SKÅL! SCANDINAVIAN SPIRITS: Kickstarter campaign will help fund new book project
By Nicky Christensen, Museum of Danish America
Recently, the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa launched a Kickstarter campaign to help the museum publish a book of recipes, photos, and essays relating to Scandinavian drinking traditions and heritage – specifically focusing on beer and aquavit. The book is the catalog for the upcoming national traveling exhibition, “Skål! Scandinavian Spirits.”
The Museum of Danish America needs YOUR help to get it published, and they need it soon because the campaign ends on February 28, 2015. If they don’t make the goal, it’s unlikely that such a useful catalog will be produced.
Please visit the website here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danishmuseum/skal-scandinavian-spirits-exhibition-catalog to view the video and see what it’s all about.
There are a number of fun rewards that you can earn–including a chance to have your, your family’s, or your organization’s name in the book or exhibit!
The Museum of Danish America would certainly appreciate it if you shared this campaign website link with your friends and family. Every little bit helps!
MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT: Denmark, Norway and Sweden share a “spirited” tradition of enjoying beer and aquavit – sometimes together, sometimes separately, and often with food that reflects the same heritage.
The Museum of Danish America is in the process of developing a fun, informative, and engaging exhibition that will explore the cultural history of these beverages and follow those drinking traditions to Scandinavian-American communities.
EXHIBITION ITINERARY
Museum of Danish America, Elk Horn, Iowa April 24 – October 25, 2015
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle Dec 11, 2015 – Feb 28, 2016
Swedish American Museum, Chicago March – July 2016
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iowa August – December 2016
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia January – June 2017
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis July – October 2017
Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Solvang, California January – TBD 2018
The Museum of Danish America is located at 2212 Washington Street, Elk Horn, Iowa 51531, Phone 712-764-7001, Website: www.danishmuseum.org. Please tell the Museum that The Danish Pioneer Newspaper sent you!
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