This event has been canceled. Vesterheim is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 virus. Find more info and updates here. Vesterheim is changing things up for the new year 2020! On the second Saturday of each month, we'll welcome everyone with free admission during our open hours. We're also offering fun family-friendly activities from 1:00-3:00 p.m....
View and bid online at www.biddingforgood.com/VEST-AUCTION for one-of-a-kind folk-art pieces and a choice of any 8-day Viking European river cruise. Bid from anywhere in the world on amazing artwork by experts in the Norwegian tradition!
Update: This event is full. If you are a member and were unable to register due to capacity being reached, please contact ktoussaint@vesterheim.org and we will be happy to share the event recording with you following the event. Thank you for supporting Vesterheim through membership! Participants will enjoy a special behind-the-scenes tour at Vesterheim, traditional Norwegian breakfast...
Barnetimen (Children’s Hour) is online! Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join on our website here or Vesterheim’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Connect with Jennifer Kovarik, Vesterheim’s Youth Educator, to explore objects in the museum’s collection and make art inspired by those objects. This Month: I spy a shape! Shapes, like circles and squares, can be...
Join Vesterheim and the Slooper Society of America for this free 75-minute webinar, open to the public! Norwegian storyteller Anne Elisebeth Skogen will join the webinar from Ryfylkemuseet at Sand, Norway, to tell the story, "With Restauration through Hell Gate to The Promised Land."
Barnetimen (Children’s Hour) is online! Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join on our website here or Vesterheim’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Connect with Jennifer Kovarik, Vesterheim’s Youth Educator, to explore objects in the museum’s collection and make art inspired by those objects. This Month: Get ready for winter! Norwegians have a saying that there is...
Vesterheim invites everyone to a free online opening event for the exhibit, “New Nordic Cuisine.” Registration is required here, and participants will receive an email with a Zoom link for the event. During the online opening event, Dylan Reed-Maxfield, owner of Decorah’s Courtyard and Cellar, will present a Scandinavian craft cocktail demonstration, and Tova Brandt,...
Ring in the season with Vesterheim at a Norwegian Christmas Celebration on December 2, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. This lively day of events includes Scandinavian holiday traditions, crafts, music, a movie, treats, and more. Free admission for kids! Highlights this year: • This event is a great opportunity to see Vesterheim’s special exhibitions, including Spoons: Carving....
Vesterheim’s Norwegian Christmas Countdown is Live! Teams from across the United States are experiencing holiday traditions, being creative, decorating, enjoying being outdoors, getting koselig, and having fun! Join now to collaborate on “missions” in person with your household or “pod,” or invite your friends and family to join together as a team online. Team members...
Vesterheim’s Norwegian Christmas Countdown is Live! Teams from across the United States are experiencing holiday traditions, being creative, decorating, enjoying being outdoors, getting koselig, and having fun! Join now to collaborate on “missions” in person with your household or “pod,” or invite your friends and family to join together as a team online. Team members...
