National Nordic Museum
@nordicmuseum.org
The National Nordic Museum shares Nordic culture, values, and ideas with all people to inspire new futures.
📍 2655 NW Market St, Seattle, WA 98107
🔗 https://linktr.ee/NordicMuseum
📧 info@nordicmuseum.org
📍 2655 NW Market St, Seattle, WA 98107
🔗 https://linktr.ee/NordicMuseum
📧 info@nordicmuseum.org
🌼👑 Happy midsummer, Seattle! Snag a glowing flower crown free with Nordic Museum admission this week—while they last ➡️ nordicmuseum.org/tickets
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🌼👑 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 🎉
June 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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
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
May 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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
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 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.
May 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🇳🇴 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? 🤚🎉
May 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Who's heading to Ballard for Syttende Mai this Saturday? 🤚🎉
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. ✨
May 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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. ✨
✨ 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. 🌿👨👩👧
April 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
✨ 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
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
April 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🌍 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
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.
April 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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.
March 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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?
March 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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.
📷 UW Scand student Erik Moe researching his thesis on the 1925 Norse-American Centennial, exploring how Viking imagery shaped Norwegian-American identity & whiteness.
March 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
📚 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.
📷 UW Scand student Erik Moe researching his thesis on the 1925 Norse-American Centennial, exploring how Viking imagery shaped Norwegian-American identity & whiteness.
"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.
March 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"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.
Catch us on that iconic Majestic Bay marquee 😎 See you in Ballard tonight, Seattle? #WNFF 🍿🎬
➡ nordicmuseum.org/west-nordic-film-fest
➡ nordicmuseum.org/west-nordic-film-fest
March 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Catch us on that iconic Majestic Bay marquee 😎 See you in Ballard tonight, Seattle? #WNFF 🍿🎬
➡ nordicmuseum.org/west-nordic-film-fest
➡ 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
📽️ OMMAN / GRANDMOTHER (Faroe Islands, 2019)
Dir. Julia í Kálvalíð
#WNFF
March 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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
📽️ OMMAN / GRANDMOTHER (Faroe Islands, 2019)
Dir. Julia í Kálvalíð
#WNFF
#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
March 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
#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
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
March 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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 ☕
March 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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 🇸🇪
March 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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
February 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🔎 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
February 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🎬 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
February 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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. ♨️
February 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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 🌅💛
February 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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).
February 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🌙🍸 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).