History
The Vesterheim Museum was founded in 1877 as the Norwegian-American Historic Museum. It began as a part of nearby Luther College. In 1967, the Norwegian-American Museum incorporated, becoming a separate entity from Luther College. In 1977 it added Vesterheim to its name.
The name Vesterheim appropriately comes from the Norwegian for "western home". The museum sponsors educational events, publications, and lectures related to its mission. It offers classes in traditional cooking, arts and crafts. Each year it sponsors national exhibitions in these traditional Norwegian folk arts: rosemaling, weaving, wood carving, and knife-making. Many of these arts and crafts are on display annually during the Nordic Fest conducted during the last weekend of June.
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