Here is what you can expect to see the next time you visit: Welcome to Danish America Explore stories, artifacts, immigrant voices, maps, and faces of Danish Americans from all corners of the U.S.
Exploring the Collections What happens when something is given to the museum collection? How does the museum care for so many different things? Learn more about the nuts and bolts of museum collections.
Travel through Time Journey through 14,000 years in 90 feet, noting milestones of Danish and U.S. history and important developments in the creation of Danish-American identity. Kid Zone Welcome, families! Put on some “old-timey” clothes, look for toys from long ago, and see if you recognize your favorite Disney characters in the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.
The installation of “Danish Roots, American Dreams” is supported by major gifts from the following:
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Humanities Iowa Rosa Clemsen The John & Audrey Kofoed Family Nils & Kathleen Jensen Danish Sisterhood Lodge #15 (Milwaukee, WI)
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02. Secretary, ca. mid-1800s. Made in Denmark, traveled to Japan, Cambodia, San Francisco, back to Denmark, then Washington state. 2014.038.001. 03. Gas Lamp This lamp and two complete ones with posts (now installed along the front entry of the museum) were created in 1857 as gas lamps and lit the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1959 the City of Copenhagen donated these three lamps to Dana College in Blair, NE to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the school. 2011.041.001. 04. Motorcycle Between 1919 and 1960, the most well-known motorcycle ever produced in Denmark was manufactured - the Nimbus. Gift of Peter & Irma Orum in memory of Stig P. Orum. 2010.014.001. Exhibits 21