Museum of Dvorák (Muzeum Antonína Dvoráka)

Museum of Dvorák (Muzeum Antonína Dvoráka) (53)

DOWNLOAD THIS AUDIO (0.56 MB)

DOWNLOAD ALL (47.34 MB)

HOTEL NEAR

In the New Town you will find a lovely Baroque villa that at one time was a small summer palace of the Michna of Vacínov family. Today it is better known as Villa Amerika, the popular name given to it by a nearby guesthouse called Amerika. But it is even better-known for being the home of the museum dedicated to the Czech composer Antonín Dvorák.

Experts point out that this property is a veritable jewel of Prague civil Baroque. It was built in 1717 by the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer for the Míchna family as a summer residence. It is dominated by red and ochre. The house has two storeys with an iron fence, a replica of the original, and its garden is beautifully decorated with statues and earthenware jars. They were made by Antonín Braun in 1735 and later restored.

The inside of the villa has also been largely restored until acquiring the appearance you see before you today. The main hall, which is often used as a concert hall, was decorated with the frescos by Ferdinand Schor in 1720.

Since 1932 this elegant small palace has been the home of the Dvorák Museum, thus paying a much-deserved homage to one of the most important Czech composers of all times.

It would be quite impossible for a city so much impassioned by music to forget the figure of Antonín Dvorák, born in 1841 in Nelahozeves, to the north of Prague. His compositions, written during the second half of the 19th century, express with great strength the notes of Czech national music with universal touches.

Scholars highlight Dvorák as one of the great authors of symphonic art and chamber music. In fact, one of his most famous compositions is called “New World Symphony”. It premiered in the 1896 in the Rudolfinum hall and the best of its rooms also bears the name of Dvorák.

As in the majority of museums dedicated to the figure of a single author, on exhibit are letters, personal objects and photographs from his public and private life. You can also see if you come here, original scores and instruments used by the composer himself, such as his viola and piano.

ALL POINTS OF INTEREST

INFORMATION

Play&Tour (0)

History of the City of Prague (1)

ESSENTIAL

Basilica and convent of Saint George (Bazilika a Kláster Sv. Jirí) (33)

Church of St. Nicholas (Sv. Mikulas) (11)

Monastery of Strahov (Strahovsky Klaster) (26)

Rudolfinum (15)

Town Old Building of the Old Town (Staromestská Radnice) (9)

Cathedral of Saint Vitus (Katedrála Sv. Víta) (31)

Golz-Kinsky Palace (Palác Kinskych) (4)

National Gallery, Sternberg Palace (Národní Galerie - Sternbersky Palác) (29)

Saint Nicholas of Malá Strana (Sv. Mikulás) (40)

Vysehrad (58)

Charles Bridge (Karlûv Most) (2)

Karolinum (13)

Our Lady of the Snows (Panna Marie Snezná) (52)

The Astronomical Watch (10)

Church of Our Lady Before Tyn (Panna Maria Pred Tynem) (5)

Klementinum (3)

Our Lady of Victoria (Panna Maria Vítezná) (39)

The Powder Tower (Prasna Brana) (7A)

INTERESTING

Celetná Street (7)

Church of Saint Thomas (Sv. Tomás) (44)

Jan Hus, Bethlehem Chapel (Betlemska Kaple) (6)

Lobkowicz-Schwarzenberg Palace (Lobkovicky Palác) (36)

National Theatre (Národní Divadlo) (48)

Our Lady of Loreto (Loreta) (28)

Royal Way. Nerudova. (37)

State Opera (Státní Opera) (57)

Cernín Palace (Cernínsky Palác) (27)

Convent of Saint Agnes of Bohemia (Kláster Sv. Anezky) (16)

Jewish Quarter of Prague. The Golem. (21)

Masaryk Quay (Masarykovo Nábrezí) (51)

Old Jewish Cemetery (Stary Zidovsky Hrbitov) (24)

Petrin Hill (Petrínské Sady) (42)

Saint John Nepomucene (Sv. Jan Nepomucky na Skalce) (46)

Vtrba Garden (Vrtbovská Zahrada) (38)

Charles IV Square (Karlovo Námesti) (49)

Cubist Houses (Kubistické Domy) (59)

Kampa Island (41)

Municipal House (Obecní Dum) (12)

Old Town Square (8)

Royal Garden (Kralovská Zahrada) (35)

Slav Island and the Mánes Gallery (Slovansky Ostrov) (50)

Wallenstein Palace (Valdstejnsky Palác) (43)

Church of Saint James (Sv. Jakub) (19)

Golden Lane (Zlatá Ulicka) (32)

Letná Park (Letenské Sady) (17)

National Avenue (Narodni) (54)

Old-New Synagogue (Staronová Synagóga) (25)

Royal Palace (Stary Kralovsky Palác) (34)

Slavic Monastery of Emmaus (Kláster Na Slovanech -Emauzy-) (45)

Wenceslas Square (Václavské Námeí) (47)

MUSEUM

Castle Gallery (Obrázarna Prazskeho Hradu) (30)

Museum of Dvorák (Muzeum Antonína Dvoráka) (53)

Prague City Museum (Muzeum Hlavního Mesta Prahy) (18)

Centre of Modern and Contemporary Art (Sbirka Moderního a Soucasneho Umení) (20)

National Jewish Museum, Maisel and Pinkas Synagogues (23)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart Museum. (60)

Mucha Museum (Muchovo Muzeum) (56)

National Jewish Museum, Spanish and Klausen Synagogues (22)

Museum of Decorative Art (Umleckoprmyslové Muzeum) (14)

National Museum (Národní Muzeum) (55)