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Join us for a fascinating exploration of the music in the opera Rusalka. Des Moines Metro Opera’s production highlights the 125th anniversary of Antonin Dvořák’s sojourn in Spillville, Iowa, where legend has it he was inspired to compose the opera upon observing a young woman swimming in the Turkey River. In Slavic mythology, a “rusalka”...

Tours begin at 6:00 p.m. and last 30 - 45 minutes • Open late on Wednesdays until 8:00 p.m. during June and July (except July 4) There are loads of technologies and other advancements that came out of World War I, but perhaps some of the ones we come in contact the most are those...

Tours begin at 6:00 p.m. and last 30 - 45 minutes • Open late on Wednesdays until 8:00 p.m. during June and July (except July 4) There are loads of technologies and other advancements that came out of World War I, but perhaps some of the ones we come in contact the most are those...

Cost: Free for Members, free with purchase of admission ticket for non-members. Registration Required. Please stop at the Information Desk in Rozek Grand Hall when you arrive. There are loads of movies and books about WWI, but not many focus on the story of the Czechoslovak Legion and the struggle to form the Czechoslovakian nation....

Cost: Free for Members, free with purchase of admission ticket for non-members. Registration Required. Please stop at the Information Desk in Rozek Grand Hall when you arrive. There are loads of movies and books about WWI, but not many focus on the story of the Czechoslovak Legion and the struggle to form the Czechoslovakian nation....

Cost: $5 per child, registration required. Space is limited. This summer we're celebrating the wonderful art that can be done with beads in connection with our current exhibit, Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. In this first class we will be learning one, of many ways, that you can make bracelets with beads....

Cost: $5 per child, registration required. Space is limited. This summer we're celebrating the wonderful art that can be done with beads in connection with our current exhibit, Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. In this first class we will be learning one, of many ways, that you can make bracelets with beads....

June 11-15, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cost: Free; for students ages 7-14 Playtime Poppy’s Summer Theatre Adventure is partnering with NCSML this summer to bring old Czech and Slovak fairytales to life on the stage! Visit the Playtime Poppy website for more information: https://playtimepoppy.org/education/summer-theatre-adventure/

June 11-15, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cost: Free; for students ages 7-14 Playtime Poppy’s Summer Theatre Adventure is partnering with NCSML this summer to bring old Czech and Slovak fairytales to life on the stage! Visit the Playtime Poppy website for more information: https://playtimepoppy.org/education/summer-theatre-adventure/