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

The NCSML is closed for Christmas, December 25.

Closed for New Year’s Day

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library will be closed on Friday, January 1, 2021 for New Year’s Day.

Closed for New Year’s Day

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library will be closed on Sunday, January 1, 2022 for New Year’s Day.

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...