The Museum welcomes back Marvin Makinen and Ari Kaplan, prominent investigators on the fate of Raoul Wallenberg on Wednesday, May 23, at 7 p.m.  These investigators will present new information about the possible whereabouts of Swedish humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.

Refreshments will be served, and reservations are recommended.  To learn more about the speakers or to purchase tickets, please click here.

Midsommarfest 2012

The schedule for Midsommarfest 2012 in Andersonville is now available!  Andersonville’s annual street festival will be held on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10, 2012.  The Swedish American Museum will sponsor a Swedish Stage at Clark Street and Foster Avenue with Swedish and Swedish-American entertainment on both days.  To see the complete schedule for this year’s festival, please click here to visit the Andersonville blog.

Musical Months

The Museum will host several concerts in the next few months, starting this weekend with the Merula Choir on Sunday, May 20, at 5 p.m. and then Anders and Maria Larsson’s folk concert on Sunday, June 3, at 6 p.m.  For more information about our concerts or to purchase tickets, please click here to see our online calendar.

Book Evening with Eva Gabrielsson

Partner of the late Stieg Larsson, Eva Gabrielsson, will discuss her book There are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me on Tuesday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Swedish American Museum.  This event is hosted by the Museum and Women and Children First Bookstore in Andersonville.

Exhibit: Images of Sweden

On Friday, March 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Museum’s new exhibit Images of Sweden: From the Artist’s Brush and the Photographer’s Lens opens.  The exhibit opening is free and open to the public.  This is a display of photography and paintings by Rev. Tord Harlin and his wife, Gunnel, a Swedish family involved in education and fighting poverty through the Lutheran World Federation of Sweden.

To learn more about this exhibit, please click here.

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