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Vesterheim Welcomes New Trustees – 2019
…and the District of Columbia. Elizabeth Platou Ahlgren, Barrington, Illinois, is recently retired from British Airways as a Corporate Sales Manager. Ahlgren’s parents were immigrants from Norway whose ancestors include…
Vesterheim Welcomes New Trustees – 2021
…Tapestry Program, a bi-monthly class serving teens and adults with special needs. She also volunteers at ArtHaus in Decorah. Daniel Fretheim is an attorney in Decorah, Iowa, at Anderson, Wilmarth,…
Thank You, Peggy Sersland
…during her time at the museum. Through her work in the Museum Store and in the Development and Membership Office and through classes in the Folk Art School, Peggy is…
Vesterheim Wins AED & CPR Training
…“It was tremendous news that Vesterheim had been selected as the winner. As a tourist destination with over 13,000 visitors a year, we have a responsibility to be prepared in…
Vesterheim Continues with Campus Updates
…campus,” he continued. Vesterheim has been engaged in a comprehensive, long-range planning process with Snøhetta, the renowned international architecture and landscape architecture firm. Goals of the plan include improving the…
Vesterheim 2022 Impact Report
…lie ahead with the unified museum campus and flourishing online programming are truly awe-inspiring. We wouldn’t be at this exciting point in the organization’s history if it were not for…
The Nordby’s Legacy of Love and Service
…colors, the pronounced design, and the way the character of the wood grain is carried into the composition give a distinct Norwegian character to Mrs. Nordby’s work.” However, it is…
Vesterheim From Home
…pandemic caused Vesterheim to halt in-person events and programming. As we developed more robust ways to stay in touch virtually, through online folk-art classes, webinars, and live streaming, we knew…