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Permanent Exhibitions

  • On Now:

    November 9, 2024 - January 26, 2025

    Fischersund: Faux Flora

    Organized by the National Nordic Museum, Faux Flora is the first-ever museum exhibition from Icelandic art collective Fischersund—a multisensory journey through scent, sound, and image that reimagines new plant species. Moving through five life-inspired chapters, the exhibition evokes familiar Icelandic motifs in an immersive exploration of growth, transformation, and emotion.

  • On Now: Permanent Exhibition

    Nordic Journeys

    Nordic Journeys expands the Museum’s classic immigration story to include a broader understanding of Nordic life and culture as it has evolved over the last twelve thousand years.

  • On Now: Permanent Exhibition

    Ginny Ruffner: Project Aurora

    Ballard-based artist Ginny Ruffner's monumental Project Aurora has found its permanent home at the National Nordic Museum! A wall of light 20’ in height and aided by artificial intelligence, the installation evokes the Aurora Borealis as its undulations mimic the unpredictability of the natural phenomenon. The work was created in collaboration with technologist Ed Fries and scholar Wanda Gregory.

  • On Now

    Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King

    Danish artist and activist Thomas Dambo transforms trash into treasure, creating public sculptures that beautify their surroundings. The National Nordic Museum will be one of six sites for "Northwest Trolls: The Way of the Bird King."

Current Exhibitions

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • Upcoming:

    February 14, 2025 – May 25, 2025

    Anne-Karin Furunes

    In her first solo exhibition in a US museum since 2010, the National Nordic Museum presents the paintings of Norwegian Anne-Karin Furunes, whose work is inspired by the historic and recent photography of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago situated between the North Pole and Norway.

Past Exhibitions