Swedish American Museum

  1. Events
  2. Venues
  3. Swedish American Museum
Events at this venue
Today

St. Lucia Celebration

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

4:45 p.m. procession up Clark Street starting at the Museum 5 p.m. at the Christmas tree on Catalpa 7 p.m. at Ebenezer Lutheran Church Celebrate St. Lucia Day with Lucia candidates representing Swedish-American organizations throughout the Chicago area. Listen to the choir sing and watch as one of the girls is crowned the Lucia. Andersonville’s...

Event Series Julmarknad

Julmarknad

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

Julmarknad is the Museum’s annual Christmas Bazaar, where traditional Scandinavian and modern handicrafts will be available for purchase. Visit the Children’s Museum for crafts, games and a special visit from Santa. It is entertainment for the whole family and includes kaffestuga, Lucia processions and folk dancers.   For information on more events like this, check...

Event Series Julmarknad

Julmarknad

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

Julmarknad is the Museum’s annual Christmas Bazaar, where traditional Scandinavian and modern handicrafts will be available for purchase. Visit the Children’s Museum for crafts, games and a special visit from Santa. It is entertainment for the whole family and includes kaffestuga, Lucia processions and folk dancers.   For information on more events like this, check...

Family Fun Fest

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

Join us in the Museum parking lot, located on the corner of Foster and Ashland (location will be moved indoors if the weather does not cooperate), for a day of family fun. Festivities include games, crafts and more. Of course, we will be serving Swedish food as well! Most things at the festival will be...

Free

Event Series Midsommarfest

Midsommarfest

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

For three nights and two days, this vibrant and diverse community will bring together over 75,000 people to celebrate a proud Swedish summer tradition with eclectic music, great vendors, food and free kids’ activities. Midsommarfest kicks off Friday, June 9, 5 p.m. -10 p.m. from Catalpa to Foster and continues Saturday, June 10 and Sunday,...

Free
Event Series Midsommarfest

Midsommarfest

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

For three nights and two days, this vibrant and diverse community will bring together over 75,000 people to celebrate a proud Swedish summer tradition with eclectic music, great vendors, food and free kids’ activities. Midsommarfest kicks off Friday, June 9, 5 p.m. -10 p.m. from Catalpa to Foster and continues Saturday, June 10 and Sunday,...

Free
Event Series Midsommarfest

Midsommarfest

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

For three nights and two days, this vibrant and diverse community will bring together over 75,000 people to celebrate a proud Swedish summer tradition with eclectic music, great vendors, food and free kids’ activities. Midsommarfest kicks off Friday, June 9, 5 p.m. -10 p.m. from Catalpa to Foster and continues Saturday, June 10 and Sunday,...

Free

Easter Crafts and Pancakes

Swedish American Museum 5211 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL, United States

Everyone is invited to for a morning of Swedish Easter crafts and pancakes. This is not a drop in event. We will have crafts for all ages and levels and a Swedish pancake breakfast. Cost: $15 members (adults and children 2 and over); $20 non-members (adults and children 2 and over); $5 children aged 12-24...

$5 – $20

We do our best to provide comprehensive, accurate and useful information about events and activities. This information (such as times and locations) is gathered from press releases, websites, signs around town and word of mouth. However, details change and people make mistakes, so please confirm the details before you go. Kidlist is not responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities listed on this site.

Submit an Event
Click on the button above to submit an event to the Kidlist calendar. We welcome everyone to submit events, given that they are family-friendly, free and/or drop-in, and are local for families in the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago. All submitted events are reviewed by the Kidlist team.

Join the List

Let us help you plan fun days!
Get kid-friendly updates straight to your inbox

"*" indicates required fields

When would you like to receive Kidlist emails?*
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Our Amazing Sponsors
Popular Guides