Hand Me Down the Fiddle: Norwegian Fiddlers, Fiddles, and Fiddle Tunes in the Upper Midwest
On view through May 18, 2025
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Decorah, Iowa
vesterheim.org
Who were Ole Bull, Ole Hendricks, Johan Arndt Mostad, Thea Arndt Clark, Bill Sherburne, Hans Fykerud, Dagny Andrea Quisling, Ellen Blagen, and Elmo Wick? Find out about these Norwegian and Norwegian-American fiddlers, as well as fiddle makers and tune collectors from Norwegian-American communities in the Upper Midwest.
This exhibition includes music made on Hardanger fiddles and flat fiddles, as well as musical styles from Norway and America. It shares stories through artifacts, instruments, photographs, recordings, and video from Vesterheim’s collection, other organizations, and the community.
Find out more here: https://vesterheim.org/exhibit/hand-me-down-the-fiddle/
[Image courtesy Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.]
