Vesterheim Begins Restoration to the Outside of the Museum Building Vesterheim is sprucing up the main Museum Building this spring! Contractors, Building Restoration Corporation (BRC), from Rochester, Minnesota, will start…
Bruce Bollerud and the Norwegian-American Polkabilly Sound
Bruce Bollerud and the Norwegian-American Polkabilly Sound – Article from Vesterheim, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2009 In this article, James P. Leary shares the musical contributions of Norwegian-American Bruce Bollerud…
Thank You for GivingTuesday 2020
Thank YOU for being our GivingTuesday Heroes! The Vesterheim community came together on #GivingTuesday and raised over $32,000 for Vesterheim’s Annual Fund! This includes generous matching gifts from The Dahl…
Dressing with Purpose Wins Award
…of International Folk Art in Sante Fe, New Mexico. The exhibit includes pieces on loan from Vesterheim and the book includes an essay from Vesterheim Chief Curator Laurann Gilbertson. The…
Vesterheim From Home
…with Chief Curator Laurann Gilbertson, and they had some fun, too! Each member received a care package in advance of the event, filled with Vesterheim blend coffee (thanks to Decorah’s…
Tattoo Exhibit Opening Event
…exhibit. It’s on view through April 26, 2020. Do you want to be part of the exhibit? Post a photo and story of your tattoo on Instagram or Twitter and…
A Modern Immigrant Story
Resilience, Achievement, Compassion: A Modern Immigrant Story Article from Vesterheim, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2020 by Unni Sonja Blegen. One woman’s inspiring first-person narrative of growing up in Nazi-occupied Norway,…
Norwegian Christmas at Vesterheim 2022
Thank you to everyone who came out in the cold weather for Norwegian Christmas at Vesterheim! We had a wonderful time singing around the tree, making crafts, enjoying live music,…
Folk Art Apprentice Program Kick-Off Weekend
Congratulations to the six new apprentices who gathered at Vesterheim this past weekend to kick off their year-long training. During the weekend, they heard from the varied voices of experienced…