NCSML welcomes Darya Bodrova
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — This week the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) is strengthening ties between the United States and the Slovak Republic with the visit of Ms. Darya…
NCSML to open new photo exhibit of babies in folks dress April 12, and host Family Folk Day April 13
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Photo portraits of 10-day-old babies dressed in traditional Slovak folk dress, known as kroje, are the subject matter in Lullaby: Babies in Slovak Folk Dress, an exhibition that…
NCSML members elect four new members to Board of Trustees
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Members of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) elected four people to three-year terms as new members of its Board of Trustees. The election took…
The Romani people are focus of March 19 NCSML lecture by leading historian
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – “From India to America: Routes of the Roma” will be the topic March 19 at the NCSML when historian Ian Hancock speaks about the history of the Romani…
Women’s Suffrage in Iowa is first 2019 History on Tap topic at NCSML
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The first 2019 History on Tap topic at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is “Uncovering the History of Women’s Suffrage in Iowa” with Kären Mason,…
NCSML’s Revolution 1989 exhibit commemorates Velvet Revolution
Exhibit opening also to celebrate new Smithsonian Affiliate status CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Revolution 1989, the new original exhibition opening at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML), marks the…
The NCSML Announces Smithsonian Affiliation
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) has been designated a Smithsonian Affiliate, joining a national network of museums, educational institutions and cultural organizations in sharing the resources of the…
Cecilia Rokusek receives Woodrow Wilson Award from the Slovak Republic
NCSML President and CEO among inaugural recipients of the award CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Cecilia Rokusek, President and CEO of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, was among the first…
Author Mark Kurlansky to speak on 1968 and the Prague Spring at NCSML Nov. 1
Talk will offer a 50-year perspective on how 1968 changed America and the world CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Award-winning and best-selling writer Mark Kurlansky, author of 1968: The Year that Rocked the…
First U.S. solo exhibit of Czech painter Joža Uprka starts Oct. 13 at the NCSML
Uprka’s portrayal of Moravian folk life is ‘a story that should be told’ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In the first solo exhibition of the art work of Joža Uprka in the United…