Syttende Mai (May 17) is the day Norway ratified its constitution in 1814 at Eidsvoll. Now, Norwegians celebrate their constitution with excited crowds, especially children, marching through the ...

DECORAH — Meet some of the artists behind “Water,” an exhibit of contemporary art that is now on view at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School. Everyone is invited to ...

Vesterheim’s celebration includes family events and an online presentation from Norway, which can be watched from the comfort of home or together with others at the museum. Admission is free all day, ...

DECORAH — The annual benefit auction for Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, will be held online from noon Saturday, Oct. 7 ...

Todd Pasche of Minneiska recently won a Blue Ribbon, White Ribbon, Best of Show Award and People’s Choice Award in the annual National Exhibition of Folk Art in the Norwegian Tradition at Vesterheim, ...

DECORAH, IOWA—Luther College and Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, will welcome Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt, to Decorah this September ...

DECORAH -- Interactive exhibits and activities are getting test runs in the new Museum Lab at Vesterheim, the national Norwegian-American Museum Heritage Center. The innovative project invites ...

Legend has it that in letters to the homeland 150 years ago, Norwegian settlers in northeastern Iowa wrote to relatives that the farmland there was not only abundantly fertile, but lacked the ...

DECORAH, Iowa — The annual National Exhibition of Folk Art in the Norwegian Tradition opens June 11 at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah. The judged exhibition continues through July 27 ...

To see the most extensive collection of Norwegian-American artifacts in the world, you don’t have to travel farther than Decorah, home of the Vesterheim National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art ...