American Swedish Institute

American Swedish Institute
The main buildings of the American Swedish Institute
American Swedish Institute is located in Minnesota
American Swedish Institute
Location within Minnesota
American Swedish Institute is located in the United States
American Swedish Institute
American Swedish Institute (the United States)
Former name
American Institute for Swedish Arts, Literature and Science
Established1929 (1929)
Location2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates44°57′18″N 93°15′57″W / 44.95500°N 93.26583°W / 44.95500; -93.26583
Websiteasimn.org
Swan Turnblad House
The Swan Turnblad House viewed from the southeast
Coordinates44°57′18.7″N 93°15′57″W / 44.955194°N 93.26583°W / 44.955194; -93.26583
AreaLess than one acre
Built1903–10
ArchitectBoehme & Cordella
Architectural styleChâteauesque
NRHP reference No.71000436[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1971

The American Swedish Institute (ASI) is a museum and cultural center in the Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The organization is dedicated to the preservation and study of the historic role Sweden and Swedish Americans have played in US culture and history. The museum complex includes the Swan Turnblad Mansion, completed in 1908, and the adjoining Nelson Cultural Center, completed in 2012.

Today, ASI serves as a gathering place for all people to share experiences around themes of culture, migration, the environment and the arts, informed by enduring links to Sweden. The museum offers exhibitions from Sweden and the Nordic region, programming for youth and family, and in recent years, has expanded its performing arts offerings. The museum's restaurant, FIKA, was named "Best Lunch In Minnesota" by the Star Tribune in 2013 for its New Nordic cuisine.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. ^ "Best Lunch – Fika – 2013 Best of MN". Star Tribune. May 20, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2016.