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Exhibitions
All Exhibitions- Nordic Journeys
- New Nordic Glass: Recent Acquisitions
- Across the West and Toward the North
- M(other) Tongues: Bodhild and Las Hermanas Iglesias
- Paper Dialogues: The Dragon and Our Stories
- Dines Carlsen: In His Own Manner
- M(other) Tongues: Student Exhibition
- Among Forests and Lakes
- Mygration
- From Dawn to Dusk: Nordic Art from Sweden’s Nationalmuseum
- Sublime Sights: Ski Jumping and Nordic America
- Experimental Selfies: Students Respond to Edvard Munch’s Photography
- 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
- Legacy
- The Deported
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- On the Edge of the World
- Glacier
- Studio 54 and Beyond: The Photography of Hasse Persson
- Bamse!
- Magnus Nilsson’s Nordic
- EyeSound
- The Vikings Begin
- Fintiaanit
- The Whimsical World of Bjørn Wiinblad
- Fridtjof Nansen
- Northern Exposure: Contemporary Nordic Arts Revealed
- Lessons from the Arctic: How Roald Amundsen Won the Race to the South Pole
- Marimekko, With Love
- Susan Ringstad Emery
- Flora Metamorphicae
- Skål! Scandinavian Spirits
- 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
- Swedish Crime Scenes
- Warner Sallman: The Master Painter
- Diana Velasco: Dual Exposures
- PLU at 125: Lutheran Education on the Frontier
- The Dream of America
- The Promise of the Northwest
- Keep Clam and Carry On: The Ivar Haglund Story
- National Identity Galleries: The Nordic Countries
- Denmark: October 1943
- "Boxing Up the Past, Packing for the Future"
- Ar(c)t(ic) Design Exhibition
- From Dawn to Dusk: Photographs Inspired by the Masterpieces
- What Does It Mean to Be Nordic?
- Nordic Swan
- Jónsi: FLÓÐ
- Alvar Aalto’s Jyväskylä by Janne Tuunanen
- Across the West and Toward the North: Virtual Student Exhibition
- The Whale Child
- Ar(c)t(ic) Design
- Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders
- Arctic Highways
- Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King
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- Talks & Lectures
- 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
- Northern Lights Auktion
- 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 Virtual Challenge
- 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
- Julefest: A Nordic Christmas Celebration
- 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
- Thorrablot
- "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 SoundBath with Jósa Goodlife
- Sensory Play Day - June
- Sensory Play Day - May
- Northern Lights Auktion 2023 Kick-Off
- Art Adventures: Full Day Camp 2023
- How To Be A Viking: Half Day Camp 2023
- Story Drama with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2023
- Drama Quest: Viking Seafarers with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2023
- Creative Adventures: Nordic Stories with Seattle Children’s Theatre 2023
- Jónsi Member Opening
- Seattle-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 2023
- 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 Kräftskiva 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 Celebration 08.03.23
- 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 December
- Interplay with Ailloš
- Free First Thursday Oct 5 2023
- 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 with Eliza Reid and Margaret Willson
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 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
