Czechoslovak Heritage Museum

02/22/2024

Our valued partner, TGM, is having another bakery sale! Hurry, because time is short to get your orders in! (trying to share with current info, but it keeps dropping; go directly to their page if you can't see from here):
🥖 BAKERY SALE – TREATS FOR A CAUSE 🥖
We are announcing another bakery sale, featuring an array of Czech "pečivo"! Indulge in the rich flavors of "rohlíky," "chleba," "koláče," "větrníky," "vánočka," and much more.
📅 ORDER BY: Thursday, February 22nd, midnight
📍 PICK UP: Saturday, February 24thth, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM at T. G. Masaryk School (5701 W 22nd Pl, Cicero)
🛍️ PAYMENT: Cash only, on the spot
🌐 ORDER HERE: https://docs.google.com/.../1AjNSiru7XpDCQ82P6.../edit...
Proceeds from the bakery sale will go towards our 2024 summer project – yard and garden maintenance and upgrade! 🪴

02/13/2024

Friends and followers: we invite you to "click" to reserve your spot at this very special "kick-off" event of 2024 as the Year of Czech Music. This enchanting concert, March 6 at the Chopin Theatre, features Duo Ambroš from Prague. All proceeds will benefit the Museum and future events. Please join us for this celebration!

March 6th - In honor of the 200th birth anniversary of Bedřich Smetana, hailed as the "father of Czech music," the Czech Republic proudly declared 2024 as the Year of Czech Music.  To kick off this extraordinary celebration, we invite you to an enchanting concert on March 6 at the Chopin Theatre,...

11/22/2023

11/13/2023

Experience Leoš Janáček's gripping opera, JENŮFA onstage at November 12-26.
Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša leads an all-star cast including Lise Davidsen, Nina Stemme, Pavel Černoch, Richard Trey Smagur, and more with the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Learn more and save Save 40% on the November 15 performance with promo code “CZECH40” or 20% on all other performances with promo “CZECH20” at lyricopera.org/jenufa.

09/26/2023

Shout out to our newest followers! We are excited and honored to have you with us.

Madge Cecka Diedrich, Donald Zidlicky, Rose Azzalin, Frances Hohn, Kim Laqua, Sharon Bartow, Susan Milligan, Gail Eebner, Callaway McCord, Chou Dou, Janet Kalina Ekenberg, Todd Yatchyshyn, Leena Leo

06/23/2023

Did any of our followers attend the cultural event last evening at T. G. Masaryk Czech School featuring renowned Czech authors Alice Horáčková and Jan Novák? We'd love to hear from you about it!

06/22/2023

While we are not yet reopened as a Museum due to ongoing updates & construction on the building, we hope to welcome guests soon! We will keep you posted about upcoming events.
In the meantime, please 'Czech out' events at the T. G. Masaryk Czech School, a valued partner to the Museum.

08/04/2022

Dear friends of the Czech Heritage Museum:

We have entered the final phase of our remodeling. As for many, the COVID pandemic has had a negative impact on both our timeline and our financial situation, so today we reach out to enlist your support, as much as you are able. It is our fervent desire to display our love for Czech culture and the story of its impact in Chicago and now we ask your help in achieving this goal. Please turn your “like” of our page here into a Museum membership to help us through our current financial challenges and make the Museum a reality!

Adult memberships are $40.00, with senior and student discounts available. Sponsorships (by individuals or groups) are also available at various levels. Membership can be either one or two years; note that a one-year membership will last through the end of 2023, and a two-year, through December 2024.

Payment can be made through PayPal or postal mail. Electronic payments should be made to the PayPal account of our Board Chairman ([email protected]) and should be followed up by emailing him your information as requested on the form. Alternatively, the coupon below can be found on our website in fillable format, or it can be snipped from https://czechoslovakheritagemuseum.com/images/CHM2022memberfillable.pdf, printed, completed and mailed to Treasurer Ray Capek, at the address on the coupon.

We appreciate all contributions to our efforts to preserve and display Czech heritage in Chicago!

07/25/2021

Great FIRST event yesterday at the Czechoslovak Heritage Museum, supporting the Save Klas project!

02/20/2021

Making great progress in the main room of the Museum!

02/15/2021

One of the very cool finds we're archiving as part of our digitizing project: a great photo of the Czechoslovakia Pavillion at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, in the shadows of Soldier Field.

08/14/2020

Dear friends of the Czech Heritage Museum:

Soon we will be entering the final phase of our remodeling. As for many, the COVID pandemic has had a negative impact on both our timeline and our financial situation, so today we reach out to enlist your support, as much as you are able. It is our fervent desire to display our love for Czech culture and the story of its impact in Chicago and now we ask your help in achieving this goal. Please turn your “like” of our page here into a Museum membership to help us through our current financial challenges and make the Museum a reality!

Adult memberships are $40.00, with senior and student discounts available. Sponsorships (by individuals or groups) are also available at various levels. Membership can be either one or two years; note that a one-year membership will last through the end of 2021, and a two-year, through December 2022.

Payment can be made through PayPal or postal mail. Electronic payments should be made to the PayPal account of our Board Chairman ([email protected]) and should be followed up by emailing him your information as requested on the form. Alternatively, the coupon below can be found on our website in fillable format, or it can be snipped from here, printed, completed and mailed to Treasurer Ray Capek, at the address on the coupon.

We appreciate all contributions to our efforts to preserve and display Czech heritage in Chicago!

03/19/2020

02/09/2020

Renovation is almost complete at the Czechoslovak Heritage Museum! We expect to take occupancy in the next month and are planning an Open House before Summer!

11/17/2019

Working all weekend long at the Museum!

12/22/2018

Veselé Vánoce, to all our Museum friends and supporters! Watch for our Grand Opening in 2020!!

11/30/2018

We TRULY appreciate your interest in the Czechoslovak Heritage Museum! Our remodeling work continues, but SLOWLY, due to a small bank account and very few workers. If you can help, either monetarily or with a Saturday morning of labor, please contact Cary Mentzer!

09/19/2018

The drywalling continues! If you are able, please consider making a cash donation to the Museum to keep our efforts moving forward!! Our PO Box 3842 is still in Oak Brook, with zip code 60523. Thank you!

03/24/2018

Let the drywalling begin at the Czechoslovak Heritage Museum! And look at that beautiful ceiling that we're going to restore!!

10/30/2017

Another productive Saturday at the Museum!

10/25/2017

Work continues at the Museum!

10/09/2017

Work continues on the future Czechoslovak Heritage Museum!

10/09/2017

Work continues on the new Czechoslovak Heritage Museum!

07/14/2017

The Czechoslovak Heritage Museum is in the early stages of renovating the storefront just east of Klas Restaurant. Soon it will be our new HOME! Please watch this space for ways that you can help our Grand re-opening efforts!!

01/26/2017

Come for the beer, stay for the food - here's our definitive list of the foods to try while you're in the Czech Republic

02/17/2016

To reach Cary Mentzer, President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum, write [email protected]

12/10/2015

The Museum has moved out of storage and some of our collection will be on display soon! Please reach us through our official page by clicking the "Contact Us" button above, and liking our official page!

12/10/2015

This is NOT the official page of the Czechoslovak Heritage Museum! This is a Facebook-generated page. To get to the page we maintain, please click the "Contact Us" button above, and like us there!