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Vestnorsk utvandringssenter

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Corporate name headingVestnorsk utvandringssenter
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Variant(s)Vestnorsk utvandrarsenter
VUS (Museum)
Western Norway Emigration Center
Associated countryNorway
LocatedSletta (Norway)
Field of activityImmigrants--United States--History Norwegian Americans--History
Found inEnkeltpersonar frå Noreg i smeltedigelen USA, 2008: t.p. (Vestnorsk utvandringssenter)
Pionerliv i Amerika og bygdeutvikling på Sletta, 2012: p. 7 (Vestnorsk utvandringssenter (VUS))
Wikipedia, 17 Sept. 2013 (Western Norway Emigration Center (Norwegian: Vestnorsk utvandrarsenter or Vestnorsk utvandringssenter) is a Norwegian American museum located at Sletta on the island of Radøy in Hordaland, Norway, in honour of the Norwegians who emigrated to the United States and Canada. The museum consists of six historical buildings, which were all built by Norwegian emigrants at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, and removed from Minnesota and North Dakota to Norway)
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