National Nordic Museum

The partnership between the National Nordic Museum and Scan Design Foundation was established over 15 years ago. The Museum and the Foundation both build connections between the Nordic countries and the U.S. in their work in Seattle. Scan Design Foundation specifically sponsors programming related to Denmark at the Museum.

In 2010, Scan Design Foundation contributed a $3 million grant to the development of the new Nordic Museum. $2 million was to be used for the Museum’s capital campaign and $1 million was allocated to Danish and Danish-American programs over a span of twenty years.

The National Nordic Museum and Scan Design Foundation continue to collaborate on programs, projects, and exhibitions that put a spotlight on Danish art, culture, and history.

Recent exhibitions at the National Nordic Museum sponsored by Scan Design Foundation:

• Paper Dialogues: The Dragon and Our Stories by Bit Vejle (2021-22)
• Dines Carlsen: In His Own Manner (2021)
• La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns Exhibit (2021)
• On the Edge of the World: Masterworks by Laurits Anderson Ring from SMK the National Gallery of Denmark (2019)
• Jacob A. Riis: How Other Lives Live (2018)
• The Whimsical World of Bjørn Wiinblad (2016)

Recent programs by the National Nordic Museum sponsored by Scan Design Foundation:

• Nordic Lights Film Festival
• Nordic Innovation Summit
• Run Like a Viking
• Mostly Nordic Chamber Music

Read the article about Scan Design Foundation's partnership with the Nordic Museum by Erik Pihl, Director of Development at the National Nordic Museum, in the Nordic Kultur magazine (May 2021 issue).