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Balcony Exhibit Opening: Across the Atlantic: Sloopers and the First Organized Emigration from Norway to America

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5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Join us for the opening of the ASHM Balcony exhibit Across the Atlantic: Sloopers and the First Organized Emigration from Norway to America. 

Across the Atlantic explores the trans-Atlantic journey of the first organized group of Norwegian immigrants to sail to the United States. Traveling aboard a small sloop called the Restauration, the 1825 voyage took three months and challenged the strength and resolve of its passengers and crew from the very onset of the journey. The exhibit highlights the Sloopers’ motivations for leaving Norway, their experiences on the open sea, and their eventual arrival in the United States.   

The exhibition event is free to the public, with light refreshments served. Please RSVP to help us plan.

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Across the Atlantic: Sloopers and the First Organized Emigration from Norway to America