page_title: National Nordic Museum
section_title: Nordic Heritage Museum
hierarchical_section_title: National Nordic Museum / Exhibitions / Nordic Heritage Museum
caption_attribution_description: English: Ship and camp at Viking Days at Nordic Heritage Museum
context_page_description: The National Nordic Museum is a museum in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to the history of the area's Nordic immigrants. It was founded in 1980 as the Nordic Heritage Museum, moved into a permanent, purpose-built facility in 2018 named the Nordic Museum, and was designated as the National Nordic Museum in 2019. The museum serves as a community gathering place and shares Nordic culture by exhibiting art and objects, preserving collections, and providing educational and cultural experiences from Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish Americans.
context_section_description: As part of the long term exhibits, the old Nordic Heritage Museum had five ethnic galleries, one for each country, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, as well a gallery, "Dream of America", describing Nordic emigration to the Pacific Northwest. There was also a temporary gallery space.
  Permanent
  Dream of America
  Folk Art Galleries
  Fishing Gallery
  Logging Gallery
  Iceland Room
  Norway Room
  Denmark Room
  Finland Room
  Sweden Room
  Temporary
  Past (Since 2005)
  Imaging the Arctic: Maria Coryell-Martin, Kristin Laidre & Finnish photographer Tiina Itkonen (December 12, 2014 – February 22, 2015)
  Odin's Eye (October 10 – November 9, 2014)
  The Color of Time: Ballard from Dusk to Dawn (September 19 – November 16, 2014)
  Danish Modern Design (May 16 – August 31, 2014)
  Pull, Twist, Blow: Transforming the Kingdom of Glass (December 13, 2013 – April 26, 2014)
  Dressing Swedish: From Hazelius to Salander (September 13 – November 10, 2013)
  Eino - 50 Years of Making Sculptures (September 27 – December 7, 2013)
  Ørnulf Opdahl – Mood Paintings of the North (June 28 – September 1, 2013)
  Scissors for a Brush (March 22 – June 16, 2013)
  Bad Art? 1,000 Birch Board Pictures from Sweden (November 30, 2012 – March 3, 2013)
  The Impression of Amundsen: Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition 1910–1912 (January 18 – March 3, 2013)
  To me there's no other choice — Raoul Wallenberg 1912-2012 (December 4, 2012 – January 13, 2013)
  Eight Seasons in Sápmi, the Land of the Sámi People (August 31 – November 4, 2012)
  Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation (May 25 – August 19, 2012)
  Celebrating 75 Years of the Seattle Weavers’ Guild (March 9 – May 6, 2012)
  Here and There: Contemporary Nordic-American Ceramics (March 9 – May 6, 2012)
  Cold Recall: Reflections of a Polar Explorer (December 9, 2011 – February 5, 2012)
  The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank (December 2, 2011 – February 19, 2012)
  Nordic Fashion Biennale: Looking Back to Find our Future (September 30 – November 13, 2011)
  17 Swedish Designers (June 3 – August 21, 2011)
  Vessels of the Heart: Fairbanks at Arabia / Cushing and Salmenhaara at Alfred (March 4 – May 22, 2011)
  August Werner: Uncommon Traditionalist (December 3, 2010 – February 5, 2011)
  Victor Borge: A Smile is the Shortest Distance (December 3, 2010 – February 5, 2011)
  Lost in Nature: The Architecture of Jarmund / Vigsnaes (September 17 – November 14, 2010)
  100 Years of Women's Voices and Action in Finland (September 10 – November 14, 2010)
  Somebody's Grandma (July 9 – September 5, 2010)
  Sweden from Above: Photographs by Lars Bygdemark (April 30 – June 27, 2010)
  Ray Jensen (February 19 – April 18, 2010)
  Ennesbo (December 4, 2009 – February 7, 2010)
  From Colony to Community: The Story of New Sweden (October 14, 2009 – February 17, 2010)
  Maria Friberg (September 18 – November 15, 2009)
  Nordics and Seattle's First World's Fair: Celebrating the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (June 12 – September 6, 2009)
  My Paradise: 100 Years of Finnish Architects’ Summer Homes (April 17 – May 31, 2009)
  Knitting Along the Viking Trail (February 6 – April 5, 2009)
  Faces of Copenhagen: Photographs by Itzick Lev (November 14, 2008 – February 8, 2009)
  Skude 360 Degrees: Paintings by Severin Haines (December 5, 2008 – January 25, 2009)
  Vastinparit – Counterparts: Photographs by Jari Arffman (October 3 – November 16, 2008)
  The Latvians: Fifty Years in the State of Washington (October 14 – November 9, 2008)
  Northwest Designer Craftsmen: Nordic Roots
  Norwegian Resettlement of Jewish Refugees after World War II
  Maria Coryell-Martin: An Expeditionary Artist in Greenland
  Eliot O’Hara: Watercolors of Norway
  Caryl Utigard: Birds of Iceland
  Facing Climate Change
  Roland Pantze: Painter of Sami Life
  Kolmenkertainen Suomalainen: Three Times Finish (November 30, 2007 – February 3, 2008)
  Nordic Spirit: Early Icelandic Settlements in B.C. & Point Roberts (December 13, 2007 – January 31, 2008)
  Reminiscences: Icelandic Wood Sculpture Past and Present (October 5 – November 11, 2007)
  Elegant Explorations: The Designs of Phillip Jacobson (August 10 – September 23, 2007)
  Absolutely Swe
caption: Ship and Viking encampment at Viking Days
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