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- Tomas Colbengtson and Stina Folkebrant: Mygration
- From Dawn to Dusk: Nordic Art from Sweden’s Nationalmuseum
- Sublime Sights: Ski Jumping and Nordic America
- The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch's Photography
- La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns
- Swedish Dads
- Gudrun Sjödén—A Colourful Universe
- Why We Collect: New Acquisitions from the National Nordic Museum
- Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
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- Studio 54 and Beyond: The Photography of Hasse Persson
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- Lessons from the Arctic: How Roald Amundsen Won the Race to the South Pole
- Marimekko, With Love
- Susan Ringstad Emery
- Flora Metamorphicae
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- People, Places, Changing Lands: The Photography of Anders Beer Wilse
- The Weather Diaries
- Nathalia Edenmont: Force of Nature
- Norway and the United States: Partners in the Polar Region
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- Warner Sallman: The Master Painter
- Diana Velasco: Dual Exposures
- PLU at 125: Lutheran Education on the Frontier
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- Keep Clam and Carry On: The Ivar Haglund Story
- National Identity Galleries: The Nordic Countries
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- Thomas Dambo: Nordic Swan
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- Alvar Aalto’s Jyväskylä by Janne Tuunanen
- The Whale Child
- Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders
- Arctic Highways
- Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King
- Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century
- Søren Solkær: Sort Sol
- La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns
- Ginny Ruffner: Project Aurora
- Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg: A Place of Opportunity and Transformation
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- Virtual Julefest Kids Craft: Nordic Paper Snow Stars
- Julefest AfterDark: Rainbow Bingo w/Sylvia O’Stayformore
- Exhibition Talk: Conservatives and Revolutionaries in the late 19th Century Scandinavian Art World
- Soup & Cinema: The Fencer (Finland)
- Genealogy Program: Parent
- Gallery Tour: From Dawn to Dusk April 23
- Nordic Stories: Where Are You, Wilbert?
- Shopping Party (Member Only) Spring 2022
- Virtual: Ejnar Nielsen and the Psychographic Image
- Stage Reading with Playwright Camara Lundestad Joof
- Soup & Cinema: Elling (Norway)
- Youth Art Class: Learn to Paint a Gnome Home with Willow Heath
- Virtual Workshop: Papercutting Portraits with Anna Brones
- Documentary Screening: Wild and Wonderful in Denmark April 21
- Virtual: The 46th Annual Kalevala Event: Finnish Kantele: Remembering Wilho
- Documentary Screening: Wild and Wonderful in Denmark April 28
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails April 28
- Iceland - Mostly Nordic Concert Series
- Gallery Tour: From Dawn to Dusk May 5
- Secrets of the Sprakkar with First Lady Eliza Reid
- Virtual Lecture: Building Emotional Bridges - Nature, Culture, and National Identity in Sweden
- Norway - Mostly Nordic Concert Series
- A Trip Through The Nordic Region
- Art Adventures Summer Camp
- Mostly Nordic: From East to West and Back Again
- How To Be A Viking Summer Camp
- Creative Adventures: Nordic Stories with the National Nordic Museum and Seattle Children's Theatre
- Story Drama with National Nordic Museum and Seattle Children's Theatre
- Drama Quest: Viking Seafarers with National Nordic Museum and Seattle Children's Theatre
- Denmark - Mostly Nordic Concert Series
- Teacher Appreciation Week 2022
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen - Friday Classes
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen - Saturday Classes
- Documentary Screening: Passage to Sweden
- Peer Gynt—Community Partner Concert
- Virtual Viking Metal-Weaving Bracelet Class
- Virtual Nordic Innovation Summit
- Nordic Innovation Summit—Overnight Success Takes 11 Years: An Evening for Investors and Innovators
