Free First Thursday
Visit Vesterheim! Enjoy free admission all day.
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Apple Grafting Workshop
Join Dan Bussey, one of America's premier apple experts, for a special Norwegian apple-grafting workshop! We were inspired to offer this workshop by Knud Knudsen's incredible black and white photos of orchards that you can see in the exhibit Rocks and Hard Places: Emigration through the Lens of Knud Knudsen, open now at Vesterheim through...
North Sea to South Seas: Norwegian Sugar Cane Story
Vesterheim is teaming up with the Sons of Norway Kong Sverre Lodge #482 in Story City and Vesterheim members are invited! Kate Martinson, retired Luther College professor and Vesterheim volunteer and trustee, will present North Sea to South Seas: The Norwegian Sugar Cane Story. A little known chapter of the Norwegian-American immigrant story is of the...
Syttende Mai
Are you ready for a parade? Vesterheim welcomes you to a Syttende Mai celebration with a traditional Children’s Parade, a performance by Decorah’s Nordic Dancers, and other activities.
Syttende Mai is the day Norway ratified its constitution in 1814 at Eidsvoll.
Free First Thursday
Visit Vesterheim! Enjoy free admission all day.
Scandinavian Music Jam
The Scandinavian Music Jam continues! Stop by from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Vesterheim’s Bruening Visitor Center, 502 W. Water Street, to learn a tune, share a tune, jam with us, or just come to listen. Bring any instrument you play and join in. This informal music collaboration is great fun for all levels and happens...
Scandinavian Music Jam
The Scandinavian Music Jam continues! Stop by from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Vesterheim’s Bruening Visitor Center, 502 W. Water Street, to learn a tune, share a tune, jam with us, or just come to listen. Bring any instrument you play and join in. This informal music collaboration is great fun for all levels and happens...
Invasion of the UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) – Rosemaling
Do you have painting pieces that you would like to finish, but need motivation to complete? Bring your UFO rosemaling or landscape art pieces and your supplies and gather with other rosemalers in an atmosphere of camaraderie. No formal instruction will be offered, but you’ll find mentorship from fellow rosemalers. The studio will be open...
Free First Thursday
Visit Vesterheim! Enjoy free admission all day.
Scandinavian Music Jam
The Scandinavian Music Jam continues! Stop by from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Vesterheim’s Bruening Visitor Center, 502 W. Water Street, to learn a tune, share a tune, jam with us, or just come to listen. Bring any instrument you play and join in. This informal music collaboration is great fun for all levels and happens...