Vesterheim Benefit Auction 2023
Get ready for Vesterheim's 2023 Benefit Auction! Items are available to view now here. This year, the auction includes 78 items of one-of-a-kind folk-art by artists working in the Norwegian...
Get ready for Vesterheim's 2023 Benefit Auction! Items are available to view now here. This year, the auction includes 78 items of one-of-a-kind folk-art by artists working in the Norwegian...
Award-winning Danish duo Gangspil is performing beloved traditional music on accordion/harmonica, fiddle, and vocals. This free concert will take place in the new Vesterheim Commons building and will also be...
Vesterheim offers free admission the second Saturday of every month. From June through October, there will be an indoor tour of the museum’s Main Building at 11:00 a.m. and an...
Vesterheim welcomes preschoolers and their caregivers to Barnetimen Children’s Hour. Meet in the lobby of the museum’s Main Building to explore the museum and see how people have captured images...
Meet historian, chef, and author Patrice Johnson for a book signing of Jul: Swedish American Holiday Traditions and Land of a 10,000 Plates! Johnson, AKA Nordic food geek and meatball...
Dr. Maren Johnson, Luther College’s Associate Professor of Nordic Studies and Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies Director, facilitates a regular bokprat, discussing Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life. In October, we'll...
Join the Daughters of Norway Eva Nansen Lodge and Vesterheim Collection Manager Jennifer Kovarik to explore the immigrant experience through stories associated with artifacts in Vesterheim’s collection. Between 1825 and...
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[vc_custom_heading text="Screening on Friday, November 10 (7:00-9:00 pm CT) Discussion on Saturday, November 11 (1:00 pm-2:15 pm CT)" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="medium-heading bold"][vc_custom_heading text="Location: Film viewing is hybrid – in-person in Vesterheim...
Viksdalmaling is not fanciful with Telemark scrolls and imaginative flowers but instead with twisted tongues, elongated teardrops, moons and circles, and plenty of crosses. Viksdalmaling is rich in symbolism and history, yet...