- Meet the Author: Erika Fatland, The Border
- Across the West and Toward the North Opening Party
- Run Like a Viking
- Bloodworks July 2023
- An Afternoon with Grieg
- Nordic Swan Opening with Danish Ambassador
- Gallery Tour: From Dawn to Dusk - July 9
- Gallery Tour: From Dawn to Dusk - July 17
- Lecture: Plague, Piety and Long Distance Travels with Atle Næss
- Nordics in Hollywood: Casino Royale (2006)
- Wallenberg Lecture: Morten Kjærum, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- Curators Lecture: Across the West and Toward the North
- Genealogy Lecture: “A Guide to Norwegian Genealogy, Emigration and Transmigration"
- Nordics in Hollywood: The Witches (1990)
- The Shipyard Salmon BBQ
- Nordic Fjord Dinner
- Nordics in Hollywood: Casablanca (1942)
- Meet the Author: Nancy Marie Brown, Looking for the Hidden Folk
- Nordic Stories: The Penguin and the Pea
- Virtual Workshop: Translating a Landscape into a Papercut
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 9.23.22
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 9.24.22
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 9.30.22
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 10.1.22
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 10.14.22
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 10.15.22
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails 09.22.22
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails 10.27.22
- Gallery Tour: Across the West and Toward the North 08.19.22
- Gallery Tour: Across the West and Toward the North 09.11.22
- Gallery Tour: Across the West and Toward the North 11.6.22
- Gallery Tour: Across the West and Toward the North 11.23.22
- PCNW Photoworkshop: Finding Inspiration
- Meet the Authors: Henrik Berggren and Lars Trägårdh
- Nordic Stories: The Son of the Sun and the Daughter of the Moon
- Run Like a Viking Meet-Up Event
- Grieg for Four
- Authors Talk: Chenoa & Keith Egawa, The Whale Child
- Introduction to Papercutting with Anna Brones
- Introduction to Nålebinding with Christin Curran
- “Taking the High Ground: Tough Men and Tough Places in 19th Century Landscape Photography” with Dr. James Swensen
- Indigenous Corps of Discovery Presents: Don't Go North!
- Film Screening: "The Seer and the Unseen" (2019)
- Frame Loom Weaving with Allyce Wood
- Scand30: 1 Object, The Wierlo Sauna by Andrew K. Nestingen
- Fireside Chat with Ambassador Mikko Hautala: From Russia and Ukraine to Finnish NATO Membership
- Alvar Aalto Lecture with William C. Miller
- Indigenous Corps of Discovery: "Across the West" Gallery Tours
- Meet the Author: Ryan Thomas Skinner, Afro-Sweden
- MEXAM NW Festival 2022
- Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day
- Scand30: 1 Object, Yakima Chief Dehydrated Potatoes by Temi Odumosu
- Taste of Iceland 2022: Fireside Chat with Alex Strohl
- Nordic Stories: Little Polar Bear
- Nordic Stories: December 2022 (The Wild Christmas Reindeer)
- Virtual Viking Metal-Weaving Bracelet December Class
- Holiday Papercutting
- Virtual Workshop: Papercutting for the Holidays
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails 12.15.22
- Family Sunday Workshop: Nordic Crafts for the Holidays
- Meet the Author: Nicklas Brendborg, Jellyfish Age Backwards
- Scand30: 1 Object, Nordic War Stories and the forgotten ‘freedom fighter’ armband of 1945 w/ Marianne Stecher-Hansen
- Meet the Author: Barbara Sjoholm, From Lapland to Sápmi
- Members & Guest Winter Shopping Party
- Artists Tomas Colbengtson and Stina Folkebrant in Conversation with Curator Leslie Anne Anderson
- Down the Rabbit Hole: An Exploration of Time
- Meet the Author: Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen
- Nordic Stories - January 2023 (Dino Duckling)
- Educator Open House
- Virtual Workshop: Papercutting Letters
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails 1.26.23
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails 2.16.23
- Introduction to Nålebinding with Christin Curran
- Fact & Fiction Film Series: Thor Ragnarok
- Mygration Members Opening
- Nordic Stories - March 2023 (Greta and the Giants)
