Established | 1926 |
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Location | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 39°54′22″N 75°10′52″W / 39.906°N 75.181°W |
Public transit access | SEPTA bus: 17 |
Website | www.americanswedish.org |
The American Swedish Historical Museum is the oldest Swedish-American museum in the United States. It is located in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in South Philadelphia, on part of a historic 17th-century land grant originally provided by Queen Christina of Sweden to settlers of New Sweden.[1]