On Saturday, September 23, 2023, Vesterheim held the first official event in the new Commons building during a visit from former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Anniken Huitfeldt! The…
Support from Iowa Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts
Vesterheim is pleased to announce that it has received a 2019 Cultural Leadership Partner Operating Support Grant from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural…
Margit and Roald Tormondsen
…Margit and her sister-in-law made the trip from northern Minnesota to Vesterheim to take rosemaling classes. Their instructor was Sunhild Muldbakken, a Gold Medalist in rosemaling and woodworking from Sioux…
Luther Students Visit Vesterheim Commons
…Commons is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. All are welcome to come and explore this new addition to the museum. Contact Chivonne Marlow, cmarlow@vesterheim.org, if you are interested in…
The Extraordinary Aprons of Evelina Grimes
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Preview of Vesterheim’s Tattoo Exhibit at Toppling Goliath Beer Launch
Everyone enjoyed the special preview of the exhibition Tattoo: Identity through Ink, at Toppling Goliath Brewery last Saturday! TG launched the new Valkyrie Strike IPA, which is available exclusively at…
Folk Art In Place: Doug Swenson
…recreate the rural village shop of the time period from 1890 to 1910. His work is significantly influenced by early Scandinavian work with a special interest in the Viking Age….
Svenson Hollands Honor Family Stories
Dawn Svenson Holland grew up in Decorah and was immersed in “all things Norwegian.” It was simply part of family life. Her father, Gary D. Svenson, was one of the…
Luren Singing Society and Norwegian Male Choruses in America
…together in Decorah, Iowa, to form a male quartet and sing the songs of their native land in four-part harmony. One of them, Hartvig Engbretson, was a native of the…
Bruce Bollerud and the Norwegian-American Polkabilly Sound
…to the hybrid old-time regional sound best described as polkabilly. James reported that Bruce passed away in 2020 after the writing of this article and he is greatly missed in…