This permanent exhibit traces the building and sailing of the Hjemkomst, the Viking ship replica that sailed to Norway in 1982. A 12-minute video introduces the story of this historic event and the exhibit surrounds the ship with a 360-degree photo tour of the deck and artifacts from the voyage on display. Housed inside the … Continue reading "Dare to Dream: The Hjemkomst Saga"
Visit this life-size replica of the Hopperstad Stave Church that still stands in the village of Vik, Norway today. There are only four life-size stave church replicas in the United States. This one stands outside the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minn. Visitors can walk around it any time for free, but to see the glorious … Continue reading "Hopperstad Stave Church Replica"
Who were Ole Bull, Ole Hendricks, Johan Arndt Mostad, Thea Arndt Clark, Bill Sherburne, Hans Fykerud, Dagny Andrea Quisling, Ellen Blagen, and Elmo Wick? Find out about these Norwegian and Norwegian-American fiddlers, as well as fiddle makers and tune collectors from Norwegian-American communities in the Upper Midwest. This exhibition includes music made on Hardanger fiddles … Continue reading "Hand Me Down the Fiddle: Norwegian Fiddlers, Fiddles, and Fiddle Tunes in the Upper Midwest"
The Norsk Museum is in the first permanent Norwegian settlement, in LaSalle County around the Fox River, which is now Norway, Illinois. This first pioneer group, called “Sloopers”, was led by early explorer Cleng Peerson. The Sloopers came to America primarily for religious freedom. This group of 52 immigrants was a combination of Quaker and … Continue reading "Norsk Museum"
This exhibit presents two series of prints by Minnesota artist Amy Sands. The Bunad series is a set of 20 framed polymer photogravure prints of close-ups of the needlework on historic bunad at the Osterøy Museum in Norway; this set will be on display at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minn., Sept. 7, 2024 through … Continue reading "Trådar/Threads"
The Norsk Museum is proudly sponsoring the Lars Idar Waage photo exhibit “A Dying Norway – In A Living America?” at the Norway Community Building for three days. September 13-15: • Friday 6-8 p.m. • Saturday 1-5 p.m. • Sunday 1-5 p.m. On Sunday, the exhibit will join the Cleng Peerson Sons of Norway lodge … Continue reading "A Dying Norway – In A Living America?"
