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Coffee and Kolach

Join us for our first Coffee & Kolach of the new year! Joining us will be Tom Dine, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR). He will discuss his work with AFoCR and the importance of preserving democracy on both sides of the Atlantic. Brew a pot...

Museum Store Closed For Inventory

The NCSML Museum Store is closed Jan. 10 for inventory and will reopen Jan. 11 at 9:30 a.m. You can still shop online at store.ncsml.org. The Museum and its galleries are open as normal.

Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library continues to partner with Anna Cooková, an instructor with CzechTalk, to offer online Czech language and culture lessons. The next Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I starts on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Each class will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central Time every Tuesday...

COVID, the University, and the Community

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is pleased to host a webinar presented by the president of Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, Dr. Martin Procházka, a world-renowned expert on issues related to COVID in the community. His current area of focused research is COVID’s impact in universities. As an OB/GYN specialist, he...

A lecture on Slovak headdresses with Helene Cincebeaux

Join Helene Cincebeaux via Zoom at 7 p.m. CST for the world-premiere of the video highlighting the unique stories associated with her “Crowning Glory” exhibit. For the past 40 plus years, Helene and her mother collected unique, one-of-a-kind headdresses from Moravia and Slovakia. Helene will discuss the history, cultural significance, and most importantly, the human...

Vincent Hloznik: Between War and Dream Closes

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

This exhibition features 20 Surrealist-inspired linocut prints by Slovak artist Vincent Hložník from the series Dreams (Sny) (1962) on loan from Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale. They represent a turning point in the artist’s career as his figurative motifs — always related to the exploration of the human...