- Virtual Workshop: Danish Papercutting
- The Thrill(er)s of Christmas: Rare Exports
- Gallery Tour: Mygration January 18
- Virtual Class: North Sámi Mittens with Laura Ricketts
- Scand30: 1 Object, First comes love, then comes marriage? Sex, Labor, and the Fisherman’s Wife with Olivia Gunn
- Gallery Tour: Mygration February 19
- Gallery Tour: Mygration March 3
- Fact & Fiction Film Series: Frozen II
- Scand30: 1 Object, Dancing on the North Wind: Iceland and Its Ghosts with Margaret Willson
- Scand30: 1 Object, Over Easy: The Jacobsen Egg Chair with Peter Cohan
- Nordic Stories - February 2023 (Izak of Lapland)
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails 03.23.23
- Youth Art Class: Meet Edvard Munch 8.22.23
- Sami Film Festival 2023
- "Aalto: Architect of Emotions" Film Screening
- First Thursday Feb 2 2023
- First Thursday March 2 2023
- Inspired by Iceland Poetry Reading
- Meet the Author: Eva Hagberg 9.26.23
- Excavating a Viking Ship: Findings from the Gjellestad Dig
- Introduction to Nålebinding with Christin Curran - April
- Wooden Spoon Carving with Brendan McGarry
- Nordic Stories - April 2023 (Lundi the Lost Puffin)
- Nordic Stories - May 2023 (Three Triceratops Tuff)
- Intermediate Nålebinding with Christin Curran
- Sensory Play Day - April
- Elemental SoundBaths with Jósa Goodlife
- Sensory Play Day - June
- Sensory Play Day - May
- Northern Lights Auktion 2023 Kick-Off
- Art Adventures: Full Day Camp 2023
- Drama Quest: Viking Seafarers with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2024
- Creative Adventures: Nordic Stories with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2024
- Jónsi Member Opening
- SEA-Nordic Film Festival
- Fact & Fiction Film Series: How To Train Your Dragon 2
- Classical Music Connections 04.19.23
- Classical Music Connections 03.11.23
- Classical Music Connections 05.20.23
- President's Club Fika with "Mygration" Artist Stina Folkebrant
- Vappu! A Spring Celebration Concert
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 5.19.23
- SlinCraze Concert 3.31.23
- Advanced Papercutting with Anna Brones 5.6.23
- The 47th Annual Kalevala Day Festival
- Freeform Papercutting with Anna Brones 6.10.23
- Whale Child Reading with Chenoa and Keith Egawa 6.1.23
- 17th of May
- U.S. Premiere - The Happiest Country On Earth: The Secrets to Finland's Success
- Sustainability and Technology in the Fisheries Sector: The Icelandic Approach—and a US Perspective
- Nordics in Hollywood 2023: Notorious (1946)
- Nordic Stories - June 2023 (Moomin and the Wishing Star)
- Nordic Stories - July 2023 (Dragon Stew)
- Swedish Crayfish Party
- The Shipyard Salmon BBQ 2023
- First Thursday May4 2023
- Nordics in Hollywood 2023: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
- Nordics in Hollywood 2023: Mamma Mia! (2008)
- Embracing CHANGE as a Superpower 06.08.23
- Nordics in Hollywood 2023: Knives Out (2019)
- Farewell to FLÓÐ: Silent Disco
- Goodies2Go Fika
- Free First Thursday Sept 7 2023
- An Evening with Pianist Alexi Tuomarila 7.7.23
- Introduction to Nalbinding 8.5.23
- Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders Exhibition Opening
- "Arctic Highways" Members Opening
- "Arctic Highways" President’s Club Reception with Artists
- Open Studio: Family Art Days
- Fourth of July
- Nordic Stories - August 2023 (Hedgie's Surprise)
- First Thursday August 3 2023
- 28th Annual Raoul Wallenberg Lecture
- Virtual Meet the Author: Lola Akinmade Åkerström, "In Every Mirror She's Black"
- Yoga in FLÓÐ 7.25.23
- Morning Yoga on the Fisherman's Sun Terrace 8.28.23
- Introduction to Nalbinding 9.30.23
- Educator Open House August 2023
- Nordic Stories - September 2023 (Rosie Runs)
- Virtual Arctic Watercolor Class with Willow Heath
- Nordic Knitting Series with Birger Berge September 2023
- Nordic Knitting Series with Allyce Wood
- Meet the Editor - Lotta Gavel Adams, August Strindberg: The Occult Diary
- Nordic Knitting Series with Kristin Drysdale
- Panel: Bringing Nordic Children's Literature to an English Readership
- Meet the Author: Bjørn Westlie, My Father's War: Confronting Norway's Nazi Past
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen, Fall 2023
