National
Czech & Slovak
Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Czech Points of Interest in Cedar Rapids
Many visitors to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library ask about the Czech presence in Cedar Rapids (for an overview, go to A Brief History of Czechs in Cedar Rapids). Noted below are some of the major sites or areas of interest that one can see during a visit.
 
This virtual tour corresponded with the opening of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library's Cedar Rapids Sesquicentennial exhibit entitled A New World Presence: Czech Contributions to Cedar Rapids, which told the story of the impact of Cedar Rapids' largest ethnic group. Special thanks to Bob Drahozal for researching and writing the text for this virtual tour.
 
Take the virtual tour or visit the individual sites of interest listed below:
Original Czech Commercial District
T.M. Sinclair Packing Company
Churches
Cemeteries
Meeting Halls
Czech School
Parks and Bridge of Lions
Czech Village
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
 
Links To Czech Village Web Sites
Czech Village - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Czech Cottage - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sykora Bakery - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Polehna's Meat Market - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Czech Feather & Down Company - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Czech Plus Band - Czech Polka band from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
St. Wenceslaus Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Zindrick's Czech Restaurant
 
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The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
30 - 16th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404-5904
Phone: 319-362-8500 · Fax: 319-363-2209
 
This page was updated May 05, 2005