Muzeum Antonína Dvořáka

About the museum

Since its founding in 1932, the Antonín Dvořák Museum has been housed in the Baroque Amerika summer palace in Prague's New Town. The summer palace was built in the early 18th century by Count Jan Václav Michna of Vacínov to a design by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer; it is surrounded by a garden with statues from the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun. The first exhibition opened on 20 June 1932 and showed furniture from Dvořák's study and objects from his Prague flat.

Until 1956 the museum was run by an association for the erection of the Dvořák monument, after which it passed to state administration. The first permanent exhibition after the reconstruction of the building was ceremonially opened in the jubilee year 1961; a new exhibition, divided into a biographical and a composer section, was created in 1991. Since 1976 the museum has been part of the Museum of Czech Music at the National Museum.

After a partial reconstruction in 2012, the exhibition The Paths of Antonín Dvořák was created on the ground floor, and the first floor was adapted for regular concerts and an annual thematic exhibition. The museum preserves above all a unique collection of the composer's manuscripts and correspondence, a substantial part of his music archive and library, and rich press documentation.

Highlights

• Baroque Amerika summer palace designed by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer
• Garden with statues from the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun
• Unique collection of Dvořák's manuscripts and correspondence
• Period photographs and press documents about the composer's success

Permanent exhibition

• Cesty Antonína Dvořáka – The exhibition on the ground floor of the Amerika summer palace presents the composer through his manuscripts, correspondence and period photographs.

Founded

1932

Operated by

Národní muzeum (České muzeum hudby)

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission days to National Museum buildings in 2026: 1 November and 6 December (not valid for the Children's Museum, the Czech Press Photo exhibition or the Palacký and Ježek memorials, for example).

The e-ticket allows one-time entry within 30 days of purchase. Free admission (at the ticket office only) is also granted to holders of ICOM, Společnost NM and Prague Card – CoolPass cards; tour guides do not get free admission. A guided tour for the public is possible only for groups of 10 or more people on weekdays, by prior booking: admission ticket + CZK 70 per person in Czech, + CZK 90 per person in English.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The building is not step-free: several steps lead to the entrance (museum staff will help on request), and inside only the ground floor can be visited. Information by telephone on 224 497 584. Animals are prohibited, except service and assistance animals.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check

The cloakroom on the ground floor is free for visitors. The shop on the ground floor offers, among other things, recordings of Dvořák's compositions, music prints and souvenirs.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

The Amerika summer palace with its garden can be rented.

Plan your visit