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 in January for a discussion of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen. In 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister...
Join us online with the artists of Leading With Our Hearts: Nordic, Sami, and Ojibwe Designs from Nature! Alison Aune, Chi Ma’iingan, Laurel Sanders, Wendy Savage, Dr. Lisa Savage, and Marlene Wisuri will talk about the contributions to the exhibit and the cultural and ancestral roots of their work in textiles, wood, and paint. Register...
Join Sons of Norway Zone 7 and former Vesterheim Trustee Dale Goodman! This is an online meeting of Sons of Norway Zone 7. Dale will join the meeting remotely to share the presentation. Visitors wishing to attend the meeting may email: SonsofNorwayZone7@gmail.com to receive the link. In the period beginning in 1825 and for about 100 years...
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. How does art make you feel? Do you know what the people in artworks are feeling? During January’s program, we’ll look closely at...
Norway has a variety of more than 450 different folk costumes, many of which feature highly embellished aprons, purses, beaded breastplates, and other adornment. Join textiles instructor Jane Addams and Chief Curator Laurann Gilbertson as they explore examples of the fine handcraft that makes each style of bunad so striking and special.
Get outside and enjoy the winter at the annual Barneløpet, a non-competitive ski or walk event for the community’s youngest skiers, ages 3-13. The collaborative Vesterheim Museum and Sons of Norway event will be held at the Decorah Community Prairie at 10:00 a.m., with registration beginning at 9:30 a.m. Skiers must provide their own skis.