The Gazette

Czech Village Clock Tower in Cedar Rapids preparing for its close-up

In late March, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids announced plans to renovate its flood- and derecho-damaged Clock Tower at the corner of Inspiration Place and 16th Avenue SW ...
The Gazette

Czech Village museum’s Clock Tower to add Prague-style astronomical clock features, figurines

CEDAR RAPIDS — Some clocks just go “tick tock.” A few do astronomical things. By fall, the Clock Tower standing silently in Czech Village will sing and dance, and show the phases of the sun and moon, ...
Dezeen

Bril’s Coniferous Clock is filled with leaves that take a year to die

Japanese design collective Bril has filled a circular cedar frame with leaves that gradually fade from green to brown over the course of a year to create an annual clock without using hands or numbers ...
KWWL

Presidents of Czech Republic and Slovakia visit Cedar Rapids for clock tower dedication

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) -- Governor Kim Reynolds and the Presidents of the Czech Republic and Slovakia paid a visit to Cedar Rapids on Friday at the National Czech and Slovak Museum for a new clock ...