Be inspired, share history, and create art through Vesterheim’s world-class collection, immersive Folk Art School, and engaging exhibits and programs, including 12 historic buildings. Vesterheim

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School

Arts/Cultural Organization Museum

Exhibits at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, explore the diversity of American immigration through the lens of the Norwegian-American experience and showcase the best in historic and contemporary Norwegian folk arts. This national treasure features a world-class collection of 33,000 artifacts and a Heritage Park of 12 historic buildings, as well as a Folk Art School in scenic Decorah, Iowa.

But you don’t have to be Norwegian-American to enjoy all the beauty and wonder Vesterheim has to offer. Be inspired, share history, and create art while visiting the exhibits, taking a class at the Folk Art School, and shopping the Museum Store!

Medium: 
Fiber, Metal, Other, Wood
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School
PO Box 379 
Decorah, 
IA 
52101
https://vesterheim.org
Instructor and Vesterheim Gold Medalist Teresa McCue Thompson and a group of painters in a rosemaling class. Rosemaling is the decorative painting of Norway. VesterheimVisitors to Vesterheim listening to musician Eden Ehm playing the Hardanger Fiddle, Norway's national instrument, in Vesterheim Heritage Park. VesterheimStep inside Vesterheim’s Museum Building to discover four floors filled with history, art, and culture. The lives of Norwegian immigrants were often as colorful as their folk art, and their stories speak through the objects they left behind. Learn about Norwegian traditions and follow the immigrant story to see how Norwegian Americans sustained and shared their heritage in their "vesterheim," their “western home.” VesterheimWoodworking instructor and Vesterheim Gold Medalist Scott Johnson shares his work in Vesterheim Folk Art School's woodworking classroom. Vesterheim