Traveling exhibits available from Museum of Danish America

The Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa offers a variety of traveling exhibits to other museums as well as libraries, schools, clubs, and other venues. Traveling exhibits can be coordinated with Tova Brandt, curator of exhibitions, at 712-764-7001 or curator@danishmuseum.org.

The Danish Pioneer’s Interesting 140-Year+ History Becomes a Traveling Exhibit

One such traveling exhibit available from the Museum of Danish America is “The Danish Pioneer—Connecting an Immigrant Community”, which is funded by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

Five tall panels tell the story of The Danish Pioneer Newspaper (Den Danske 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 Danish American Archive & Library (DAAL) in Blair, Nebraska houses the most complete collection of the newspaper in existence.

The DAAL partnered with the Steffensen family, the current owners of The Danish Pioneer, as well as with the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, for historical content and development of the exhibit.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: http://www.danishamericanarchive.com/.

The Museum of Danish America is located at 2212 Washington St., Elk Horn, Iowa 51531, Tlf. 1-800-759-9192 or http://www.danishmuseum.org/.

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