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- National Czech &
Slovak Museum & Library
- 30 - 16th Avenue SW.
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- The National Czech &
Slovak Museum & Library was founded in
1974 as the Czech Fine Arts Foundation. A
museum was opened in 1978 as the Czech Museum
and Library in a 3-room house at 1607 C
Street SW, Cedar Rapids. The museum moved to
a renovated commercial building on the
current museum site in 1981. The immigrant
home was acquired and moved to the museum
site in 1983 and restored to reflect a late
19th century immigrant dwelling. The
organization name was changed to Czech and
Slovak Museum and Library in 1989. The
organization was formally recognized on July
2, 1992 as the National Czech & Slovak
Museum & Library in the Congressional
Record (Volume 138, Number 98).
Groundbreaking for the new facility was
celebrated on October 28, 1993. Building was
dedicated October 21, 1995 by Presidents Bill
Clinton of the United States, Václav Havel
of the Czech Republic and Michal Kovác of
the Slovak Republic.
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