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The American Swedish Historical Museum is the oldest Swedish-American museum in the United States. It is located in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in South Philadelphia , on part of a historic 17th-century land grant originally provided by Queen Christina of Sweden to settlers of New Sweden .
American Swedish Historical Museum: South Philadelphia: Ethnic - Swedish American: Focuses on Swedish contributions to history, art, architecture, music, science and technology Arthur Ross Gallery: West Philadelphia: Art: Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania: Athenaeum of Philadelphia: Center City: Art: Museum of American fine and ...
Courtesy of the American Swedish Institute The museum will follow it up on Feb. 15 with "The Art of Living," the largest presentation of Ann Wolff's work ever put together outside of Sweden.
The American Swedish Historical Museum in South Philadelphia houses many exhibits, documents, and artifacts from the New Sweden colony. [ 28 ] Perhaps the greatest contribution of New Sweden to the development of the New World is the log house building technique.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are more than 600 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 14, 2025.
Philadelphia Museum of Art at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Franklin Institute at 222 N. 20th Street National Constitution Center at Independence National Historical Park at 143 S. 3rd Street Eastern State Penitentiary at 2027 Fairmount Avenue Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing Museum of the American Revolution at 101 South Third Street
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Park (originally named League Island Park) is a park located along the Delaware River in the southernmost point of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprising some 348 acres (1.41 km 2), about 125 acres (0.51 km 2) of buildings, roadways, pathways for walking, landscaped architecture, and a variety of picnic and recreation areas placed within about 77 acres ...
These traditions are preserved by institutions such as the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, [5] the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, [6] Chicago's Swedish American Museum, and the Gammelgården Museum in Scandia, Minnesota. [7]