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Fall/Winter 2017 To preserve, teach and celebrate Swedish heritage. Fall/Winter 2017 Join us for IN THIS ISSUE the Museum’s Annual Museum Expansion and Future page 3 Benefit Gala New Exhibits pages 10 and 11 Christina Juran through Nov. 26, Gordon Strömberg through Nov. 19, Bonader from Dec. 5 through Jan. 7, 2018, and “It’s Just Ducky!” in the Raoul Wallenberg gallery from Nov. 24 through Jan. 14, 2018, pages 4 and 5 Around the Museum Curator’s Corner, page 6, Genealogy, page 7, Children’s Museum, page 9, 40th Anniversary Campaign, page 12, Programs and Events, pages 13 and 14, Donations, page 15, New Members page 16, this month’s Volunteer Profile is on page 17, and Registration and Museum Membership forms are on page 19. ➣ New at the Museum Store page 8 Swedish American Museum MISSION STATEMENT Through its arts and educational programs and its permanent Dear members and friends, collection, the Swedish American Museum interprets the immigrant experience for children and adults and promotes an appreciation of As many of you know, there is always On Sept. 8 the Museum took the next contemporary Swedish-American culture. something happening at the Museum and step of continuing to be the Swedish hub in FLAGGAN the last couple of months have been very Andersonville, and we are now the owners of is published quarterly by the exciting. Not only did we finalize the Water two Swedish designed buildings. We added Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street Tower project with the installation on Aug. almost 4,000 sq.ft. to our current 24,000 Chicago, IL 60640 Phone 773.728.8111 8, 2017, we started the kitchen project and sq.ft. building and we also have a wonderful Fax 773.728.8870 purchased the building north of the Museum. courtyard behind the 5217 building that we Editors: KARIN MOEN ABERCROMBIE K. STEPHEN ANDERSON The return of the Water Tower was covered hope to connect to from our gallery space. The ANGELICA FARZANEH-FAR by almost every news channel in Chicago and ideas are many and we will share them with all Board of Directors Officers we had friends and neighbors cheer on the of you as they come to life. The current leases Chair – JANET NELSON Vice Chair – CATHERINE HOLMQUIST workers during the almost 12-hour installation. at 5217 extend into second quarter of 2018 and Treasurer – DAN JURAN Miles Lindblad, the architect and designer our hope is that we will be ready for next year’s Secretary – ELSE-BRITT DELONG of the new Water Tower, and I were on the holiday season. Stay tuned for updates and Board of Directors JULIE BENSON platform on the roof as the tower was being information on the expansion and we hope that ANNIKA JASPERS lowered from the crane. It took a large team all of you share in our joy of being part of the TED JOHNSON WESLEY LINDAHL to make the project happen and we are all next phase for the Swedish American Museum. VEREEN NORDSTROM thankful to Mark Schall and Kevin Kazimer The last project, to be completed in 2017, ELIZABETH PETERSON STEVE SATEK for their part in contracting Arcorp Steel and is the renovation of our kitchen. We have FRANK J. SCHNEIDER KATE M. SHEEHY working with Miles and Industrial Fiberglass, workers starting at 5 a.m. almost every day JIM THYBONY Inc. Perry & Associates performed all the to make sure we can finish on time. The fun KATHY VOSS structural engineering work to make sure we part of looking at commercial grade appliances Historic Consultant DR. PHILIP ANDERSON have a sound tank on the roof. Together we has started and our goal is to have the kitchen Museum Staff installed the first replacement tank in Chicago, done and inspected before the holiday season – Executive Director something we can all be very proud of. fingers crossed! KARIN MOEN ABERCROMBIE Fundraising Coordinator A little earlier in the summer, right before This was a little summary of what we all ALLISON DEERR Communications Manager July 4, was the start of two intense months worked on during the summer and you are able ANGELICA FARZANEH-FAR to secure the purchase of 5217 N. Clark St. to read about the Museum and our programs Member & Community Engagement Manager Thanks to the work of Board Chair Janet Nelson, for the rest of the year as you continue through CAROLINE GERBAULET-VANASSE Trustees Chair Bengt Sjögren, and all the Flaggan. In addition to programs at the Museum Education Manager STACEY NYMAN Marketing Assistant BRITNEY SCOTT directors of the board and trustees, we were we hope you can take part in Inherit Chicago – Curator KEITH ULRICH Store Manager FRIDA IDESTEN able to move quickly to make an offer. After a citywide intercultural festival of art, ideas, Accountant AFABLE CONSULTING some negotiations that Madelaine Gerbaulet- and performance at Chicago’s neighborhood Board of Trustees Vanasse was guiding us through, we received cultural centers and heritage museums. The Chair – BENGT SJÖGREN DR. GUNNAR ANDERSSON the confirmation that our offer was accepted. core members of Chicago Cultural Alliance are LARS BRUNK It had been a couple of nervous days when our “Celebrating our past, embracing our future.” LARRY EKSTROM ALBERT GOODMAN offer was being compared to an investor’s offer. We are grateful for your support, interest, GORDON GORANSON The excited feeling of being a step closer to and dedication to our Museum. It’s all because of ROBERT GRAMEN RUSSELL HOLMQUIST the purchase (a dream come true) was soon you that we have this wonderful place that we KERSTIN LANE J. ROBERT LIND sidelined by the detailed to-do list and time can all call ours – Swedish American Museum. NELS NELSON crunch of securing financing to make everything Tack WAYNE E. NELSON KEN NORGAN possible. Annette Seaberg along with others PAUL RIMMINGTON CLAES WARNANDER at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America worked intensely to get it done. We received daily Life Trustees TOMAS AND BIRGITTA BERGMAN updates and during my vacation in Sweden the NANCY BODEEN HARRIET BOLLING wonders of technology were duly tested with Karin Moen Abercrombie ULLA BRUNK cell phone calls between Chicago and our little Executive Director BO AND ANITA HEDFORS JON & JANE LIND place in the woods of Storbo, Dalarna. — 2 — Flaggan Fall/Winter 2017 Museum Expansion Recalls Architect’s Legacy The recent acquisition by the Swedish construction of the new location of that October in the finished basement. American Museum of the historic Lind and Severin Hardware. His talent was well known among three-story building adjoining its Established by Hjalmar J. Lind institutions with connections to north wall recalls the involvement in 1888 on Oak Street, the growing Swedish immigration. In addition to of architect Andrew E. Norman hardware firm relocated in 1909 from Ebenezer Lutheran, he built Ebenezer in construction of several iconic one Swedish neighborhood to another Swedish Lutheran in Summerdale, structures in Chicago’s Andersonville at 5209 N. Clark. That was adjacent to Concordia Swedish Lutheran, neighborhood. the existing structures that had been Humboldt Park Gospel Tabernacle, Museum Executive Director Karin built by Norman and were to be razed English Lutheran Unity in Edgewater, Moen Abercrombie announced the 18 years later. the Viking Temple, and the Augustana purchase of 5217 N. Clark St. on Sept. Construction of the three-level Old People’s Home. 8. Planning for its integration with the hardware building, occupied since Born in Värmland, Sweden, in 1860, main building will take place while the 1988 by the Swedish American Norman immigrated to Michigan in 1880 leases of existing occupants expire. Museum, is credited to another and became a U.S. citizen in 1888. The building is one of several architect, Edward Benson. In 1909, Moving to Chicago, the self-taught that architect Norman added to the Benson also had designed and built inventor and cabinetmaker opened the business district of the growing Swedish 5207 N. Clark for the R. Hall Bakery. office of “Andrew Norman, Architect community. Constructed in 1914, the The name “Hall” is still visible on its and Builder” at 1562 Devon Ave. storefront was soon occupied by the white façade. In 1934, Andrew Norman died at Carl A. Nelson Meat Market. Norman is perhaps best known in age 74 and was buried in Rosehill Among Norman’s previous projects Andersonville for locating Ebenezer Cemetery. His wife, Ulrika, died 10 were North Clark Street locations Lutheran Church, the “Swedish years later and was interred with her at 5211 (the present address of the Cathedral,” at 1650 W. Foster Ave. husband. Five of their 13 children are Museum) and 5215, both in 1905. Ground was broken on Memorial Day also buried at Rosehill. They were demolished in 1927 for 1904, and the first services were held by Stephen Anderson Our Visitors and the Future Who comes to the Swedish American “Where are you from?” to “Looking parts of the Museum in their visit Museum and why? What are people to the future, what are 1-3 things you as well. The Children’s Museum is a interested in learning about and would like to see at our Museum?” unique hands on Museum that brings what impressions do our visitors The visitors who answered my survey in a large number of visitors every leave with? These were some of the were all from Andersonville or nearby day and it was interesting to hear the questions on my mind so I decided to neighborhoods, with the exception of responses. create a “Visitor Feedback” survey, one who was from Sweden. I do not Our visitors, be they members or asking questions that would help feel it is too far a stretch to surmise, non-members, are the lifeblood of me understand what expectations and it is nice to see, that we are a the Museum and hearing this feedback people who come here might have.
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