Books
Vesterheim Magazine Vol. 16, No. 2 2018 - That's Entertainment
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities.This issue focuses on Norwegian Americans and their...
$5.00
The Rose Painters by Lars Skorpen
This book is about some of the rose painters in Os, Norway, both the creators of the art and craft as well as their successors. They were not chosen at random, but are the forbears of Torunn Rod Farsund, who...
from $45.00
Vesterheim Magazine Vol. 16, No. 1 2018 - Sustainable Attainable, The Nordic Model
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities.The magazine is a benefit to Vesterheim members...
$5.00
Carving the Acanthus Leaf by Mary May
Whether you're a professional woodworker, architect, hobbyist, designer, or one simply captivated by classical design and ornamentation, there is much to discover about this mysterious and enduring leaf. History, designs, how-to-carve instructions, line drawings, and full-cover photographs. Italian, Greek, Scandinavian,...
$59.00
Norwegian Tapestry Weaving by Maria Brekke Koppen
The classic book on Norwegian tapestry. Profusely illustrated with over 220 black and white drawings, photographs, and 4 color plates. The translation combines the 1978 and 1988 editions. It includes: history, joining techniques (especially the Norwegian dovetail), looms, designing, weaving...
$19.99
Vesterheim Magazine Vol. 15, No. 2 2017 - World War I: Ethnicity Under Fire
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities.The magazine is a benefit to Vesterheim members...
$5.00
Rosemaling: The Hallingdal Idea Book by Leslie Landis
Showcasing fine historic Hallingdal pieces from Vesterheim's collection, this book is an inspiration! Includes over 150 illustrations of Hallingdal design sketches and detailed elements, such as flowers, flower centers, petal shapes, scrolls, leaves, vines, curtains, vases, pedestals, borders, and line...
$59.95
Vesterheim Magazine Vol. 15, No. 1 2017 - Change in Focus: Norwegian Photographers
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities.This issue includes articles about photographers Knud Knudsen,...
$5.00
Brudedrakt Og Krone fra sju prestegjeld edited by Heidi Fossness
Edited by Heidi Fossnes. Bridal articles reprinted from Bunad magazine, plus some not shown before. Full-color photographs, Norwegian text. Softcover.
$50.00
Vesterheim Magazine Vol. 14, No. 2 2016 - 50 Years of Folk Art
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities.This issue celebrates the 50th anniversary of Vesterheim's...
$5.00
The Warp-Weighted Loom (Kljásteinavefstadurinn Oppstadveven)
Preorder The Warp Weighted Loom is still in the production process and not ready for reprint yet. It is coming sometime in 2025. Pre-orders are accepted. By Hildur Hakonardottir, Elizabeth Johnston, and Marta Kløve Juul. Edited by Randi Andersen and...
$130.00
Nordic Fest: 50 Years Strong by Dawn Svenson Holland
Researched and written by Dawn Svenson Holland. The Nordic Fest 50th anniversary book celebrates the beautiful story of this uniquely nonprofit, noncommercial special event held the last weekend of July in Decorah, Iowa. The book includes 22 chapters and a...
$15.00
Design Basics for Telemark Rosemaling, Vol. II By Diane Edwards
This book follows "Design Basics in Telemark Rosemaling Volume 1" in continuing to discuss painting and design in the Telemark style of Norwegian Rosemaling. Moving beyond the basics of strokework, it teaches the new rosemaler how to paint on many...
$10.95
Norwegian Folk Tales by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
A collection of twenty-one classic Norwegian folktales from two Caldecott-honored authors and illustrators. From the authors who wrote and illustrated Ola, Leif the Lucky, and Children of the Northlights comes their collection of Norwegian folktales. First printed in 1938, this selection of timeless stories...
$27.95
Ole Goes To War: Men from Norway Who Fought in America's Civil War by Jerry Rosholt
Many Norwegian immigrants came to the United States to form the Wisconsin 15th Regiment and fight in the Civil War. Through historical photographs and the soldiers own words, this book vividly brings to life the human dimension of this pivotal moment...
$5.00
Memory of Muskets (Chloe Ellefson Mystery #7) by Kathleen Ernst
Curator Chloe Ellefson is happily planning to spotlight home-front challenges and German immigrants at Old World Wisconsin's first Civil War reenactment—but her overbearing boss scorns her ideas and proposes staging a mock battle. When a reenactor is found dead at...
$16.95
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