through
no charge for accompanying caregivers.
                                                includes admission to our Midsommar event           August 26th
Optional pre-registration by phone or online.
                                                right after the game. Cash bar and food             Be sure to visit our current exhibits The Sami
Tuesday, June 19: Soccer Fever                                                                      Reindeer People of Alaska and Sami Walking
                                                available for purchase. Admission: $8 for
Tuesday, July 17: The Ways We Go,               Members, $12 for Non-Members. Children 4-12         with Reindeer before they close on August 26th.
                                                $5. Online pre-registration is recommended for      Check out our website for more information.
    Transportation
                                                the watch party and tickets can be purchased        http://www.americanswedish.org/exhibitions/
Tuesday, Aug 21: Summer in Sweden                                                                   special-current
                                                through the events page on our website.
Tuesday, Sept 18: Harvest Fest!
                                                                 Midsommarfest                      Annual Meeting
                 Swedish National Day                            Saturday, June 23, 4pm-7pm         Sunday, September 16, 3pm
                 Wednesday, June 6                               Celebrate summer at our            ASHM members are welcome to join us for
                 10-3pm                                          annual Midsommarfest,              our annual meeting, where we will present the
                 What better place to                            complete with food, drinks,        Amandus Johnson Volunteer Service Award.
                 celebrate Swedish National                      home-made Swedish pastries,        This day will also mark the opening of our next
                 Day than at the American       live music, maypole dancing, as well as free        special exhibition, From the Heart, Made by
Swedish Historical Museum! Enjoy free           games for the kids. Members $8,                     Hand: 80 Years of Hemslöjd at ASHM.
admission including guided tours at 11am        Non-members $12, Children 4-12 $5.
                                                                                                    Summer Concert
and 2pm highlighting the history of the         Pay at the door.
                                                                                                    Ann-Marita Scandinavian Roots
museum, and a special Swedish summer
                                                                                                    Friday, August 31st, 6:30pm-8:00pm
dessert treat.                                                    SmörgåsBeer
                                                                                                    Be sure to check out our second ASHM free
                                                                  Saturday, July 21, 5pm-8pm
Save the dates!                                                   Spend a summer evening
                                                                  sampling local Philly and
                                                                                                    summer evening concert on the Terrace.
                                                                                                    Norwegian musician Ann-Marita will bring
                                                                                                    the audience along on a journey through the
Be sure to mark calendars for these exciting                      International lagers, ales,
                                                                                                    centuries as she performs Scandinavian folk,
events:                                         stouts, and more all paired alongside a
                                                                                                    contemporary, and original songs centered
                                                spread of Swedish inspired eats. Enjoy all of
                                                                                                    around stories about Scandinavian immigrants
Saturday, November 10th: New Sweden             this along with lawn games, trivia and groovy
                                                                                                    in the United States. Cash bar and food will be
     History Conference                         tunes provided by a DJ. Tickets are $30 in
                                                                                                    available to purchase throughout the evening.
Friday, November 30th: Julbord                  advance, $35 at the door, with a special
Saturday, December 1st: Lucia                   designated driver price of $10. Register
                                                online or by phone.

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Images from                                 u Delicious semlor prepared by the
                                            Auxiliary for our Semlor & a Movie

Recent Events                               event in February

Photographs by ASHM Staff                   qEaster witch dress-up at Easter
                                            Family Fun Day in March

p How many can you find?! Easter egg
hunt on the lawn in front of the museum

                                            t ASHM’s Tracey and Trevor with
                                            Marlene Wisuri and Nathan Muus
                                            from the Sami Cultural Center of
                                            North America at the opening of
                                            The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska
                                            in April

                                                                                      pWe had many exciting items to bid on in our Spring Ting auction this year!

p Marlene Wisuri introducing our latest exhibit, The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska

                                                                                                                                             pChildren dancing to
                                                                                                                                             ABBA in the grand hall at
                                                                                                                                             Toddler Time in February

                                                                                                                                             t Chairman of the Board
                                                                                                                                             Erik Muther and Treasurer
                                                                                                                                             of the Board James Walker
                                                                                                                                             at Spring Ting

p Spring Ting guests enjoying
a delicious dinner prepared by
Jeffrey Miller Catering

uThe guest of honor at Toddler
Time in April, 3-week-old calf
Daffodil!

