NCSML Blog

The 15th anniversary presentation of BrewNost, an annual international beer festival supporting the NCSML mission, will be held Sept. 14, 6:30-10 p.m. BrewNost will feature a live auction hosted by Nicholas “Nicho”…

I’m Steve Michalicek, and currently I’m the Vice Chair of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Board of Trustees, but my history with the NCSML is long. I was an…

Rita Jelinek and her family began building a legacy with the NCSML in 2016. We asked her to tell us a little bit about why she chose to make dedications for family…

My father, Jerry Jandik, was proud to be a first-generation Czech-American. His father, Bohumil, boarded the German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm ll in 1913, destined for America. Bohumil traveled alone, leaving behind four…

The NCSML Heritage Garden is getting a bit of freshening up, thanks to Heritage Garden associate Lynnette Volden. At the beginning of summer, students from Metro High School in Cedar Rapids planted…

Thanks to the generosity of a host of donors, the NCSML President’s Endowment recently grew by more than $160,000. The campaign to enlarge this endowment was conducted to honor the legacy of…

By Alina Dorion, NCSML marketing and communications intern Every June, thousands of people arrive in Tabor, South Dakota, to participate in Czech Days, a four-day festival celebrating Czech culture and heritage. At…

By Alina Dorion, NCSML marketing and communications intern Ten years after the epic surge of the Cedar River in 2008, the NCSML is commemorating the anniversary by displaying parts of its 2009…