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Today the museum highlights the history of Slovaks and Czechs in Omaha. [1] Located at Omaha's only Sokol (est. 1911), the Czechoslovak Museum includes fine hand-cut lead crystal , costumes, photographs, showcases of memorabilia, a Czech/English reference library and a gift shop, which features only items imported from the Czech Republic . [ 2 ]
Czechs from Omaha helped gain legislative approval to found the Czech Language Program at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, instituted in 1907. Additionally, a Czech heritage course was created at the College of St. Mary in Omaha. [9] These programs have served as centers for teaching Czech language, literature and culture for nearly a ...
The organization was a western offshoot of the Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which was based in the eastern states. [4] ZCBJ founder members disagreed with some CSPS policies which were not tailored to their specific circumstances, especially about the calculation of payments to members, [4] and the admission of women to the club's ...
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
Sokol South Omaha Czechoslovak Museum; El Museo Latino celebrates the legacy, art and culture of Latin America, and is the first Latino art and history museum in Omaha. The Great Plains Black History Museum, celebrating the legacy of African Americans in Omaha and throughout the Great Plains.
A Czech language newspaper, the Pokrok Západu (Progress of the West), was founded in Omaha in 1871. [3] Other Czech language newspapers in Nebraska included Přítel Lidu (People's Friend), [4] Ozvěna Západu (Echo of the West), [5] and Wilberské Listy. [6] A state organization for Czech Nebraskans, Nebraska Czechs Inc., was formed in 1963. [7]
The building historically served as a meeting hall for the Czech community, hosting a Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota lodge that was the oldest Czech fraternal order in Oklahoma. The lodge was originally organized in 1891 as a branch of the Czech-Slovak Protective Society, but was incorporated into Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota in 1897. [2]
The Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which became the Czecho Slovakian Association, was an organization supporting the welfare of Czech and Slovak immigrants to the United States. The Czech-Slovak Protective Society started as an insurance services organization. [1] It was once the largest Czech-American freethought fraternity in the ...