Mission and public details
BUILDING COMMUNITY and CREATING EXPERIENCES INSPIRED BY NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN STORIES and FOLK ART. THE MUSEUM is A NATIONAL TREASURE THAT EXPLORES THE DIVERSITY of AMERICAN IMMIGRATION THROUGH THE LENS of NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, SHOWCASES THE BEST IN HISTORIC and CONTEMPORARY NORWEGIAN FOLK and FINE ARTS, and PRESERVES LIVING TRADITIONS THROUGH CLASSES IN NORWEGIAN CULTURE and FOLK ART, INCLUDING ROSEMALING (DECORATIVE PAINTING), WOODWORKING, KNIFEMAKING, METALWORKING, TRADITIONAL FOOD WAYS, and TEXTILE ARTS.
- Organization
- VESTERHEIM NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM
- EIN
- 42-6081638
- Address
- PO BOX 379, DECORAH, IA, 52101-0379
- County
- Winneshiek
- NTEE classification
- A500
- Organization website
- Visit website
