Grant Wood’s Studio, a place of inspiration and work
Sean Ulmer, Executive Director of the Cedar Rapids Museum took time to show my mom and me around Grant Wood’s fascinating Studio during…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Fighting for Uncle Sam, Read About the Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army as you travel along!
On a recent trip to Cedar Rapids I immersed myself in African American Military history with the book, “Fighting for Uncle Sam, Buffalo…
Grant Wood Memorial Window at Cedar Rapids Veteran’s Memorial Building and So Much More
We thought we were going to see a stained glass window, a beautiful piece of art, but that was all. Little did we…
Czech Village in Cedar Rapids brings history alive!
In the heart of downtown Cedar Rapids there is a neighborhood with a bit of ethnic history. The official Czech Village of Cedar…
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, beautiful and education – eye opening!
Laura Formanek, Director of Marketing & Communications for the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library provided my mom and me a guided…