Waterford’s Europe Direct Information Centre is delighted to bring the exhibition Through a Swedish Lens to the Index Gallery in Central Library.
This beautiful photographic exhibition has been created by the National Folklore Collection and celebrates the contribution of four Swedish scholars and writers to Irish culture in the first half of the twentieth century.
The photographers include the celebrated folklorist Carl Wilhelm von sydow, the ethnologists Albert Eskeröd and Åke Campbell, and the writer Harriet Hjorth Wetterström. Each went on to play a significant role in advancing the study of Irish folklore and ethnology and in cultivating Swedish-Irish relations. All four men and women were also capable photographers, and many of the photographs and correspondence with Irish colleagues are now preserved in the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin.
The exhibition will run from 2 – 14 March and can be viewed during normal library opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 10am to 5:30pm
Wednesday and Friday 10am to 8pm.
The Waterford Europe Direct Information Centre, run from Central Library is a contact point for all queries on the EU for the South East Region. The Centre aims to promote informed debate and active European citizenship by providing EU information tailored to meet the needs of the local community.
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