🌼👑 Happy midsummer, Seattle! Snag a glowing flower crown free with Nordic Museum admission this week—while they last ➡️ nordicmuseum.org/tickets

Seattle’s feelin’ a little extra Swedish today 🇸🇪 Happy National Day, Sweden 🎉

Slow down. Sink in. 🌿 Tickets now on sale for our Elemental SoundBaths—an immersive, meditative experience blending Nordic-inspired ambiance with live sound healing in one of the Museum’s most serene spaces. 🗓️ June 27-29 | 📍 Osberg Great Hall Reserve your space ➡️ nordicmuseum.org/soundbath

A little rain won’t stop our neighborhood from showing up and showing out for Syttende Mai! Thanks for bringing the spirit, Ballard. 🇳🇴 ☔

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay 🏛️ A day that reminds us why we do what we do. In a time of growing challenges for the arts, we’re grateful to everyone who continues to show up and engage 💙 ✨

🇳🇴 A celebration older than Washington State is lighting up Ballard today! Happy Constitution Day, Norway—Syttende Mai festivities are officially ON in the heart of Seattle’s Nordic community.

Who's heading to Ballard for Syttende Mai this Saturday? 🤚🎉

Mor, Mamma, Móðir, Mom—no matter what you call her, she’s at the heart of it all. Wishing a heartfelt Happy Mother’s Day from all of us here at the Nordic Museum. 💐💛

We danced, we bid, we raised a record-breaking $765,000 💃🕺 Thank you for lighting up the 39th Northern Lights Auction—your support keeps the Museum shining bright. ✨

Mom trip day one was yesterday and we found 2/6 trolls (one with @kiikiibee.bsky.social ), ate some Thai, and went to the Nordic museum!

Bifröst! Current pick-up weaving on the loom! I'll be donating it to the National Nodric Museums annual Northern lights auction! It's inspired by the famous rainbow bridge from Norse mythology.

🍩🍾 Happy May Day, Seattle! From Finland’s Vappu to Sweden’s Valborg, May 1 celebrates spring, community & tradition. Think grad caps, munkki (cardamom doughnuts), tippaleipä (funnel cakes), and park picnics with a glass of sima—a sweet, fizzy mead. #MayDay #NordicTraditions

✨ Free First Thursday is this week ✨ Enjoy free admission and extended hours this Thursday as we celebrate the season with open doors and longer days. 🌿👨‍👩‍👧

🌍 FREE admission to the Nordic Museum this Earth Day, April 22! Explore our LEED Gold-certified building, meet troll Frankie Feetsplinters (made from recycled materials!), and take in extraordinary landscapes in "Illuminating Nordic Archives."♻️ #EarthDay #FreeAdmission #SeattleEvents

ICYMI: today *and* tomorrow, we’re serving up samples of Lakrids by Bülow's iconic chocolate-covered licorice in the Museum Store 🍬 Swing by the register for a sweet (& slightly salty) treat in honor of #InternationalLicoriceDay.

​It's Frankie Feetsplinters' 2nd spring in Seattle 🌷🤙 With sunny skies ahead, it's the perfect week to visit Ballard for a leisurely walk around the Locks, snap a selfie with everyone's favorite trollm, & explore the beautiful interplay of spring light in the Museum's Fjord Hall.

You know spring has officially sprung when your museum picks up two unexpected mascots 🦆🌸 This charming couple has been hanging around quite a bit lately...maybe scouting some prime real estate?

📚 Did you know the Nordic Museum has its own research library? With 19,000+ resources, it’s a trove of Nordic-American history. 📷 UW Scand student Erik Moe researching his thesis on the 1925 Norse-American Centennial, exploring how Viking imagery shaped Norwegian-American identity & whiteness.

And the forecast says...🌧️ When you’re ready to duck out of the rain this week, come through & get toasty in our galleries—and check us out on this list of the best things to do in Seattle when it pours ✍️

"Illuminating Nordic Archives" has arrived in Seattle ✨ Anne-Karin Furunes’ portraits, made of thousands of hand-pierced holes, reveal forgotten histories through light and shadow—a technique that has to be seen to be believed.

For #MakersmARTch #Carved we have a tingle carved from alder wood by O. Jay Haavik. The design represents the ‘gripping beast’ motif found in early Viking art. #Viking #Norwegian #Tingle #Oseberg #Seattle #NationalNordicMuseum #Ballard #Nordic #Haavik

Catch us on that iconic Majestic Bay marquee 😎 See you in Ballard tonight, Seattle? #WNFF 🍿🎬 ➡ nordicmuseum.org/west-nordic-film-fest

How we feel about the fact that the *first-ever* West Nordic Film Fest kicks off TOMORROW in Ballard 😱 Get ready for a weekend of incredible films from Iceland, Greenland, & the Faroe Islands. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yczwzd7p 📽️ OMMAN / GRANDMOTHER (Faroe Islands, 2019) Dir. Julia í Kálvalíð #WNFF

This is one of the amazing paintings that was put on display yesterday at the National Nordic Museum. It is the work of Norwegian artist Anne-Karin Furunes. I am so excited to see the rest of her show opening soon at the museum. 

It was my honor to welcome Dr. David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry to give his Nobel Lecture tonight at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle. His work, and that of his lab, is truly bringing about a more hopeful future.

2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Dr. David Baker of the Institute of Protein Design at the University of Washington gave an inspired lecture of what de novo protein designs can achieve in Medicine, Technology and Sustainability at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle. 900 people attended.

