How you can help serve the community
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…
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Build your legacy at the NCSML
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…
A place to honor an important story or person in your life
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…
How does our Heritage Garden grow? With lots of TLC!
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…
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…
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.…