Kisa Emigrantmuseum
Emigrant museum in one of Kisa's oldest cultural houses, where Sweden's emigration history began, with letters, photographs and objects.
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About the museum
Sweden's emigration history has its origins in Kinda, and here is Kisa Emigrantmuseum, which conveys stories, life stories, courage and dreams. The museum was started in 1979 under municipal management by the librarian Curt von Wachenfeldt and was renewed in 2019 with new exhibitions and sound installations about the causes and consequences of emigration, with a focus on the individual emigrants.
The museum is housed in one of Kisa's oldest cultural buildings, from the 1700s, in the very house where the apothecary Sundius had his emigration office. The farmer and master builder Peter Cassel led the first organised emigration in May 1845, when 21 people travelled to North America and founded the first Swedish colony, New Sweden in Iowa. Cassel's many letters to Sundius were circulated and set off the great wave of emigration from the district. Between 1845 and 1920, over 6,000 people emigrated from Kinda.
The collection shows unique photographs, letters, documents and objects from the district. The municipality's collection of around 1,600 letters has been scanned and can be read digitally. The building also houses Café Columbia, which was opened in 1921 by the Swedish-American Dorothéa Florén.
Highlights
- Stories and life stories from the first organised emigration in 1845
- Letters, photographs, documents and objects from the district
- Sound installations and exhibitions renewed in 2019
- The house where the apothecary Sundius's emigration office was located
- Café Columbia in the same house, opened in 1921
Permanent exhibition
- Utvandringen från Kinda – Exhibitions and sound installations about the causes and consequences of emigration, with letters, photographs and objects from the district.
- Founded
- 1979
- Operated by
- Kinda kommun
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Amenities & dining
- Café
Café Columbia is in the same house.
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