Delray Beach, FL (Palm
Beach County)
- - - The Swedish Enchantment event is an ode to
Swedish culture, history, lifestyle, fashion and
interior design presented by the Museum of Lifestyle
& Fashion History. A period of rich artistic
development in Sweden
began during the reign of King Gustav III from
1771-1792. King Gustav founded the Swedish Academy in which arts forms such as drama
and opera flourished. This period during Gustav’s
reign was called Swedish Enlightenment
or the Gustavian Enlightenment
period.
Save the date
of Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 11:30am for the
Museum’s 3rd annual Swedish
Enchantment to be held at the historic 1925
Boynton Woman’s Club in Boynton Beach, Florida which is a facility that was designed
by famed architect Addison Mizner and is on the
National Registry of historic buildings. The
suggested attire for the event is fashions accenting
the colors of the official flag of
Sweden which are blue and yellow.
The Swedish
Enchantment event will include a museum curated
exhibit of Swedish fashions and furniture sponsored
by Nordstrom. And, partnering again for the
Swedish Enchantment event is the Consulate of
Sweden for South Florida. The Master of
Ceremony is Angela Rozier, News
Reporter/Weekend News Anchor for WPBF Channel 25.
Coming
directly from London, England, Great Britian especially for
the Swedish Enchantment event will be the renowned
celebrity Swedish chef Anna Mosesson who will
be the chef for the event. Chef Mosesson is of
aristocratic Swedish heritage and is internationally
known for her culinary feats. Chef Mosesson has
run three successful restaurants in
London and Aldeburgh, England include a catering business.
Her popular restaurant Upper Glas located in the
North End of London has received rave reviews
internationally. She is also the author a book
entitled Swedish Food and Cooking that
has been on the Amazon 100 Best Seller List. Among
Chef Mosesson’s culinary offerings, she also
operates the Scandelicious Cooks’
Tours in
Italy and Sweden.
Additionally Chef Mosesson regularly writes a column
for Ikea’s Family Life Magazine.
Swedish
Enchantment is one of the events to celebrate 10th
anniversary of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion
History and it will also be a fundraiser for the
Museum’s educational programs and the capital
campaign fund drive for a permanent facility for the
Museum.
A gallery
dedicated to Swedish people, history, culture and
design is planned for the proposed permanent
facility for the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion
History.
The Museum of
Lifestyle & Fashion History has been the only museum
in
Palm Beach County approved to host traveling exhibits
from the Smithsonian Institution. When the Museum
was located in a donated space in a shopping center
in downtown
Delray Beach, a
number of exhibits from the Smithsonian were
hosted. That shopping center has been sold and
demolished for redevelopment of that entire city
block. Therefore, the Museum had to vacate that
premises. A building is very much needed by the
Museum to once again bring exhibitions to this area
from the Smithsonian as well as artifacts from
around the world. For the permanent building for
the Museum, there are many naming opportunities
available as well as other donation and sponsorship
categories.
The Museum of
Lifestyle & Fashion History is a non-profit museum
that was established in year 1999, therefore, will
be celebrating its 10th anniversary
during the year 2009. The mission of the Museum is
to offer educational programs, and history and
retrospective anthropology exhibits showcasing
lifestyle, cultures, people, places, fashion trends,
clothes, architecture, furnishings, decorative arts,
interior designs, locomotives and toys, and
information about popular uses of artifacts by
people/events of various periods of time. The goal
of the Museum's mission is to collect and preserve
objects and artifacts that relate to the Museum’s
mission; provide educational & cultural arts
programs for children, families, the general public
and the economically disadvantage; and the goal is
to enhance tourist attractions and the economy of
the area.
Unique
financial sponsorship opportunities are available
for the Swedish Enchantment event. For more
information, call the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion
History at 561-243-2662, e-mail
sponsor@SwedishEnchantment.org
or visit the Museum’s website at
www.SwedishEnchantment.org