Happy Holidays!!! It is that time of the year to count our blessings to thank all those who make the Czech Center Museum Houston what it is. We reflect on what we here at the CCMH, with your assistance, do to make a difference in the world by showcasing heritage, culture and tradition, the arts, the education that remembers our roots, our ancestors making us citizens of the world. We are indeed blessed to live in America, to know peoples from other parts of the globe who touch our lives as well. On behalf of the Board of Directors, Volunteers and Staff, please accept our wishes for a wonderful Holiday, a Joyous Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year 2012.                                 Effie M. Rosene

  St. Nicholas and the charming angel and devil annually visit the Czech Center Museum Houston for 17 years now. Don't miss them Tuesday evening, December 6th, in Brno Gallery as they welcome you for a fun evening and a delicious dinner in Prague Hall from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event includes the holiday's traditions as well as a concert on strings by two handsome young brothers. All ages are invited and you should certainly bring some children. Admission is $35.00 per person. Children ages 3-10 are $10.00. Celebrate St. Nicholas Eve, a very popular Christmas cultural tradition that brings out the older, younger and the very young! Begin your Christmas holidays here.
  Enjoy our Christmas Market. The traditional celebration of Saint Nicholas in the Czech Republic as well as most other European countries is December 6th each year. The trio make their way to the homes of small children delivering fruits and sweets to those well behaved, and they will be here! RSVP now 713-528-2060 so we can accommodate you and your guests.

Prague International Gifts Shop is filled to the brim with collectibles - figurines, antique laces, icons, dreidels, pottery, porcelain, crystal, handmade jewelry, vintage jewelry, Swarovski crystal and garnet jewelry, puzzles, wooden toys, marionettes, books & cookbooks, textiles and much more. We also have the just released "Jimmy Brosch Remembers Twenty Legendary Texas Czech Polka Bands," written by Theresa Cernoch Parker along with the accompanying CD. This is a great opportunity for unique, hassle-free shopping with some reduced prices up to 20%. Open daily Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (December 12 through 23 until 5:00 p.m.). Yes, we also ship.

November 17, 2011 We celebrated the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia with a program regarding those ten most eventful days that fell between November 17th and 27th, 1989 when on that first day, a peaceful student demonstration to commemorate International Students Day ended in violence. From that revolution one of the most important developments was the establishment of the Civic Forum by Vaclav Havel, the country's first President of the Second Republic and the fall of communism after forty-three years. Click on: http://www.prague-life.com/prague/velvet-revolution. Hearty hors d'oeuvres were served accompanied by three new Czech Beers. We sang "We shall overcome" and heard a dramatic reading of Vaclav Havel's famous New Year's Address to the Nation January 1, 1990. Velvet Drinks and Red Velvet desserts were served.