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Norsk Museum

 
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The Norsk Museum is located
9 miles northeast of Ottawa, Illinois, on highway 71
.

Hours: 1-5, June - September


Norway, Illinois, is the first permanent Norwegian settlement in Illinois.

 

The Norsk Museum in Norway, Illinois, is full of items donated by local families in honor of their ancestors. Once an old Norwegian Lutheran Church, the museum building was purchased by the Sons of Norway Cleng Peerson Lodge in 1977.

It is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, June through September, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Special openings can be arranged for groups. It is voluntarily staffed.

  • household items

  • spinning wheels

  • rosemaling

  • trunks

  • early farm tools

     
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2005
marked the
100th Anniversary
of Norway

as an independent nation.