Book Talk and fika
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Education
Start date
Sat, Mar 12 01:30 PM
End date
Sat, Mar 12 04:00 PM
Address / City
Martin Luther Church, 9235 W. Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee
Location
WI, US
After two years, SAHSWI is resuming activities with our first in-person meeting of 2022!
We invite you to join us as our board member and award winning author Martha Bergland explores the life of Thure Kumlein and her new book The Birdman of Koshkonong. Afterward, enjoy a cup of coffee and treats. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Thure Kumlien was one of Wisconsin's earliest Swedish settlers and an accomplished ornithologist, botanist, and naturalist in the mid-1800s. He settled on the shore of Lake Koshkonong in 1843 and soon began sending bird specimens to museums and collectors in Europe and the eastern United States, including the Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for the University of Wisconsin and became the first curator of the new Milwaukee Public Museum.
We invite you to join us as our board member and award winning author Martha Bergland explores the life of Thure Kumlein and her new book The Birdman of Koshkonong. Afterward, enjoy a cup of coffee and treats. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Thure Kumlien was one of Wisconsin's earliest Swedish settlers and an accomplished ornithologist, botanist, and naturalist in the mid-1800s. He settled on the shore of Lake Koshkonong in 1843 and soon began sending bird specimens to museums and collectors in Europe and the eastern United States, including the Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history exhibits for the University of Wisconsin and became the first curator of the new Milwaukee Public Museum.
Organizer
The Swedish American Historical Society of WI, Inc.
Phone
262-781-6113
Email
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