- Virtual Talk: The Arctic in Literature
- Needle Felted Landscapes with Kayla McDaniels
- Nordic Fjord Dinner 2023
- Nordic Stories - October 2023 (Hugo)
- Film & Fika: It's Raining Women (2022)
- Film & Fika October
- Film & Fika November
- Film & Fika: Without Them I Am Lost (World Premiere)
- Interplay with Ailloš
- Free First Thursday
- Gallery Tour: Arctic Highways September 30
- Gallery Tour: Arctic Highways October 20
- Gallery Tour: Arctic Highways November 5
- What Is Nordic Design: Finland
- Virtual Julefest Kids Craft: Nordic Paper Snow Stars (Copy)
- What Is Nordic Design: Iceland
- What Is Nordic Design: Denmark
- What Is Nordic Design: Sweden
- Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King Members Opening
- Meet the Author: Maggie Taft, The Chieftain and the Chair
- Virtual Workshop: Danish Papercutting with Torben Clausen
- Save the Date! Oleana Knitwear Pop-Up
- Taste of Iceland: 66°North Fireside Chat with Chris Burkard
- Taste of Iceland: "Secrets of the Sprakkar" and "Woman, Captain, Rebel" with Eliza Reid and Margaret Willson
- Member Shopping Party | Winter Marketplace
- Free Admission: Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Holiday Needlefelting with Kayla Ann
- Wooden Spooncarving with Brendan McGarry
- Virtual Workshop: Papercutting for the Holidays
- Virtual Workshop: Papercutting for the Holidays
- Nordic Stories
- "The Snow Queen" Workshop Reading with Seattle Children's Theatre
- Artist Talk: Søren Solkær
- Meet the Author: Hanna Pylväinen, The End of Drum-Time
- "Søren Solkær: Sort Sol" Members Opening
- Discover Sylvsmidja: Norwegian Jewelry Presentation
- Sylvsmidja: Personal Evaluation, Cleaning & History of One (1) Piece of Bunad Silver
- Closed for Thanksgiving
- Block Printed Tea Towels with Kayla Ann
- Wellbeing Workshop: Embracing Winter with Norwegian Friluftsliv
- Introduction to Nalebinding 2.4.24
- How Many Nordic States?
- An Exploration of Washington’s Biodiversity: Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Species
- Extended Hours: Thursday, December 21
- Closed for Christmas Eve
- Family Day with Birds Connect Seattle
- 2024 Northern Lights Auktion Kick-Off Party
- Artist Talk: La Vaughn Belle
- Fact & Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
- "La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns" Members Opening
- Virtual Workshop: Papercutting Birds
- 2025 Sami Film Festival
- Closed for Christmas
- Closed for New Year's Day
- Family Art Day: La Vaughn Belle 2/4/24
- Virtual Class: Intro to Sámi Knitting with Laura Ricketts
- 2024 Sámi Film Festival (Virtual)
- Block Printed Tea Towels with Kayla Ann
- Art Adventures: Full Day Camp 2024
- Fact & Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers
- Fact & Fiction: The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
- 2024 Nordic Design Trip
- Needle Felted Påskris with Kayla Ann
- Intro to Knit Art with Allyce Wood 2024
- Intermediate Nålebinding with Christin Curran 2024
- Members Opening: Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century
- Making Sense of Murmurations with Dr. Natalie Hofmeister
- Tuomo & Markus Concert
- Introduction to Kolrosing: Decorative Landscapes with Kayla Ann
- Drama Quest: Viking Seafarers with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2024
- A Celebration of Dancer Doug Crutchfield: Screening and Reflections with Amir George and Dr. Davia Crutchfield
- Introduction to Nalbinding 05.19.24
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen 5.31.24
- Film & Fika: The Northdrift
- Meet the Author and Bake Along with Nichole Accettola, Scandinavian from Scratch
- JUOIGGAS! Sámi National Theatre
- Spectrum Dance Theater presents DIALOGUE
- A Symposium in Conjunction with La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns
- Ancestral Archives and (re)Configuring the Caribbean Pinturesco
- Gallery Tour
- Hernmarck Tapestries at Hudson Yards: Screening and Q&A
- "Project Aurora" Panel Discussion with Ginny Ruffner, Ed Fries, and Wanda Gregory
- Howard Smith: African American Artist in Finland
- GiveBIG In Support of the National Nordic Museum!