#TrailerReveal 🎬🍿 Filmmakers have long been drawn to Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. This year’s West Nordic Film Festival brings their stories to Seattle ➡ nordicmuseum.org/events/west-nordic-film-festival

Tune in 5-6pm PDT for a livestream from the Museum celebrating Seattle’s 2024 #NobelPrize Laureate David Baker. Mayor Bruce Harrell will present Baker with a key to the city 🔑➡️ www.youtube.com/live/z8NO4Bg7-ds _ @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwproteindesign.bsky.social @nobelprize.bsky.social

Something new is coming to Ballard…🖼️ Our team is hard at work installing the striking artwork of Anne-Karin Furunes before “Illuminating Nordic Archives” opens on March 15 ➡️ nordicmuseum.org/exhibitions

Physically at the office, mentally inside the pastry case at Freya 💭🥐 Did you know our café is open to everyone—no Museum admission needed? Come have fika with us next time you're in Ballard ☕

Saturdays are for the sweets 🍬 Did you know: Swedes eat more candy per person than almost any other country—about 35 pounds (16 kg) per year 🇸🇪

🔎 Behind the scenes in collections! We recently rotated a Sámi doll and cradle (Komse) and used the chance to practice archival box-making—an essential skill for preserving artifacts. #MuseumCare #SámiCulture

🎬 The West Nordic Film Festival lineup is here 🎬 Filmmakers from Iceland, Greenland, Sápmi & the Faroe Islands bring the beauty, the terror, and the stories that stay with you—right to Seattle → nordicmuseum.org/west-nordic-film-fest

It’s the final day of "Fischersund: Faux Flora" 🌺 The response to this transformative exhibition has been overwhelming, and we’re so grateful to everyone who’s experienced it with us. Don’t miss your last chance—visit the National Nordic Museum before 5 PM today. 📷 Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times

Celebrating the last day of #NationalSaunaWeek with a look at our own sauna—one of North America’s oldest! Built over 100 years ago, it stood on Finn Hill before moving to Ballard in 1999. More than relaxation, saunas were a space for Nordic immigrants to gather, connect, & keep traditions alive. ♨️

Midwinter Ballard sunsets, you are VERY important to us 🌅💛

🌙🍸 Night owls do it better—especially when it comes to seeing art after dark. Start with a cocktail at Freya Café, then head into "Faux Flora," the exhibition everyone’s talking about, before it closes this Sunday, Feb. 23. We’re open late ‘til 8PM today (and every Thursday).

Seattle's @nordicmuseum.bsky.social is hosting the inaugural West Nordic Film Festival, with recent feature-length films from the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. March 14-15, more info here: nordicmuseum.org/events/west-...

🔥 National Sauna Week is here 🔥 1. Organized by the Finlandia Foundation, Feb 16-22 is a week to honor the rich tradition of Finnish sauna—a practice dating back 10,000 years. But saunas are more than just a place to sweat. 🧵👇

Psst, Fischersund fans, this one’s for you: spend 70 minutes with the artists behind "Faux Flora" in a rare scent & sound bath experience ➡️ nordicmuseum.org/events/artist-led-scent-and-sound-bath 📅 Feb 19 | 📍 National Nordic Museum | ⏰ 4 PM 🎁 Includes an exclusive gift from the artists

KAAPO KAKKO ON THE WORLD STAGE‼️ Finland's OT win over Sweden means both squads stay in championship contention heading into tonight's USA-Canada matchup → bit.ly/4NationsBlog

Happy Valentine's Day 💌 During our annual collections inventory, our team rediscovered this charming early 20th-century heart-shaped chocolate box. Luckily for preservation purposes (but sadly for us), the chocolates were long gone...

Have you visited the Nordic America Gallery lately? New acquisitions from the Klondike Gold Rush highlight Nordic immigrants seeking fortune in the North—like Inga Sjolseth Kolloen, who braved the Chilkoot Pass in 1898. See her gold nugget necklace, Yukon ring, and more ✨

✨ That’s a wrap on the in-person Sámi Film Festival in Seattle! Special thanks to curator Matti Aikio, Dr. Troy Storfjell, & our partners Scandinavia House, Pacific Sámi Searvi & the Anchorage Museum. 🎥 But the festival isn’t over yet! Catch virtual screenings thru 2/13: nordicmuseum.org/sff

🍿 Only a few more hours until we kick off the Sámi Film Festival in Seattle! Head to Ballard at 7 pm for short film “Biegga, bieggá / Wind Is Winding,” followed by “Skierri: Land of the Dwarf Birches”—the first Finnish film to feature Sámi people speaking their own language 🎟️ nordicmuseum.org/sff

Sensory faux flowers at the Nordic Museum. #ScratchnSniff

Today is Sámi National Day, a celebration of the Indigenous Sámi of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland & Russia—and a day to fly the Sámi flag. Its bold colors echo traditional clothing & Nordic flags, while the circle nods to Sámi shamanic drums, the sun & the moon.

Frankie Feetsplinters doing his best powdered donut impression. Stay safe out there, Seattle 🍩 ❄️

🎬❄️ T-minus 5 days 'til the Sámi Film Festival lands in Seattle❄️🎬 Don’t miss this rare chance to experience Sámi storytelling on the big screen. Uncover the past, present, & future of Sámi cinema ➡️ nordicmuseum.org/sff