The National Museum

Visit the National Museum’s Antonín Dvořák Museum in Prague’s New Town today.

Inside this charming little renovated Baroque townhouse ("Villa America”) you can find a nice collection of Dvořák’s personal items, period photographs, correspondence, music notes / autographs, and more; the museum was founded in 1932 to the delight of Dvořák fans. The Baroque villa was built at the beginning of the 18th century by Count Jan Václav Michna of Vacínov; the building was constructed according to the design of the notable Czech architect Kilián Ignác Diezenhofer. The manicured garden that fully surrounds the villa is dotted with statues (from the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun – mythological characters and allegories of the four seasons), benches, flowers, and two small garden houses. An impressive gate leads to the villa. The two story house is home to Dvořák’s writing desk, piano, viola, reading glasses, his honorary Cambridge robe, and more. Upstairs there is a traditional music salon with impressive frescoes (also with a Mythological theme); classical music concerts take place on the regular here. Don’t forget to pay a visit to the small room upstairs where you can listen to various versions of Dvořák’s compositions, including - interestingly enough - polka and dub versions of some of his work. The mission of this beloved museum is to gather, look after and make accessible documents pertaining to the Maestro’s life and work.