Coffee with Chris: A Member-Only Event 2025
Vesterheim members – Grab some coffee or hot cocoa and tune in for an insider conversation and Q&A with Vesterheim President/CEO Chris Johnson.
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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 aim to lead with our hearts to promote inclusiveness, artistic creativity, and a greater understanding of our shared humanity. – Wendy Savage and Alison Aune Ojibwe,...
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 fun art. Explore the many beautiful and useful spoons in Vesterheim’s collection to learn how they were made and used and to look more closely...
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 you’re passionate about while learning something new? Do you love history and art? There are so many ways to be involved. This training focuses on...
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 April for a discussion of Muus vs. Muus with author Kari Lie Dorer from St. Olaf. Set in 1880s Minnesota, Muus vs. Muus explores a landmark...
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 Grimes was well known to Minnesota community groups in the 1960s and 1970s as the creator of “apron art.” The program introduces Grimes, then focuses...
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 and Maija return to us for some springtime music – this captivating and engaging hour of singing, dancing, and play will set toes tapping for...
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 is closed for the winter. The Valley Grove Preservation Society commissioned Vesterheim Gold Medalist Robbie LaFleur of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to design and weave the tapestries...
Vesterheim at Around the World Embassy Tour in DC
The Norwegian Embassy is participating in this cultural family event in Washington, D.C. During the event, visitors can travel the world as they go from embassy to embassy and experience the food, art, dance, fashion, and music of different countries. Vesterheim and Luther College will be there along with the following artists sharing their craft!...
The Norwegian Mayflower: The Voyage of the Restauration
Join Nordic Lodge 1-502 in Lake Mills, IA for their Syttende Mai banquet, as they host Dale Goodman for this engaging presentation about the voyage of the Restauration. In the period beginning in 1825 and for about 100 years following, nearly 40% of the population of Norway – more than 800,000 Norwegians – immigrated to...