February 25th

Antique German Spoons

Name: Antique German Spoons
Start: 2024-02-25T13:30:00-0600
End: 2024-02-25T15:00:00-0600
Location: German American Heritage Center & Museum

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Join us to kick off our Kaffee und Kuchen programs! This week we welcome Cammie from the Mississippi Spoon Gallery to learn about her collection of silver spoons from Germany.

Collecting souvenir spoons has been a popular hobby for many Americans since the late 1800s when this European fad swept the nation. Souvenir spoons grew out of the birth of leisure tourism in Europe around the mid 1800s. Wealthy Americans on a Grand Tour of Europe brought home these souvenirs marked with the names of cities and some of the famous landmarks they had seen.

View the fine craftsmanship and artistry of the silversmiths and the history depicted in these unique spoons.

1:30 coffee and cake

2:00 program

FREE for members, $5 for non-members

712 W 2nd St. Davenport, Iowa 52802

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German American Heritage Center and Museum

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The mission of the German American Heritage Center is to preserve and enrich for present and future generations knowledge of the German immigrant experience and its impact on the American culture.

Our focus is cultural programs and immigrant contributions. We reach out to other cultural groups and demonstrate the contributions made by immigrants from many countries and from varied backgrounds to the ethnic palette which is the United States.

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