Free First Thursdays

The first Thursday of every month Vesterheim offers free admission to the museum and a special event, sponsored by Decorah Bank & Trust Co. Check back for future scheduled events.

Martyrs, Monsters, Magic
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Open House in the museum's Amdal-Odland Heritage Center. Find out about the primstav (medieval calendar stick) that inspired a room full of murals: Vesterheim’s Gathering Room in the Amdal-Odland Heritage Center.
Refreshments will be served.

2:45-5:00 p.m. — learn to snowshoe in the museum's Open Air Division!
Join Vesterheim and the Winneshiek County Conservation Board to explore this fun winter activity. All ages welcome and refreshments will be provided in the museum's Lilly Jensen for Winneshiek County Conservation Board will present historical background on snowshoeing in the galleries in the museum’s Main Building at 2:45 p.m. The snowshoe activity will begin at 3:15 p.m., meeting at Vesterheim's Bethania Church at 113 N. Mill Street.

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Behind-the-Scenes tours with Vesterheim curators. Check out Vesterheim's state-of-the-art storage facilities and see an array of fine art and folk-art not currently on display.

Gallery Talks
Last chance to view the exhibitions Norwegian-American Lutheran Colleges and The Peale Collection: Furniture from Hill Farm. Curators will talk about the exhibitions and answer questions from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.