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Introducing: NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY

This time we are looking at a city in Iowa, USA. Cedar Rapids is a big city with a special museum: the National Czech & Slavak Museum & Librabry. It´s a museum that celebrates life. Czech life. Slovak life. American life. They are a museum that encourages self-discovery, a museum that asks what it means to be free. Through extraordinary exhibitions and experiences, they tell stories of freedom and identity, family and community, human rights and dignity. Their stories connect yesterday with today and tomorrow. The Museum Store supports the museum‘s mission by offering unique and custom items imported from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as works by local artisans, authors, and craftspeople. Items include traditional and contemporary glass, folk art, mouth-blown glass...

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