Danish Pioneer History Becomes a Traveling Exhibit

The Danish American Archive and Library (DAAL) in Blair, Nebraska presented a traveling exhibit, The Danish Pioneer—Connecting an Immigrant Community in 2012 in conjunction with The Danish Pioneer Newspaper’s 140th anniversary.The traveling exhibit then continued to other areas in the USA, including the 2012 Rebild National Park Society Annual Meeting in Illinois, The Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn, Iowa and The Danish Home of Chicago. The exhibit is available to travel to any part of the country in the future. Please contact The Danish Immigrant Museum’s Tova Brandt (dkcur@metc.net), curator of exhibitions, to inquire about availability. This exhibit is funded by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Five tall panels tell the story of The Danish Pioneer using photographs and text to trace the newspaper from its beginnings in Omaha in 1872 to the current publication based in Chicago. Viewers will see for themselves how the style and content of the newspaper evolved over time, and come face-to-face with the people who shaped its history. The Danish Pioneer is the oldest continuously published Danish-American newspaper in the United States, and the DAAL houses the most complete collection in existence. The DAAL also contains a wealth of other early Danish American materials including a vast collection of material from the Danish Lutheran Publishing House, which was located in Blair from 1893 – 1960. The DAAL partnered with the current owners of The Danish Pioneer, as well as with The Danish Immigrant Museum in Elk Horn, Iowa, for historical content and development of the exhibit. The Danish American Archive and Library is located at 1738 Washington, Blair, NE 68008, Telephone: (402) 426-7910, E-mail: info@danishamericanarchive.com or Website: www.danishamericanarchive.com. The Danish Immigrant Museum is located at 2212 Washington St., Elk Horn, Iowa 51531, Tlf. 1-800-759-9192 or www.danishmuseum.org.