Vesterheim lends objects to institutions around the country. These have included the Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California; Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska; Ellis Island, New York; Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina; and the Apron Museum in Iuka, Mississippi.
Vesterheim's Objects on Loan
The locations of all the Vesterheim’s exhibits and objects that currently on loan are listed below.
Current Locations
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
Moorhead, Minnesota
June 13 – September 27, 2026
This Vesterheim exhibit explores emigration through first person accounts, cultural history, and large-format black and white photographs by Norwegian Knud Knudsen of life on the southern branch of Norway’s Hardanger Fjord.
Nordic Heritage Museum
Seattle, Washington
This five-year loan to their core exhibition includes a Luther College pennant, a political button, and a bygdelag badge.
Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Center
Stoughton, Wisconsin
This Vesterheim exhibit Innovators and Inventors celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of Norwegian immigrants and their descendants in America.
Also, objects and historical images related to stories of Norwegians in Wisconsin are included in the center’s core exhibit.