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The Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center, commonly known as the ''Hjemkomst Center'', is museum in Moorhead, Minnesota. Hjemkomst Center first opened in 1985 and serves as a home to Hjemkomst Viking Ship, Hopperstad Stave Church replica, quarterly museum exhibits, and county archives. The Red River Valley exhibit is a permanent display of the geologic and cultural history of the valley and its settlers. In 2009, the Clay County Historical Society (which was founded in 1932) and the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center merged to form the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Hjemkomst Center )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County )〕 ==''Hjemkomst''== ''Hjemkomst'', which means "Homecoming" in Norwegian, is a replica Viking ship that is permanently housed in the center of the museum. The ship is a full-scale replica of the Gokstad Viking ship that was discovered in Norway in 1881. The idea for building the ''Hjemkomst'' was that of Robert Asp (1923-1980), a guidance counselor at Moorhead Junior High School. Construction on the ''Hjemkomst'' began in 1974 at the Leslie Welter Potato Warehouse in Hawley, Minnesota. The warehouse site was then transformed into the Hawley Shipyard during the construction. That same year, Asp became diagnosed with leukemia; however he still continued to build the ship; he had help from other volunteers. In July 1980 the Hawley Shipyard was torn down for the removal and christening of the completed ship. The ''Hjemkomst'' was shipped overnight to Duluth, Minnesota, on August 5, 1980. Asp held the rank as captain during the ship's maiden voyage throughout Lake Superior until his death four months later on December 27, 1980. In May 1982, Asp's three sons and daughter along with eight members of the ''Hjemkomst'' crew decided to sail the ''Hjemkomst'' to Norway, which was Asp's original dream. The ship departed New York City on June 8, 1982 and arrived in Oslo, Norway two months later on August 9, 1982. The ship stayed in Oslo for a year until it was transported back to Minnesota on the ''M/V Brunto''. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hjemkomst – (Yem-komst: Norwegian for Homecoming) )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Viking Ship Replica )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hjemkomst Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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