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Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa is the national Norwegian-American museum and heritage center, with over 24,000 artifacts, 12 historic buildings, a Folk Art School, and a library and archives. This treasure showcases the most extensive collection of Norwegian- American artifacts in the world. Some of its buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Vesterheim’s exhibitions explore the diversity of American immigration through the lens of the Norwegian-American experience and highlight the best in historic and contemporary Norwegian folk and fine arts.
==History==
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.〔(Museum and Library Chronicles Lives of Norwegian Immigrants'' (Vesterheim Museum and Library) )〕 The museum moved into a larger location, a grand Italianate building in downtown Decorah vacated by a publishing company.
The name ''Vesterheim'' appropriately comes from the Norwegian for "western home". The museum sponsors educational events, publications, and lectures related to its mission. Vesterheim's Folk Art School offers classes in painting, woodworking, knifemaking, fiber arts, and cooking in the Norwegian tradition. Each year it presents "The National Exhibition of Folk Art in the Norwegian Tradition" in these traditional Norwegian folk arts: knitting, rosemaling, weaving, wood carving, and knife-making.
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