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Contributions                                  Visit our web page americanswedish.org/support or call 215-389-1776 for more information.

Thank You for Another                          Patrons                                        Donald R Johnson
Wonderful Spring Ting                          John & Kristina Antoniades                     Kathleen Leef
                                               Leonard Busby & Ruth Lindeborg                 Karen Owens
                                                                                              Harry Schaeffer
Thank you to everyone who joined us at         Robert & Ingrid Cagan
                                                                                              Denise Costello
Spring Ting and helped celebrate the           Ginny Swedberg                                 Joan Francis
Museum’s 92nd year! We would also like to      Thomas & Julia Patterson                       Margaret Testa
say special thanks to our generous Spring      Sandra Pfaff
Ting corporate sponsors and donors, our        Rev. Dr. Kim-Eric Williams &
honorary guest Carina Bergfeldt, Jeffrey       Ruth Nelson Rizzi                              In Memoriam
                                                                                              The ASHM lost some very special members
Miller Catering for the delicious dinner,                                                     in the last few months. We send our deepest
Karin Hampel for playing the piano so          Friends
                                                                                              condolences to their friends and family.
beautifully for us during the cocktail hour,   Roni Christensen
and to the Spring Ting Committee for           Lila McCleary                                  Al Ostrand
helping us plan another successful event.      Mary Anne Powell                               Patricia Rathbun
                                               Fanny Warren
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                                               February 1 through April 30, 2018
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                                                                                              Kristina and John O’Doherty
                                               Organizational                                 Swedish Colonial Society
                                               Ludington Public Library
                                               Household                                      Gold
We were so thrilled to welcome Carina          Ursula Avallone                                William & Tracey Beck
Bergfeldt back to the Museum and to honor      Jim Battista                                   Ragnhild & Bo Bergqvist
her with the 2018 Outstanding Achievement      James & Sonia Benner                           Roy & Donna Johnson
                                               Cynthia & Bruce Brandt                         Britta A. Mattson
Award. Having reported on some of the
                                               Ernest Brattstrom                              Sandra & Fred Pfaff
world’s greatest catastrophes and now                                                         Fanny Warren
                                               Sarah Christian
connecting Swedes with America as
                                               Leslie DiNardo
Swedish Television’s U.S. Correspondent, it    Josh Duckwitz & Toby Ranck                     Silver
is hard to think of anyone more deserving      John Evenwel                                   Roberta Petusky
for this year’s award!                         Cara Grugan                                    Abby Shaw
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Whibco                                         Robert McCrea                                  Mary Corrigan
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Benefactors                                    John Patterson                                 ExxonMobil Foundation
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Roy & Donna Johnson                                                                           Edie & Al Rohrman
                                               Anne & Mark Stewart
Paul Muther & Ulla Dagert-Muther               Beverly Walker                                 Ellen T. Rye
Mary Wagner                                    Alexandra Weaver
                                               Violet Zakhary & Family                        Friend
Sponsors                                                                                      Alice Christensen
                                               Household                                      Community Explorers Day Services, Inc.
Bo & Ragnhild Bergqvist
                                               Tiller Family                                  Mr. & Mrs. Evald R. Eskilson
Carin & John Foster                                                                           Barbara E. Good
Gene & Mary McCoy                                                                             Marlin R. Mattson, M.D.
                                               Individual
Kristina & John O’Doherty                      Tracey Smith                                   Ellen T. Rye
                                                                                              Birgitta Wilson
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From Opera to ABBA: Music in Sweden!
                                                 In order to reach a wider family audience,     As always, we hope to bring the program to
                                                 the American Swedish Historical Museum         as many libraries and community cen-
                                                 creates a new summer library outreach          ters as possible. The program can travel
                                                 program each year within the national          throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and
                                                 Collaborative Summer Reading theme.            New Jersey so if you are interested in having
                                                                                                From Opera to ABBA: Music in Sweden at
                                                 The 2018 theme is “Libraries Rock,” and        your library this summer, be sure to pass
                                                 ASHM will introduce families to the music      on the museum’s information to your local
                                                 of Sweden. This rocking program will have      librarian!
                                                 kids dancing and singing in the book isles.
                                                 Families will get an introduction to
                                                 classical opera, traditional folk, ABBA,
                                                 and even discover the Swedish musicians
                                                 of today. Children will explore Swedish
                                                 culture and how music is integrated into
                                                 daily life and holiday traditions while
                                                 performing an opening operatic warm-up,
                                                 collaborative choral song, fanfare fiddle
                                                 craft & folk dance finale. Families can keep
                                                 the fun times rolling on the ride home
                                                 with a take-home CD of traditional and
                                                 contemporary Swedish music!

