Seeking Stories, Photos, and Artwork About Immigrants

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  2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the United States, and Gammelgården Museum is seeking 250 stories, photographs, poems, and/or artwork that represent a breadth of experiences and diverse narratives about how immigrants have shaped…

Gammelgården’s Interns Add Artifacts to MNCollections

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During May, two of Gammelgården's interns, Paige Ewert and Margot Johnsen, added historic books and embroidered frame caps to the museum's collections management system (CollectiveAccess) which is linked to MNCollections, a digital platform…

Behind-the-Scenes of Documenting Artifacts

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     Since November 2022, the Gammelgården staff has been photographing the museum's artifacts to share on Facebook and on a searchable database on the website. The photographs also will be used on a new museum collections software…

Tomte Photography Show

In conjunction with a visit of delegates from Mellerud, Sweden, Gammelgården Museum has a pop-up photography show of the work of Rolf Linder and Tanja Mueller. Six photographs are combined with many tomtes from Gammelgården's collection -…