- Trembling Vistas, Primal Youth: William H. Johnson’s Painterly Expressionism
- Nordics in Hollywood 2024: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
- Free Admission - Juneteenth
- Nordics in Hollywood 2024: Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
- Nordics in Hollywood 2024: The Hunger Games (2012)
- Iceland with Rick Steves at Seattle's National Nordic Museum
- Exhibition Opening Party: Djurberg & Berg
- Artist Talk with Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg
- Scented Concert with Jónsi, Sin Fang, and Kjartan Holm
- Clay Flowers Family Workshop
- Extended Hours | Late Thursdays at the National Nordic Museum
- Floral Impression Plate with Ballard Clay
- Wallenberg Lecture
- "Project Aurora" Watercolors with Willow Heath
- Roots of Change: The History and Impact of Plant Immigration and Human-Flora Interactions in Iceland
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen
- Dinamarca in Concert
- Musician and Composer Hans Berg in Concert
- Nordic Stories
- Nordic Stories: The Polar Bear Son
- Lupine Paper Craft Workshop
- Meet the Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Your Absence is Darkness
- Run Like a Viking Meet-Up Event
- Scented Concert with Jónsi, Sin Fang, and Kjartan Holm (Night 2)
- A Place of Opportunity: Ten-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator, Aug
- A Place of Opportunity: Ten-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator, Sep
- A Place of Opportunity: Ten-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator, Oct
- What Is Nordic Design: Norway
- Intro to Needle Felting: Nordic Tomte
- Free Admission: Frankie's Troll-iversary
- Julefest: A Nordic Holiday Celebration
- Taste of Iceland: Iceland’s Crime Fiction Royalty
- Taste of Iceland: How Words Shape a City
- Veljko Vidak's Cinéma Laika: Screening and Director Q & A
- Artists in Conversation: Fischersund Art Collective
- Häxan
- Smell, Memory, and Thought with Dr. Venkatesh Murthy
- Nordic Trip
- Preserving Our Past: A Discussion on Cultural and Historical Memory in the Pacific Northwest
- SOLD OUT Nordic Stories: "The Snow Queen" with Seattle Children's Theatre
- Trick-Or-Treat with Frankie Feetsplinters
- Chat with the Chief Curator
- Finland, Sweden, & North European Military Security Today
- Discover Sylvsmidja: Norwegian Jewelry Presentation & Evaluation
- The Yule Cat and Other Curious Holiday Characters
- Faux Flora: Silent Disco
- Chat with the Chief Curator
- "How to Winter" Workshop with Dr. Kari Leibowitz
- Seattle Kraken Nordic Night 2025
- Introduction to Nalebinding
- Meet the Author/Meet the Translator with Drs. Nana Osei- Kofi and Olivia Gunn
- Nordic Stories: Moomin and the Winter Snow
- Art Adventures: Full Day Camp 2025
- Innovation & Sustainability: Full Day Camp 2025
- Sami Film Festival 2024
- Meet the Author with Elin Anna Labba, "The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow"
- SOLD OUT Wooden Spooncarving with Brendan McGarry (3.8.25)
- Introduction to Nalebinding 4.26.25
- Meet the Author with Barbara Sjoholm, "The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens"
- Community Celebration & Cocktail Party
- Artist-Led Scent and Sound Bath with Inga and Lilja Birgisdottir, Sin Fang, and Kjartan Holm
- Artist in Conversation: Anne-Karin Furunes
- The Past, Present, and Future of Svalbard’s Glaciers
- Nordic Stories: Nail Soup
- Dot Painting Family Workshop
- Drama Quest: Viking Seafarers with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2025
- Creative Adventures: Nordic Stories with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2025
- Northern Lights Auction 2025
- 2025 West Nordic Film Festival
- Lewerentz Divine Darkness Film Screening
