Three Societies, Four Books, One Museum

The Jussi Björling Society - USA, and our sister societies, the Jussi Björling Sällskapet in Sweden and the Jussi Björling Appreciation Society in the UK, are among literally thousands of such groups dedicated to various passions, activities and avocations. Many of these groups have grown out of almost-random encounters among enthusiasts, although the Internet has made those meetings much less random and much more frequent and targeted. For many of these groups, the reasons for their existence and development were known at one time to some few people, but are no longer remembered as the originating members drop away for one reason or another. An advantage we have over many of these associations is that we know how our various groups were formed and grew, and that the primary founding members of our groups are still available to tell the story and allow us to formalize it in print for ourselves as well as for those who follow us.