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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
- Oleana
- 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
Collections
All Collections- Gordon Ekvall Tracie Music Collection
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Events
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- Talks & Lectures
- Virtual Julefest Kids Craft: Nordic Paper Snow Stars
- Julefest AfterDark: Rainbow Bingo w/Sylvia O’Stayformore
- Virtual Nordic Innovation Series: Sustainable Urban Development
- Virtual Class: Sámi Knitting from Sweden with Laura Ricketts
- Virtual Crafts & Cocktails
- 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
- Nordic Stories: The Three Triceratops Tuff
- 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 Northwest Donation Pop-Up
- 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
- 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 with Chenoa and Keith Egawa
- 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)
News
News CategoriesAll 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
- Icelandic Culture at the Museum
- A Brief History of Nordic Labyrinths
- Meet Fuddlewuddle, a Canine Friend of Viking Cruises
- Create Art With Viking Cruises
- Summer Fun Continues SCT Partnership
- National Nordic Museum announces Nordic Talks series
- 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 w/ 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
- Soup & Cinema: Scandinavian Seafood Soup (Fisksoppa)
- 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
- Message on coronavirus from the National Nordic Museum CEO Eric Nelson
- 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
- Short and Snappy Scan30 Returns
- 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
- Thomas Dambo's "Nordic Swan" Arrives at Museum
- Film Fun For Summer Nights
- Secrets of the Sprakkar with the First Lady of Iceland
