Gammelgarden Museum Of Scandia

UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR HISTORY IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY GENERATION AND ALL PEOPLE, AND BECAUSE SCANDIA PLAYS AN IMPORTANT, AND EVEN UNIQUE, ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS TO MINNESOTA, BEING THE PLACE OF SETTLEMENT OF THE FIRST THREE IMMIGRANTS TO ARRIVE FROM SWEDEN (IN 1850). THERE ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA IMPORTANT ORIGINAL BUILDINGS FROM EARLY IMMIGRANT DAYS, NOTABLY THE ORIGINAL CHURCH (BUILT IN 1856) AND THE FIRST PARSONAGE (BUILT IN 1868) AND A RELATED FARMSTEAD. THESE MUST BE RESTORED AND PRESERVED TO PREVENT DETERIORATION AND PERMANENT LOSS. A GROUP OF PEOPLE, IN SCANDIA AND ELSEWHERE, HAVE BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT SUCH RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ITS STORY, GAMMELGARDEN MUSEUM OF SCANDIA HAS COME INTO BEING. IT IS THE FOCUS WHICH GOES BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, AND THOSE NOW LIVING IN IT. THEREFORE IT IS A TRUST TO BE ASSUMED ON BEHALF OF OTHERS NOW LIVING AND ON BEHALF OF GENERATIONS TO COME. THE GAMMELGARDEN MUSEUM OF

BUTIK: TRANSLATES TO GIFT SHOP IN SWEDISH. OFFERING FOR SALE ITEMS THAT RELATE TO SWEDISH CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND HISTORY AND THE ROLE SWEDISH IMMIGRATION PLAYED TO THE SETTLEMENT AND CREATION OF MINNESOTA CULTURE AND STATEHOOD, LITERATURE (ADULT AND CHILDREN), COOK BOOKS (SCANDINAVIAN AND MINNESOTAN), HISTORY BOOKS RELATING TO IMMIGRATION, SCANDINAVIAN CULTURE, MINNESOTA AND LOCAL HISTORY SWEDISH HOLIDAY AND SEASONAL CULTURAL EVENT DECORATIONS AND ACCESSORIES. LUTHERAN OBSERVANCE DECORATIONS AND ACCESSORIES. CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (TEXTILES, LINENS, CERAMICS, DALA HORSES, SCANDINAVIAN GREETING CARDS) RELATING TO SWEDISH STYLES/THEMES. PROFITS HELP WITH GENERAL FUND EXPENSES. THE BUTIK DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR PURPOSE TO PRESERVE PRESENT AND PROMOTE SWEDISH IMMIGRANT HERITAGE.

SPELMANSSTAMMAN: TRANSLATES FROM SWEDISH AS SPELMAN (FIDDLE PLAYER) AND STAMMAN (A GATHERING). HELD IN LATE SUMMER, FIDDLERS GATHER OUTDOORS TO PLAY TRADITIONAL SWEDISH MUSIC, AND TO SHARE NEWLY COMPOSED MUSIC. THE MUSIC IS NEVER WRITTEN AND IS SHARED BY PLAYING AND MEMORIZING. THIS IS A FREE TO THE PUBLIC EVENT. THIS EVENT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR PURPOSE TO PRESERVE PRESENT AND PROMOTE SWEDISH IMMIGRANT HERITAGE.

MIDSOMMAR DAGEN: HISTORIC SUMMER CELEBRATION FOR THE SCANDINAVIANS AT SUMMER SOLSTICE. A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN SWEDEN TO CELEBRATE OUTSIDE IN A NATURAL SETTING WITH TRADITIONAL DANCES, MUSIC, WEARING OF FOLK DRESS OF YOUR PROVINCIAL HERITAGE, A BON FIRE, SINGING ETC. THIS IS A FREE TO THE PUBLIC EVENT. MIDSOMMAR DAGEN EVENT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR PURPOSE TO PRESERVE PRESENT AND PROMOTE SWEDISH IMMIGRANT HERITAGE.