Books

This book is about the traditions and bunader of Setesdal in Norway. It includes hundreds of full-color photos, taken throughout the year, following the seasons and work on the farms. With emphasis on everyday life, handicraft, and the local textile tradition,...

A road trip to the past turns deadly when museum curator Chloe Ellefson gets custody of an old quilt, said to have belonged to author Laura Ingalls Wilder, and she and her sister Kari set out on the Wilder road...

Written with a mentoring voice, each lesson in this unparalleled study guide includes friendly, straightforward advice and is accompanied by illustrations and photographs. Softcover.

With a lively text by Kathleen Stokker, this lavishly illustrated guide to Sigmund Aarseth's vibrant primstav (calendar stick) murals in Vesterheim's Amdal-Odland Heritage Center is a color compendium of Norwegian folklore as well as a study of a contemporary 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 focuses on holiday craft with articles...

Catalog of the popular Vesterheim exhibition, Handweaving In The Norwegian Tradition.Softcover, 30 pp.

Back in print! This beautiful Vesterheim classic was compiled by rosemaler Betty Dowe and her committee in 1987. Bringing together foodways and rosemaling, the collection is decorated throughout with full-color rosemaling paintings and black-and-white designs, and complete with all of...

A shooting script for an up-coming film, this beautiful book of full-page, color photographs outlines the movie's story of two young brothers in 1782, who travel from farm to farm to earn money as rose painters in the fjord districts...

A step-by-step manual from novice to advanced stitcher, with helpful diagrams, hints, and tips at every stage. Softcover.

Laminated with samples of artifacts pictured from our vast collections of rosemaling, woodworking, and silver, and buildings from Vesterheim Heritage Park. Designs will vary.

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 and Norwegian-American marriage...

Chloe Ellefson is off to Minneapolis to help her friend Ariel write a proposal to convert an abandoned flour mill into a museum. When a dead body is found stuffed in a grain chute, Chloe's attention turns from milling to...

A Vesterheim production, 1985, edited by Donna Benson. Patterns by 39 different American rosemalers. Softcover.

Includes an overview of Norwegian culture, history, and attractions. Discover the best places to visit and things to do in Norway. Softcover.

By Harley Refsal. Instructions for carving 20 wonderful characters in the Scandinavian flat-plane style, including trolls and nisse. Softcover.