So Minnesota: Gammelgården Museum of Scandia

One museum honors those who came to America looking for a better life. Gammelgården Museum of Scandia honors Swedish immigrants who founded the community. “That immigrant story is the same,” Tiffaney Clark with the museum said. “People are coming for some new opportunity, maybe escaping war or famine.” The museum dates back to Annie Johnson, who lived on the land for decades. Johnson sold 11 acres to Elim Lutheran Church. More than 40 years ago several members of the church came together and opened Gammelgården. “The church we have on...