Valentine’s Day 2026 was a truly memorable day at the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society Museum. Our guest speaker, Tom Kaschalk, a proud Clevelander whose roots run deep on the city’s Southeast Side, delivered a captivating and richly personal presentation. Tom’s story is closely intertwined with Cleveland’s Hungarian community. Three of his four great-grandparents emmigrated from […]
Despite the warnings from the National Weather Service and some cases of the sniffles, we welcomed children to our annual program dedicated to entertaining youngsters. The ages varied from 2 and a half through 11. They worked on Hungarian folk design themed crafts, they became familiar with Hungarian playing cards. They spent time decorating traditional […]
On Monday evening, October 27th, students and their teachers from the Cleveland Hungarian School came to the Museum for an hour of learning activities. Three “retired” educators, who are also members of our Board (Eva, Marian and Andy), worked on various activities with the students. The students went from working with a floor map of […]
The American Nationalities Movement held its Annual Captive Nations event on July 17th, and one of the two honorees was the Cleveland Hungarian Museum. The American Nationalities Movement has 49 nationalities which are represented in this unique organization, a fact that demonstrates that Cleveland is indeed an ethnically diverse city. In his letter to the […]
To say we had a wonderful party would be an understatement. Simply put, we had a great turnout, great music by Harmonia, generous donations to our Fund-A-Need campaign, some really fine wines, tasty treats both savory and sweet, but most of all, a lot of good wishes that came our way on Saturday. Our president […]
On Saturday, April 12th, the Museum hosted a program featuring Nicholas Boros, whose presentation on Hungarian shrines in the United States proved to be a memorable presentation. We had a sneaking suspicion that this program would be well-attended, and it was!! (You know that is the case when we have to bring in more old chairs […]
On Saturday afternoon, March 8th, we had a Hungarian language program at the Museum. It was well-attended and well-received! Our speaker, Ildikó Antal-Ferencz, is a freelance journalist who spent almost 3 years in the U.S. Her husband’s job landed the family in New Jersey, and she spent a significant portion of those years interviewing Hungarians […]
THANK YOU DR. MARTHA PERESZLÉNYI-PINTÉR FOR A FABULOUS PROGRAM!! This program was made for a live audience and we enjoyed how Márti enriched her presentation with audiovisuals from YouTube, live poetry recitations, and a stunning handout. If one ever had a doubt about how beautifully magyar literature (in all its forms) brings to life the […]
On October 25th, Friday afternoon, members of the Angyalföldi Vadrózsa folk dance group visited our Museum. They came to Cleveland as part of a multi-city tour, and performed at John Carroll University on Saturday evening, October 26th, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Bocskai Radio program.They were beyond outstanding, mesmerizing everyone with their energy, […]
Friday evening, October 11, was a wonderful evening for those who attended the Vintner Dinner. The Vintner Dinner is the primary fundraising event for our Museum, and it has become the primary opportunity to taste fine Hungarian wines that are not available in the wine stores around the Cleveland area. Our Honoree this year was […]