- Visual Typologies and Race Biology in the Nordics with Maja Hagerman and Anne-Karin Furunes
- Members Opening Party | Anne-Karin Furunes: Illuminating Nordic Archives
- Medieval Joy with the Medievalist Toolkit
- Docent-Led Museum Tours
- Nordic Stories: Dino Duckling
- Njál's Saga Tapestry Workshop
- Nordic Stories: Flowers on the Roof
- Nordic Stories: The Son of the Sun and the Daughter of the Moon
- Rosemaling with Marilyn Hansen
- Free Admission: Earth Day
- European Security and International Trade: Changes and Challenges
- "It Could Have Been Us" Film Screening
- Anne-Karin Furunes: 10-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator
- Anne-Karin Furunes: 10-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator
- Meet the Author with Pelle Dragsted
- Members Opening Party | Nina Katchadourian: Origin Stories
- Artist in Conversation: Nina Katchadourian
- Nordic Stories: The Sun Egg
- Nordic Stories: Brave Charlotte
- Wire Art Family Workshop
- Midsummer Flower Crown Giveaway
- Summer Blood Drive with Bloodworks Northwest
- Nina Katchadourian: 10-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator
- Nina Katchadourian: 10-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator
- Nina Katchadourian: 10-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator
- Nina Katchadourian: 10-Minute Chat with the Chief Curator
- "The Square" Film Screening
- Wooden Spooncarving with Brendan McGarry (9.27.25)
- Introduction to Block Printing: Nautical PNW
- Goodies2Go Fika
- Nordic Innovation Summit 2023
- 2022 Nordic Innovation Summit
- Nordic Innovation Summit 2024
- Speakers - NIS 2024
- Agenda - Nordic Innovation Summit 2024
- Nordic Innovation Summit 2025
News
News Categories All Posts- What Norway can teach us about loving winter
- M(other) Tongues: Bodhild and Las Hermanas Iglesias
- Is Swimming in Winter the Nordic Key to Happiness?
- The Film Koppmoll Blends Documenting and Storytelling
- A Brief History of Nordic Labyrinths
- When the Northwest Was a Center of Ski Jumping in the US
- Eric Nelson Joins Selection Committee for Queen Silvia Award
- Eric Nelson Awarded Hazelius Medal in Gold
- First Nordic Genealogy Conference Launches September 26
- Nordic Sól Nature Craft for Kids—Leaf Rubbings
- Museum Store Offers Pick-Up In August
- Nordic Sól Recycled Craft for Kids—Toilet Paper Tube Houses
- Nordic Sól Recycled Nature Craft for Kids—Flower Collage
- Nordic Sól Nature Craft for Kids—Leaf Zentangle Art
- Expert Takeover: Summer Berry Soup with Judith H. Dern
- Nordic Sól Nature Craft for Kids—Paper Plate Sun Lacing
- Crafts for Kids—Painted Sticks
- Expert Takeover: The Moomins, with Lotta Gavel Adams
- Museum Acquires 943 Dines Carlsen Works
- Museum Provides Needed Space For Bloodworks Northwest
- Scandinavian Seafood Soup (Fisksoppa) Makes Perfect Winter Supper
- Expert Takeover: Viking Pickled Herring, with Kjersti Egerdahl
- Crafts for Kids—Himmeli
- Expert Takeover: Faroese Cinema, with Brad Harmon
- Genealogy Conference Coming To National Nordic Museum
- Crafts for Kids—Puffin Project
- Crafts for Kids—Syttende Mai Style
- Artist Takeover: Tinn Bridal Hat, with artist Lori Talcott
- Crafts for Kids
- Zoom Into The Museum
- Museum Store Goes Online
- From Eric Nelson on Museum Closure
- National Nordic Museum Receives 2020 Buildy Award
- Princess Gems For Jule And Other Times
- Skål Beer Hall Gløgg
- Julefest Volunteers Rack Up Another Success
- In Praise of Icelandic Sheep
- Ola Larsmo On The Immigrant Experience
- Leslie Anderson Named Director of Collections, Exhibitions, and Programs
- Truth Is In Eye Of The Beholder
- Eric Nelson Named Swedish American of The Year
- 2019: New Year, New Nordic
- January 12: Construction Update
- December 8: Construction Update
- What's New with the Nordic Museum?
