Migration Melodies: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Heritage

Join Luther College and Vesterheim for Migration Melodies: An Engaging Celebration of Music, Art, and Heritage in connection with Vesterheim’s exhibit Leading with Our Hearts: Nordic, Sámi, and Ojibwe Designs from Nature. Held...

Leading with Our Hearts Exhibit Closes

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...

Barnetimen Children’s Hour – April

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...

Volunteer Training

Vesterheim is seeking volunteers, and we’d love to meet you! Do you want to deepen connections in the Decorah community and make new friends? Do you want to further something...

April Bokprat: Muus vs. Muus by Kari Lie Dorer

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 online in...

The Extraordinary Aprons of Evelina Grimes 

Aprons are usually utilitarian accessories, but a large number of aprons, now at Vesterheim, were made by one woman for the reasons of self expression and public entertainment. Evelina Oppegard...

FamilieTid: Springtime Music from Scandinavia

[vc_custom_heading text="April 26, 2025 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m." use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="medium-heading bold"]Gather the family together and join celebrated Finnish musicians Soili Perkiö and Maija Karhinen for an hour of Scandinavian music. Soili...

The Valley Grove Tapestries Exhibit Closes

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...