Current Exhibitions
Danish-American Artist Series presents . . .
PAUL SOLEVAD
Paul Solevad is a Danish-American artist living in Camas, Washington, near Portland, Oregon. This series of works is inspired by exploration of the world around us: through study of single-celled organisms; through study of consciousness; and through study of socio-political events.
An Artist Reception will take place on Friday, July 30, from 4 to 7 pm. The public is invited to meet the artist and hear more about the influences and inspiration that guides his work.
Exhibition on view July 24, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
Sampling the Collection, A to Å
What are the weird, wonderful, and sometimes wacky items in the museum’s collections? And why does the museum have such a huge variety of artifacts? Come explore those questions in the new major exhibition, Sampling the Collection, A to Å.
Drawn exclusively from the museum collections, the artifacts, art works, photographs, books, and documents in this exhibition may surprise you! For every letter of the alphabet – including the Danish letters – there is a subject that can be explored through the museum collections. For example, “S is for Stone Age,” represented by Stone Age tools found on a Danish farm. C is for Clog, which will feature several different shapes and sizes for a seemingly-simple shoe. T is for Trunk, U is for Uniform, and Æ (of course) is for Æbleskiver. The museum owns over 35,000 artifacts and other materials; what would you pick if you were matching alphabet letters to the museum collection?
March 27, 2010 through March 6, 2011
Victor Borge: A Centennial Celebration
(Traveling Kiosk)
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Victor Borge’s birth, The Danish Immigrant Museum worked in conjunction with the Borge family to develop a two-sided kiosk that will travel across the country and share a brief synopsis of Borge’s private and professional life. Two video screens share clips of his performances, and panels on the kiosk contain numerous photographs.
January 2009 to Present
