NCSML plans Central European tours for 2022Get out your passport and your calendar, because NCSML is headed to the homelands in 2022! Two trips that are currently being planned for are: Castles…
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) announces fundraising efforts for tornado-impacted Czech Republic regionJune 25, 2021 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – On the evening of Thursday, June 24, 2021, an F3-F4…
NCSML opens "Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives"Cedar Rapids, Iowa—June 15, 2021 Jacob Riis (1849–1914) was a pioneering newspaper reporter and social reformer in New York at the turn of…
NCSML COVID-19 building and visitor policiesUpdate as of 2/28/22: Following the updated guidance of the CDC, wearing a mask is optional; however, masks will be provided to anyone who requests one. Plexiglass…
NCSML to host virtual book talk for "Franci’s War"In the summer of 1942, 22-year-old Franci Rabinek, designated a Jew by the Nazi racial laws, arrived at Terezin, a concentration camp and ghetto…
Virtual presentation with Stephen J. Sebesta(Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Feb. 3, 2021) – Join the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, for…
NCSML to host virtual author talk with Richard AskwithCzech equestrian Lata Brandisová was the only woman to win the Great Pardubice Steeplechase. Her victory over the Nazi officers at the 1937 race…
NCSML to host virtual presentation with Judita Matyášová(Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Oct. 15, 2020) – The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library will offer a virtual presentation, “The Forgotten Story of…
Angel Wings Zippered Hoodies at the NCSML Museum Store(Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Oct. 15, 2020) – Two years ago, angel wings began popping up on the side of buildings in Czech Village.…
NCSML Museum Store to Celebrate National Store of the Year Award in October(Cedar Rapids, Iowa – Sept. 28, 2020) – The Museum Store at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library…