2008 Gammelgården
Museum Calendar

Summer Celebration of the
150th Birthday of Minnesota!

May 8, 2008 celebrates the 150th anniversary of statehood for Minnesota. And also in May Elim Lutheran Church celebrates their 154th anniversary.

To celebrate the significant role SCANDIA has played in creating Minnesota, the annual Elim Art Show will also add ARTIFACTS! Share Great Grandmothers crocheted table cloth; Uncle Iver’s clock shelf; the toys made by Grandpa during the depression, Mom’s wedding dress, the Sunday china set painted by your parents... whatever is special in your family that also tells part of your family story.

The Art Show ( open to ALL ages) will be displayed at Elim from May 4 thru 31. The Artifact display will be displayed at Gammelgarden Museum May 11-17.

Statehood Day

May 11, 2008

Celebrating Minnesota's 150th Birthday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm: FREE Scandia Community Family Artifact display
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: FREE Meet Historical characters of the 1858 era and hear their stories
Enjoy Birthday cake ( courtesy of Security State Bank)
FREE Power of Pennies display
FREE Historic Building tours
Guests are invited to bring 150 pennies each to be shared with Scandia Lions Scholarship Fund and the Scandia Elementary School Enrichment Fund
The Scandia Community family artifact display will continue May 12-17 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Historical Character Invitation

Sunday Worship in Gammelkyrkan

8:00 am Memorial Day thru Labor Day

Annie’s Swedish Coffee Party

Second and Fourth Saturday
May thru December, 10:00 am
November and December dates focus on Swedish Christmas customs.
A traditional 3-course Swedish coffee party is a perfect way to celebrate birthdays, Red Hat outings, a family get together, or a special treat for yourself and a friend! Coffee Party includes a guided tour of historic buildings. Reservations required. $10.00/person

Director's Tour

June 7, 2008
11:00 am Heritage/Life members gather FREE
Other guests: $15.00 each
Come, meet and eat with Harriet Bishop (started the first public school, 1847) Reservations required. Limited to 50.

Dinner Theatre

June 20, 21, 22, 2008
"Dancing the Cows Home" by Sara deLuca
Sara De Luca is the author of the Minnesota Historical Society award-winning childhood memoir, Dancing the Cows Home. The book traces De Luca's childhood on a dairy farm in Polk County, western Wisconsin in the early 1950s. Her story has two especially powerful threads. One is a compelling portrayal of changing rural life at mid-century: she presents the experiences of a family headed by a strong-willed Norwegian-American mother who loved the stability of dairy farming and an alternately nurturing and angry Danish-American father who felt enslaved by his land and cows. In addition, Sara, who is an identical twin, offers an unusual coming-of-age story. She shows readers how she unraveled her own identity, struggling to gain a sense of self in opposition to her twin, a talented musician. Sara, “the quiet twin,” narrates the reminiscence with pride and humor as well as a gentle sense of loss.
Presented on the Museum Grounds by ArtBarn Theatre, Osceola, WI
Appetizers: 5:30 pm
Buffet Dinner: 6:00 pm
Curtain Time: 7:00 pm
Buffet Dinner features: Beef Roulade, Chicken Wellington, Salmon and Vegetable Tart, fruit/cheese/nuts and greens salad, cabbage and noodle salad with vinegar, wild rice salad, baked brie with lingonberries and rolls/flat bread/butter.
ALL tickets include dessert at intermission.
Dinner and Theatre: $30.00 adults, $50.00/couple
Theatre only: $15.00 adults, $7.50 Elementary age, FREE under 5
Reservations required by June 16, 2008.

Midsommar Dag

June 21, 2008
Celebrating Minnesota 's 150th Birthday

10:00 am

11:00 am

Noon

1:00 pm

Family Reunion signup form(.pdf)
Supported by the LaVine fund.

Spelmansstamma

August 16, 2008

10:00 am

11:00 am: Smorgasbord Elim Lutheran Church $12.00/person

11:30 am: Childrens Crafts and Games

1:00 pm Musicians and Entertainers Parade and Traditional Swedish Fiddle Music outdoors

Bluegrass and Lemonade in the Shade

4th Sunday, May-September, 2008 FREE
2:00 Come with your instruments, voices and hands. Join is and enjoy!
Historic Buildings open for guided tours 1:00- 4:00 admission charged

Comin' to Amerika! Children's Tour

July 15, 17, August 5, 7, 2008
By reservation ONLY
Program for children who have completed kindergarten through 6th grade. Join other young people to experience what it would have been like to be an immigrant "Comin' To Amerika" in the 1800's. It will be a fun filled day with challenging activities to expand the imagination. Everyone will work together as a "family" to succeed in a new land. All participants are asked to dress for the day as an immigrant. This will help the participant to pretend and to better understand what it may have been like to be in a new country as a young person

Swedish Immersion Day Camp (Leka I Byn),

Day Camp Dates: August 12-14
Where children "play immigrant"... visit, observe, ask questions and learn

Swedish Sausage Making

November 1, 2008
10:00 am and 1:00 pm
Come, make 2 different recipes of Swedish Sausage to take home for your Jul pleasure.
Lunch too! Reservations required. $20.00

Lutfisk and Meatball Dinner

November 20, 2008
11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00 and 5:30 at Elim Lutheran Church
Annual and traditional feast with all the best!
NO price change for 2008!!!!
ADVANCE sale of tickets--- sold by serving time $15.00/person
Scandia Butik Annual Sale 9:00 am-7:00 pm
15% discount for all PLUS Members 10%

Lucia Dagen

December 14, 2008
6:00 am and 8:30 am: Swedish Candlelight morning prayer service in GammelKyrkan (old church)
7:00 am and 9:00 am: Swedish Breakfast Bord and Lucia program
Great family tradition for all Ages!
$7.00 adults $4.00 child ( 6-12 years) FREE under 5 yrs.

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