Nordic Heritage Museum - Exhibitions

Exhibitions

As part of the long term exhibits, there are five ethnic galleries, one for each country, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well a gallery, "Dream of America", describing Nordic emigration to the Pacific Northwest. There is also a temporary gallery space.

• Long Term
  • Dream of America
  • Iceland Room
  • Norway Room
  • Denmark Room
  • Finland Room
  • Sweden Room
• Temporary
  • Current
    • My Paradise: 100 Years of Finnish Architects' Summer Homes
  • Upcoming
    • Nordics and Seattle’s First World’s Fair: Celebrating the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
  • Past (Since 2005)
    • Knitting Along the Viking Trail
    • Faces of Copenhagen: Photographs by Itzick Lev
    • Skude 360 Degrees: Paintings by Severin Haines
    • Vastinparit – Counterparts: Photographs by Jari Arffman
    • Latvian Art: Past and Present
    • Northwest Designer Craftsmen: Nordic Roots
    • The Latvians: Fifty Years in the State of Washington
    • Norwegian Resettlement of Jewish Refugees after World War II
    • Maria Coryell-Martin: An Expeditionary Artist in Greenland
    • Eliot O’Hara: Watercolors of Norway
    • Caryl Utigard: Birds of Iceland
    • Facing Climate Change
    • Roland Pantze: Painter of Sami Life
    • Kolmenkertainen Suomalainen: Three Times Finish
    • Nordic Spirit: Early Icelandic Settlements in B.C. & Point Roberts
    • Reminiscences: Icelandic Wood Sculpture Past and Present
    • Elegant Explorations: The Designs of Phillip Jacobson
    • Absolutely Swedish: The photography of Bengt Nilsson & Johan Wedenstrom
    • Three Norwegian Artists: Jonny Andvik, Dagfinn Bakke, Elling Reitan
    • You, I and Fairy Tale – Sa, Ma, ja Satu
    • Immigrants: Graphic Images from Funen Graphic Workshop
    • Tapestry on the Edge
    • Henrik Ibsen – 100th Anniversary Art Exhibit
    • Uncommon Threads
    • The Promise of happiness – paintings by Mark Thompson
    • Kiln Cast Glass
    • Surface Stances
    • Dream Time Fairy Photo Collages
    • Clarence E. “Pete” Pedersen (191402006) A Ballardite for 91 years: His Life and Work
    • The Landscapes of Clyde Aspevig: A Closer Look
    • Swift and Slow: New Drawings by Sol Kjok
    • Memories and Moods – Norway Revisited
    • Northern Glow – Sculptural Pewter
    • Nexus: Paintings by Karl Momen (donated by Museum President Allan Osberg in 2006)
    • Boundary Crossings: Temporal Dialogues in Finnish Landscape Photography
    • Parallel Paths: Two Generations in Art
    • Crabbing in the Bering Sea: Photographs from the F/V Rollo 2003-2005
    • Sacral Space: Modern Finnish Churches
    • Laila Carlsen
    • The Sami Reindeer People of Alaska