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...
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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...
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...
Pioneering Pages: Forming the New American Woman Exhibit Opens
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...
Concert by Vidar Skrede
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...
Syttende Mai
Celebrate Syttende Mai with Vesterheim!
Hand Me Down the Fiddle Exhibit Closes
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Past/Present/Future of Folk Art Exhibit Opens
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...
Vesterheim Activities at Decorah’s Nordic Fest
This city-wide celebration starts with evening ceremonies on Thursday, July 24, and continues all day Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26. Nordic Fest is fun for the whole family...
Past/Present/Future of Folk Art Exhibit Closes
Don't miss your last chance to see this special themed folk art show that celebrates the past, the present, and the future of Norwegian folk art in the United States...