…price. Donors who meet these conditions can make an enormous difference to Vesterheim and other charities, while saving BIG on capital gains taxes. Are you looking for a tax-effective way…
Folk Art Apprentices and Artists in Residence 2023-24
…for practicing folk-art instructors to explore Vesterheim’s collection for object inspiration and future teaching ideas. Each awarded artist receives a stipend to use for the cost of travel, lodging, research,…
Member Spotlight: Jim and Kathleen Almelien
…and Kathleen have signed on for close to 100 programs between the two of them. If Vesterheim had an award for “Best Attendance,” the Almeliens would probably be given this…
Interview with Emily Vikre
…travel of flavors. As far back as 200 AD, Norwegians and Swedes were traveling to India and to North Africa. They were never a static people living off hyper-local foods….
Museums for All Program
…and research help libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov and follow on Facebook and Twitter….
Vesterheim Welcomes New Trustees – 2020
…Louise Hanson and her husband Walter own The Nordic Shop, a Scandinavian clothing and lifestyle store in downtown Rochester, Minnesota, which includes an ecommerce website www.thenordicshop.net. They are a Premier…
Innovators and Inventors
…to the pacemaker, invented by Earl Bakken. We also meet people like Harriet Lovseth, the South Dakota teacher who invented a chalk holder to keep her students a little bit…
Vesterheim Welcomes New Trustees
…Trygstad regularly travels to Thailand, China, South Africa, Sweden, Spain, and Italy. He collects and analyzes data, visits classes, and meets with teachers and administrators to help determine a school’s…
School Tours
…Ideal for Grades Pre-K to 12 10-15 minutes per building Cost: Free with museum admission. Reservations required. Available year-round Ideal for Grades 3 to 5 1-hour presentation Cost: $30 per…
Interview with Patrice Johnson
…who was raised by Southern and Midwestern farm people, but they didn’t really have any food traditions, or at least they didn’t have any that we adopted. So when my…