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115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session JSENATE 115-303
NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM ACT
JULY 16, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2857]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 2857) to designate the Nordic Museum in Se-
attle, Washington, as the National Nordic Museum, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 2857 is to designate the Nordic Museum in Se-
attle, Washington, as the National Nordic Museum.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
From the mid-19th to mid-20th century, about 2.5 million people
immigrated to the United States from the five Nordic nations of
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. They settled pri-
marily in the Midwest, and many eventually traveled on to the
West Coast. Many emigrants fled crop failures, famine, unemploy-
ment, political instability, and persecution to find new homes and
livelihoods in the United States. Today, about 185 million Nordic
Americans live in the United States.
The Nordic Museum in Seattle, Washington (Museum) is the
only museum in the United States dedicated to the history, culture
and art of all five Nordic nations. The Museum highlights Nordic-
American contributions in the United States and collects, pre-
serves, and educates about Nordic culture, history, art, traditions,
and spirit. The Museum serves as a cultural anchor and valuable
resource for Seattle and the nation by expanding knowledge related
to Nordic heritage and the impact Nordic heritage has had
throughout the United States.
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