Articles Tagged: National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library

The exhibit, featuring more than 120 oil paintings, sketches, mixed media works and posters, will be open through March 29, 2026.

Photos from the Moravian Folk Art Workshop at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, August 22, 2025.

The free admission days supported by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.

The concert will feature Matěj Číp and the Valachia Cimbalom Quartet. The cimbalom is a stringed instrument prominent in folk music in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Číp, also known worldwide as “Cimbalom Guy,” gave an informative lecture and performance at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library last year as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.

Metro High School is sending six students and five teachers to Prague, Czech Republic in August as a part of a new state-funded pilot program to provide students career-connected learning opportunities throughout the summer.

From flower festivals and patriotic parades to county fairs and hot air balloons taking to the skies, there is so much to do, see and celebrate around Eastern Iowa in the coming months.

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids marked the first day of spring Thursday with a ceremony to “awaken” the museum’s clock tower. Noon Thursday was the first time the orloj — an astronomical clock — played music since it was shut down for the winter months.

The clock tower in Cedar Rapids’ Czech Village — which features the only astronomical clock in North America — will “awaken from its winter slumber” Thursday with a ceremony and reception.

Opening in Chicago and ending in Spillville, multi-genre immersion includes opera excerpts, concerts, fashion, food and film

Nearly 30 years after President Bill Clinton, Czech President Václav Havel and Slovak President Michal Kovac visited the museum for a dedication in 1995, their modern counterparts returned Friday to dedicate the only Prague-style astronomical clock in the United States.

Czech, Slovak presidents coming for public dedication Sept. 27

Since 1974, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library has been an innovative leader in lifelong learning, community building and cultural connections.

Area higher education officials gathered Friday to promote opportunities for Iowans of all walks of life to bring Iowa, and the Midwest, to the world.

After reading the harrowing story of a Cedar Rapids veteran who survived a crash in Nazi-occupied France, one Czech historian was drawn to Iowa to document the stories of World War II veterans for the future.

Blockbuster exhibit at National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library timed for 50th anniversary year.