Museum of Danish America

Iowa-based national museum covering Danish immigration, Danish-American life, and ties between Denmark and the United States.

2212 Washington Street, Elk Horn, IA 51531 · Elk Horn, IA

About Museum of Danish America

The Museum of Danish America, also called the Danish Immigrant Museum, is a national museum in Elk Horn, Iowa. It focuses on the history, art, and culture of Denmark in the United States, with exhibitions on immigration and the Danish-American experience. Visitors can also see Bedstemor's House, a restored 1908 Victorian home on the National Register of Historic Places, and walk the restored tallgrass prairie on the museum's grounds through the Jens Jensen Prairie Landscape Park.

#Danish-American history
#immigration
#art
#genealogy
#prairie

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