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Tag: Nordic Heritage Museum
Restored ‘Nordic Spirit’ sails again
On the 100th anniversary of the 1909 Norway Day celebration in Seattle, the Viking ship replica Nordic Spirit hit the open water Sunday for the first time since it was […]
Museum seeks volunteers for ambitious project
The Nordic Heritage Museum is looking for volunteers to help with their new oral history initiative, “Nordic American Voices.” The ambitious plan is to record the life histories of Nordic […]
Update on new Nordic Heritage Museum
After 25 years in its current home, the Nordic Heritage Museum is planning to move to a new location on Market St. (map) in 2014. The architects for the new […]
Longtime Nordic Heritage Museum volunteer dies
When she was 90 years old, Herbjørg Sortun Pedersen stood on a ladder hanging birch boughs at the Nordic Heritage Museum for Norwegian Constitution Day. She passed away a few […]
Nordic holiday spirit at Yulefest 2008
The Nordic Heritage Museum’s annual Christmas festival, Yulefest 2008, was in full swing when we stopped by on Saturday evening. The event features over a dozen music and dance groups […]
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