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Immigrant Foodways: Dumplings Filled with Sauerkraut

Dumplings are a great and popular dish anywhere in the world, and in this course, you will be introduced to dumplings filled with sauerkraut and optionally with bacon. Note: Suitable for vegetarians too – skip the optional baconTom Slepicka graduated from culinary school in his hometown, Brno, located in the Czech Republic. While still in...

Let the Sun Shine! Live-Stream Telethon

Join the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library at noon on December 10 for a Facebook live-stream telethon to help us finish out an eventful year! Our lineup of entertainment includes the following: • An exclusive look at a cooking class led by Chef Tom Slepicka, who has been leading our virtual cooking class...

Event Series Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl

Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

In celebration of the holiday season, Master Czech Folk Artist Marj Nejdl will be on hand in the Museum Store to personalize ornaments for you, including the 2020 Limited Edition NCSML Ornament designed by Marj herself (shown at right). Ornament personalization can be commissioned for almost any ornament for a small added price. The last...

Slovak and Czech Christmas Traditions

In the whirlwind of shopping for presents, decorating our homes, and stocking our pantries, there is a gentle voice calling us to connect with the very essence of Christmas. Long before the dawn of Christianity, before Christmas markets, trees, and lights, there was a time when this season was filled with myths, magic, and rituals....

Event Series Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl

Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

In celebration of the holiday season, Master Czech Folk Artist Marj Nejdl will be on hand in the Museum Store to personalize ornaments for you, including the 2020 Limited Edition NCSML Ornament designed by Marj herself (shown at right). Ornament personalization can be commissioned for almost any ornament for a small added price. The last...

NCSML Closed

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

The NCSML is closed for Christmas, December 25.

When Time Stopped Virtual Author Talk and Book Signing

Whilst stories of the holocaust continue to appall, remarkable stories of courage and endurance continue to emerge. Journalist Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her own father’s past, a story that saw him spending years hiding in plain sight in war torn Berlin; the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust; and...

Member Master Class: Thirty Years of Velvet

A Virtual Lecture Series with Professor David Chroust, PhD.Professor David Chroust, PhD presents Thirty Years of Velvet: The Literature in English on Revolution and Transition in the Czech Republic since 1989. The 1989 Velvet Revolution ended over forty years of communism in Czechoslovakia. Then came “transition”—to Western-style democracy, capitalism and perhaps other things. What did...

“The Great Return: How Reverse Migration Is Transforming Slovakia in the 21st Century”

The history of Slovakia is a history of migration. For more than a century, Slovakia’s people have fled the heart of Europe in search of a better life. Today, young people continue to leave, triggering a nationwide debate about a ‘brain drain.' Unlike in the past, however, they also return. Discover how 21st-century Slovakia is...