At Play, an imaginative new exhibition produced by the American Swedish Institute that celebrate its 90th anniversary and explores 29 objects from ASI’s collection and the stories behind them.
Visitors are invited to not only re-discover the wonder of featured objects, many on public display for the first time, plus view newly opened rooms in the Turnblad Mansion, but also encounter such surprises as a 20-foot-tall Dala horse, a kitchen ceiling lined with colored wooden spoons and a ballroom full of balls. extra/ordinary was inspired by the book A to Zäåö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute which features original watercolor paintings and ink illustrations by the Minnesota mother-son team of Tara Sweeney and Nate Christopherson. The exhibition will be on through July 5, 2020.
