LC control no. | n 2009063168 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Vestnorsk utvandringssenter |
Variant(s) | Vestnorsk utvandrarsenter VUS (Museum) Western Norway Emigration Center |
Associated country | Norway |
Located | Sletta (Norway) |
Field of activity | Immigrants--United States--History Norwegian Americans--History |
Found in | Enkeltpersonar 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) |
Associated language | nor |