A vacation with a focus
Björklunden vid Sjön is a 425-acre estate on the Lake Michigan
shore just south of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin. A place of
great beauty and serenity, the estate was bequeathed to Lawrence
University in 1963 by Donald and Winifred Boynton of Highland Park,
Illinois. Since 1980, Lawrence has offered a series of adult-education
seminars at Björklunden, interrupted only by a 1993 fire that destroyed
the estate’s main lodge. In 1996, construction was completed on a new
and larger facility, and the Björklunden seminars resumed.
In June 2007, a wonderful new addition to the Björklunden Lodge was completed. When you arrive for your seminar this year, you will discover many new things: a large multi-purpose room, a smaller seminar room, a computer room, a mudroom for the sciences, an observation deck suitable for a telescope, ten bedrooms with lake views, two staff bunk rooms with a lounge area, an elevator, restrooms, storage and mechanical rooms, an outdoor lakeside deck, and additional parking.
This magnificent, year-round facility also allows Lawrence University’s mission as an undergraduate liberal arts college and conservatory of music to extend to Björklunden through a popular series of weekend student-faculty seminars now in its 12th year. Winifred Boynton captured the enduring spirit of Björklunden when she said of her beloved summer home: “Far removed from confusion and aggression, it offers a sanctuary for all.” *Björklunden is pronounced “Bee-york´-lun-den.”
Follow the links at left to view the 2008 Björklunden offerings, by subject matter, by instructor, or by course descriptions that include date and fee information.
To register, complete and mail the registration form (free Acrobat reader required).
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact Mark Breseman,
Björklunden
director, at 920-839-2216. E-mail: mark.d.breseman@lawrence.edu.
Fax: 920-839-2688. Mailing address: Björklunden, P.O. Box 10,
Baileys Harbor, WI 54202.
International Seminar
Björklunden
Seminar in Italy April 12-23
Dan Taylor ’63 and his wife, Donna, will lead a seminar in Florence and Rome,
Italy, for travelers who are eager to do some things with a group and other things
on their own with guidance from knowledgeable sources. In Florence, participants
will spend five nights at the Hotel Brunelleschi, take a walking tour of the city’s
main sites with the Taylors, and visit the Uffizi Museum and the Accademia
Museum that houses Michelangelo’s David. They will spend a day sightseeing,
wine tasting, and shopping in Tuscany—including visits to Siena and San Gimignano.
In Rome, they will stay in the Ponte Sisto Colonna Palace Hotel, visit Orvieto
and its cathedral, and take a nighttime walking tour with the Taylors. Participants
will tour the Forum, Colosseum, Vatican Museums, and Sistine Chapel, visit
St. Peter’s, and spend a day touring Pompeii and the Naples Museum.