Milwaukee's newspaper writes a positive story about Vesterheim Museum

The Milwaukee Jounral-Sentinel is telling its readers about "the outstanding National Norwegian-American Museum and Heritage Center in Decorah, Iowa, a town of roughly 9,000 people and home to Luther College."

Maybe the article by Brian E. Clark was a little overboard on Decorah's population, but it is accurate when it says, "With more than 33,000 artifacts in its collection, (Vesterheim) is the largest museum in the country devoted to a single immigrant group."

The article also extensively quotes Vesterheim's Charlie Langton, who gives Clark the history of the museum--that got its start in 1877, received two large gifts in 1925 and 1932, the museum received two large gifts of artifacts, then became independent of Luther College in 1965.

Read the complete article at: https://www.jsonline.com/story/travel/wisconsin/weekend-getaway/2017/12/22/decorahs-vesterheim-museum-tells-norwegian-immigrant-experience/962089001/