American Swedish Institute

American Swedish Institute

The main buildings of the American Swedish Institute
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Former name	American Institute for Swedish Arts, Literature and Science
Established	1929 (1929)
Location	2600 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°57′18″N 93°15′57″W / 44.95500°N 93.26583°W / 44.95500; -93.26583
Website	asimn.org
Swan Turnblad House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Swan Turnblad House viewed from the southeast
Coordinates	44°57′18.7″N 93°15′57″W / 44.955194°N 93.26583°W / 44.955194; -93.26583
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1903–10
Architect	Boehme & Cordella
Architectural style	Châteauesque
NRHP reference No.	71000436[1]
Added to NRHP	August 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]