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Vesterheim Folk Art School
Vesterheim National Norwegian-American Museum & Folk Art School – Folk Art School
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In short
The Folk Art School of Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum in Decorah, Iowa, offers in-person and online classes in Nordic folk arts and crafts, in areas such as weaving, fiber arts, woodworking, rosemaling and painting, jewelry, metalworking and knifemaking, music and Nordic cooking, along with youth and family classes. According to the school, its first two classes were held in 1967, in Hardanger embroidery and rosemaling; Vesterheim also runs a folk art apprentice programme and the National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition.
- Where
- Decorah, United States
- Founded
- 1967
- Crafts
- Weaving and textiles · Fine craftsmanship
- Source
- School website · checked on 25/10/2026
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