- November 4: Construction Update
- October 6: Construction Update
- September 7: Construction Update
- A Look Back at the Last Year of Construction
- Syttende Mai in Oslo and Ballard
- Major Progress
- Steeling Home
- New Museum's Footprint and a Video
- Love and Concrete
- Lots of Concrete!
- A Sunny Construction Update
- An Autumn Construction Update
- Just Back From Copenhagen
- New Nordic Museum Groundbreaking
- Visit from the A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation
- Happy Syttende Mai!
- Nordic National Museums Come to Seattle
- A Visit From Sweden — April 5, 2016
- March—In Like a Lion
- Helsinki
- On to Oslo!
- On to Stockholm!
- A GREAT ESCAPE
- Breaking News!
- Interview with Paper Dialogues Artist Qiao Xiaoguang
- HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden at the National Nordic Museum
- HIPP HIPP HIPP HURRA! 17th of May in Ballard
- Rediscovered: August Strindberg as a Painter
- Members' Opening of "From Dawn to Dusk"
- Artist Talk with Bit Vejle
- Nordic Innovation Summit Broadcast Live Around the World
- Music at the Museum
- Nordic Trip Takes Travelers Behind the Scenes
- Danish Ambassador Welcomes Thomas Dambo's "Nordic Swan"
- Film Fun For Summer Nights
- Secrets of the Sprakkar with the First Lady of Iceland
- Run Like A Viking Participants Share Their Photos
- Eric Nelson Inducted Into Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame
- EnChroma glasses help color blind guests experience National Nordic Museum's many shades
- Scand30: 1 Object 2022/23
- 45th Annual Julefest: Vendors and Entertainment
- Celebrate New Year's Eve the Nordic Way
- Sámi Film Festival Focuses on Indigenous Women Filmmakers
- Iceland's February Feast Returns
- Historic Visit of Finnish President to Museum
- FLÓÐ Opens This Week
- Viking Trip Takes Travelers to Rarely Visited Sites
- The Seven Nordic Christmas Cookies
- SEA Nordic Film Festival Screens at Ballard's Majestic Bay
- National Nordic Museum is a Blue Star Museum
- Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King
- An interview with Wayfinders artist Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir
- Arctic Highways: 12 Indigenous Artists of the Circumpolar North
- His Majesty King Harald V of Norway Awards Knighthood to Museum's Executive Director
- New Series Focuses On Nordic Design
- Knitting Series Begins In September
- 46th Annual Julefest: Vendors and Entertainment
- Indigenous Artists Tell Their Stories at the National Nordic Museum
- National Nordic Museum's Executive Director/CEO Eric Nelson Announces Plans to Retire on July 1, 2024
- Goodies2Go returns for 47th annual Julefest
- How Scandinavians Do It: An Open Air Life
- National Nordic Museum Adds Ginny Ruffner’s "Project Aurora" to Permanent Collection
- National Nordic Museum announces hiring of Lāth Carlson as new Executive Director and CEO
- Nordic Innovation Summit Sets New Dates, now October 21-22, 2025
- Kubb: A Nordic Way to Play
- Flower Crowns at the Ready: Inside a Beloved Midsummer Tradition
