Vesterheim Benefit Auction 2024
Get ready for Vesterheim's 2024 Benefit Auction! Items are available to view here now! Each year, the auction includes one-of-a-kind folk-art by artists working in the Norwegian tradition. Don't forget...
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Free Second Saturday
Vesterheim offers free admission the second Saturday of every month. Watch the Live Stream This month, we'll live stream the program FamilieTid: Enchanted Echoes – Tales of Nyckelharpa and Näcken...
FamilieTid: Enchanted Echoes – Tales of Nyckelharpa and Näcken
[vc_custom_heading text="October 12, 2024 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m." use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="medium-heading bold"]Join musician and storyteller Renee Vaughan for a journey into the world of the nyckelharpa and the rich folklore of Swedish...
Barnetimen Children’s Hour – October
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...
October Bokprat: A Coat Dyed Black by Don Pugnetti
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...
The Norwegian Character of Norwegian Mangle Boards Webinar
The host of this webinar is Jay Raymond, author of the book Mangle Boards of Northern Europe, which displays and describes the mangle boards of seven European countries. The mangle boards of...
The Art and Crafts of Ancient Scandinavia Exhibit Closes
This exhibit showcases 21 original oil paintings by D. Sven Lindauer, which were printed in the first book of a series that he created about ancient Scandinavian history. Artist, author,...
Closing Event for Art and Crafts of Ancient Scandinavia Exhibit
This exhibit showcases 21 original oil paintings by D. Sven Lindauer, which were printed in the first book of a series that he created about ancient Scandinavian history. Sven will...
A Dying Norway – in a Living America? Exhibit Presentation
Lars Idar Waage, photographer from Stavanger, Norway, will give a presentation on Thursday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the Vesterheim Commons in connection with the exhibit A Dying Norway – in a...
A Dying Norway – in a Living America? Exhibit Opens
A Dying Norway – in a Living America? Exhibit Opens on November 8, 2024. This exhibit of documentary photographs by Lars Idar Waage is a portrait of Stavanger, Illinois, by...