Strengthening the NCSML President’s Endowment
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…
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NCSML Festival Outreach Comes to Tabor, South Dakota for Czech Days
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…
NCSML, Cedar Rapids are still rising 10 years after the great flood
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…
The stories behind Ubuhle Women tapestries in the Museum Store
Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence showcases a new form of bead art, the “ndwango,” developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.…
Memorial Day Remarks at the Czech National Cemetery
Memorial Day Remarks at the Czech National Cemetery Cedar Rapids, Iowa By Gail Naughton, President and CEO of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library May 28, 2018 I am deeply…
Czech jazz great Emil Viklický returns to U.S. to perform at the NCSML May 30
The Grand Moravia Jazz Trio. Left to right: Petr Dvorsky (bass), Ernie Adams (drums) and Emil Viklický (piano). CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Czech master jazz pianist Emil Viklický will bring his Grand Moravia…
NCSML exhibit of bead-art from South Africa
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence, an exhibition that showcases a form of bead art developed by a community of women living and working together since…
NCSML Staff Book Reviews
Images Gone With Time The images are so poignant depicting life in the 1950’s compared to my personal experiences as a young bride during those years and the primitive conditions that the…