Dr. Maren Johnson, Luther College's Associate Professor of Nordic Studies and Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies Director, facilitates a monthly bokprat, discussing Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life. Join us in March for a discussion of The Night of the Scourge by Lars Mytting. A riveting and epic family drama set in WWII-era Norway, award-winning author Lars Mytting's...
Join us for Vesterheim's series of cross-cultural webinars exploring stranded colorwork in knitting from multiple cultural perspectives. Cultural Connections: Norwegian Sweaters is the third in the series and is led by Diana Hendrickson, the Director of Special Events at the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco in Peru. Registrants for this webinar will receive an...
The Leading with Our Hearts: Nordic, Sami and Ojibwe Designs from Nature Exhibit Ends April 13, 2025. It is our hope that this exhibition encourages your own artistic curiosity. We aim to lead with our hearts to promote inclusiveness, artistic creativity, and a greater understanding of our shared humanity. – Wendy Savage and Alison Aune Ojibwe,...
Vesterheim welcomes preschoolers and their caregivers to Barnetimen Children’s Hour. Meet in the lobby of the museum’s Main Building to explore objects and stories in the museum’s collection and make fun art. Explore the many beautiful and useful spoons in Vesterheim’s collection to learn how they were made and used and to look more closely...
Four tapestries, woven in traditional Norwegian billedvev or “picture weaving,” for the historic Valley Grove Stone Church in rural Nerstrand, Minnesota, will be on exhibit in the Vesterheim Commons while the church is closed for the winter. The Valley Grove Preservation Society commissioned Vesterheim Gold Medalist Robbie LaFleur of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to design and weave the tapestries...
Sisters Ida and Mina Jensen were born in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway. In 1870 they immigrated with their family to Illinois. Later, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ida and husband Niels Frederik Hansen started a magazine called Fra Alle Lande (From All Countries). Ida wrote a column for homemakers. After the magazine folded in 1888, Ida and her...
Celebrate Syttende Mai, Norwegian Constitution Day, at Vesterheim with a concert by Vidar Skrede! Vidar Skrede is a freelance Nordic folk musician, playing fiddle, Hardanger fiddle, and guitar. He is from Norway and currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has a background in the traditional music of Rogaland, his home area in the south west...
Celebrate Syttende Mai with Vesterheim!
[vc_custom_heading text="Hand Me Down the Fiddle Norwegian Fiddlers, Fiddles, and Fiddle Tunes in the Upper Midwest Exhibit Closes" font_container="tag:h1|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="huge-heading green"]Hand Me Down the Fiddle: Norwegian Fiddlers, Fiddles and Fiddle Tunes in the Upper Midwest Exhibit Closes on May 18, 2025. Who were Ole Bull, Ole Hendricks, Johan Arndt Mostad, Thea Arndt Clark, Bill...
This special themed folk art show celebrates the past, the present, and the future of Norwegian folk art in the United States and abroad. Contemporary artists submit pieces to honor folk art masters of the past; draw inspiration from contemporary culture bearers; explore what folk art might become in the future; or play with some...
