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
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Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School
520 W Water St 
Decorah, 
IA 
52101
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
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