A Facelift for Vesterheim Virtual Galleries Exciting update! We’re enhancing the Virtual Galleries on our website with improved pictures of artifacts in the collection. Explore with sharper detail and immerse…
Vesterheim Open Status
…six or more are encouraged to call ahead at 563-382-9681 for best planning. • Vesterheim Folk Art School offers both online and onsite classes. COVID protocol for onsite class students…
Takk Skal Du Ha, Brenda and David Carlson!
…are so many ways to stay connected with Vesterheim, and we hope you’ll be exploring all our website and social media have to offer. Vesterheim’s Folk Art School continues to…
John McGivern’s Main Streets Features Decorah
…Main Streets,” dedicated entirely to Decorah, Iowa, will air on PBS Wisconsin and may be viewed for free on the PBS Wisconsin website. The show – a local public television…
Why Muriel Gives
Vesterheim Member since 1999 Sustaining Member since 2012 Muriel Stone was interviewed by Vesterheim in 2010. My Norwegian heritage comes through my mother and her mother. My grandmother was 100%…
Vesterheim Welcomes New Trustees – 2021
…Minnesota Gerontological Society. Kvenvold has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including five selections by Minnesota Physician as one of Minnesota’s 100 most influential health care leaders and the…
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Nordic America
…countries had already passed laws allowing women to vote—for example Norway in 1913 and Denmark in 1915. The year 2020 marks the 100 year anniversary of the passing of the…
Groups Sew Support for Community
…Using material donated from quilters and crafters and Decorah’s Depot Outlet along with some purchased supplies, they have made these masks available to over 100 local organizations, including businesses, hospitals,…
Stepping Into Her Family’s Legacy
…demonstrating and teaching, and contributions to the museum collection. “All of my ancestors came from Norway. I always thought it was completely normal to have 100% Norwegian ancestry – but…