An update on the NCSML’s flourishing heritage garden
This spring, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library planted an organic Czech and Slovak Heritage Garden for the first time. The vegetables come from heritage seeds collected by Seed Savers…
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NCSML collaborates with advocacy youth group, AMP, to create a community mural
Mural interprets the question “What are the basic rights and freedoms of the world community?” In an effort to make all visitors feel welcome and become further embedded in the community, the…
Korvas Family Matching Challenge
“I’m matching 100% of every donation to the NCSML through August 31st. I am contributing to the museum’s success in education—please join me.” Tony Korvas I’m inspired by the NCSML and want to…
Announcing the NCSML’s Little Free Library!
Did you know that summer learning is a key factor in the educational success of children? Reading into Success is a local collaboration between schools, organizations and non-profits, working to ensure that children read…
A statement from the NCSML on the Orlando attack
“Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we…
Introducing our Human Rights Education Specialist, Nicholas Hartmann, PhD
“What I do as a Human Rights Education Specialist has a central mission: to integrate issues surrounding human rights, community and culture with the NCSML’s commitment to telling the story of Czech…
Why Museum Advocacy?
In the state of Iowa, June 6-12th has been declared Iowa Museum Week. Museums are an important part of the local, national and international economy. They employ hundreds of thousands of workers from…
Heritage Food Stories from the NCSML Archives
Many of you enjoyed reading about the Czech and Slovak Heritage garden that is now underway on the NCSML campus! The Czech and Slovak Heritage Garden has many important tales to tell:…