Your Gateway to Nordic History and Contemporary Culture
The National Nordic Museum shares Nordic culture, values, and ideas with people of all ages and backgrounds to create connections, generate dialogue, and inspire new perspectives.
Featured Exhibitions
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What's On
Nordic Journeys
Our core exhibit explores Nordic history and culture over the last twelve thousand years. With items from our collection and on loan from the National Museums of all five Nordic countries, you're bound to learn something new on each visit.
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Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders
Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir's Wayfinders greets visitors upon their arrival and guides their path throughout the public spaces of the National Nordic Museum. Wayfinders considers life's journey, including travels and resettlement abroad generally, and the Nordic-American experience specifically.
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Upcoming
Arctic Highways: 12 Indigenous Artists of the Circumpolar North
Arctic Highways invites you to explore contemporary art and handicraft by Indigenous artists from Sápmi, Canada, and Alaska and consider “Arctic Highways”—channels for the fluid exchange of art and culture—that existed long before the artificial borders of nation-states.
Events
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In-person
Aug 14 - 18, 2023
SOLD OUT Art Adventures: Full Day Camp
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Waiting list only
Ages 8-10
About the Museum
Located in Seattle, WA, the National Nordic Museum traces the Nordic themes of connection to nature, sustainability, social justice, and innovation from the earliest anthropological records through contemporary Nordic society.
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Memberships
Become a memberMembers get more! Get free admission to the Museum, early access to special exhibitions, and discounts to events, the Store, and Freya.
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Support
Make a donationWhen you give to the Museum you're supporting the development of exceptional exhibitions and programs that share the Nordic spirit and helping to preserve Nordic artifacts of historical significance.
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Our Mission
Learn more about our missionOur core values inform everything we do at the Museum: openness, sustainability, social justice, and innovation.
News
Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King
Jun 20, 2023
National Nordic Museum is a Blue Star Museum
May 04, 2023
Art, design, and mementos of Nordic culture
Shop our store online or in-person for all things Nordic living.
From our collections
Our permanent collections build out our public display and can be used for reference, research & preservation.
Dines Carlsen Drawings
In the summer of 2020, the National Nordic Museum received 943 Dines Carlsen drawings from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
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2655 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA 98107
The National Nordic Museum shares Nordic culture, values, and ideas with people of all ages and backgrounds to create connections, generate dialogue, and inspire new perspectives.