Sign Up Now to be Swedish in Seattle
                                                 The cost for the trip will be $2250 per
                                                 member double occupancy ($515
                                                 additionally for single occupancy) and
                                                 $2350 per non-member double occupancy
                                                 ($515 additionally for single occupancy)
                                                 This will include four nights and four
                                                 breakfasts the Hotel Andra, entrance
                                                 fees to all attractions and tours, three
                                                 lunches and one dinner, charter bus
                                                 transportation, as well as airfare on
                                                 American Airlines.

Our itinerary for the Seattle trip has finally   The deadline to register for the trip is
come together! We are excited to announce        July 13th. For a more detailed itinerary
our plans to visit Seattle September 20-         or questions about registration,
September 24. The trip will include a visit      please contact Caroline Rossy at
and tour of the new Nordic Museum, with          crossy@americanswedish.org or
Director Eric Nelson, lunch at their new         (215) 389-1776, ext. 108.
Café Freya, a tour of the Ballard Locks, a
visit to a Swedish bakery and dinner at
the Swedish Club. We will also see classic
Seattle sites such as the Space Needle,
Chihuly Glass and Garden, an Underground
tour, Pike Place Market, and harbor tour
with Argosy Cruise, as well as a day trip to
nearby Woodinville for lunch and a winery
tour and tasting, with a stop at the beautiful
Snoqualmie Falls.

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Won’t You Join Us?                                                                         World Cup
                                                                                           Watch Party:
                                               Summer members will have access to the
                                               Museum from Memorial Day through            Sweden vs. Germany
                                               Labor Day weekends (May 26th-               June 23rd 1:30-4:30pm
                                               September 1, 2018). The cost of the         Come cheer on the home teamand take
                                               Summer Membership is $30, and it can be     advantage of discounted tickets for
                                               purchased on our website.                   members! Sweden is playing Germany in
                                                                                           the World Cup on June 23rd at 2pm. What
                                               You and your household will receive free
                                                                                           better place to get your Swedish pride on
                                               general admission for the duration of the
                                                                                           than at the American Swedish Historical
                                               membership, along with three guest
                                               passes, discounted admission to our         Museum game day watch party! Catch
Do you know anyone who is curious about        events and programs, as well as a 10%       every play on our big screen projector and
joining the ASHM, but not ready to commit      discount in the Museum Shop. This is the    speaker system in the air conditioned Josef
to a full year of membership? Or perhaps a     perfect opportunity to get to know the      Frank Gallery. The best part is that your
family looking for low-cost, fun summer        ASHM if you have been curious about the     ticket price includes admission to our
activities? Help us spread the word about      Museum, and is ideal for local families     Midsommar event right after the game.
our new summer membership option. You          looking for things to do during the
                                                                                           Cheer on Sweden then dance around the
can also give it as a gift to friends and      summer break from school. We hope
family!                                                                                    Maypole and enjoy the perfect summer
                                               that you will join us!
                                                                                           evening on the Museum terrace in FDR
ASHM’s Summer Membership is a new                                                          Park. Cash bar and food available for
seasonal offer that will allow you to get to                                               purchase. Admission: Members $8,
know the Museum, take advantage of our                                                     Non-members $12, Children 4-12 $5.
exhibitions and programs, and experience                                                   Online pre-registration is recommended
the beautiful surroundings of FDR Park in
                                                                                           for the watch party and tickets can be
the summertime.
                                                                                           purchased at http://www.americanswedish.
                                                                                           org/events.
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