Vítáme Vás!...Welcome to the homepage of The Texas Czech Heritage Center, Inc. (TCHCC), located right next to the Fayette County Fairgrounds in La Grange, Texas. Our mission is to provide a central facility for the preservation and promotion of the history, language, culture, and heritage of individuals of Czech ethnicity who can trace their ancestry to the Czechs who immigrated from the present-day Czech Republic or former Austria-Hungary (including Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and Silesia), to honor those immigrants, and to operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes. Please take a few minutes to learn about us, view our photos, and visit our pages. We also welcome you to stop by La Grange and visit us!

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TCHCC CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND FUNDRAISER HAS BEGUN 

The Board of Directors of Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center, Inc. proudly announces the kickoff of the Capital Campaign for the construction of the Library, Museum and Archives building to be located on the 70 acre TCHCC site adjacent to the Fayette County fairgrounds on the banks of the Colorado River in La Grange, Texas. 

The Center has arrived at a momentous time after ten years of exciting growth and development in realizing the mission and vision of the organization.  The Board of Directors has commissioned Austin architect Roger Kolar to develop a historically relevant design with a contemporary perspective.  The nucleus of the complex will consist of a large entry lobby, exhibit areas, interactive displays, research library, catering kitchen, a multi-purpose hall, meeting room, office and gift shop.  Paying homage to its rural Texas ancestors, the building recalls farmhouses, schoolhouses, and even dance halls of the Moravian ancestors, but it does not imitate any of these.  To further acknowledge its rural Czech-Texas predecessors, the building will be painted white.  The double-height lobby pavilion will remain the primary focal point of the building.  Heavily glazed, and providing the main entrance to the building, the foyer will glow when lighted at night. 

 At the design unveiling, held Saturday, October 13, 2007, donations and pledges were received in excess of $350,000.  Together with the funds on hand, this amounts to more than $900,000 that has been raised thus far toward the construction cost of $ 1.5 million dollars.  For further information in supporting, pledging, or donating to the TCHCC Library, Museum and Archives Capital Campaign, please contact the Center at P. O. Box 6, La Grange, TX 78945-0006; or telephone 1-888-785-4500 Monday through Friday 10:00 AM – 4 PM. or e-mail czechtx@verizon.net.