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Delve into ancestry and history at one of our Genealogy sessions. In April, Marie Thourson will be discussing the Great Chicago Fire. In October 1871, roughly 10,000 Swedish immigrants were living in Chicago. Half of them clustered in the neighborhood around Chicago Avenue, known as “Swede Town,”...

The Museum book club reads a wide range of books from the Nordic countries that can be bought in the Museum Store. In April we will be discussing Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc. Three groups of citizens with conflicting goals reside in a north Norwegian town where the first sunrise is abo...

A kid-friendly event in honor of our upcoming permanent exhibit, We Are America. Join us in preparing for this much-anticipated exhibit opening at an event for all ages. We will be creating some engaging crafts that help children understand the immigration process from Sweden to America. ...

This event will take place at the Museum in the Wallenberg Gallery, where Verna's exhibit is displayed. In researching her father’s immigrant journey from the Swedish area of Finland, Verna Todd came across some curious phenomena. Join her in exploring not only bomarks and gasps, but the Crusade...