Castle in Vysoká u Příbramě, Renaissance Revival castle and museum in Vysoká u Příbramě, Czech Republic.
Castle in Vysoká u Příbramě is a Neo-Renaissance building completed in 1878 to a design by architect Čeněk Gregor for Count Václav Robert Kounic. It stands on the western edge of the village within an English park that contains two small ponds.
Count Václav Robert Kounic, Dvořák's brother-in-law, had the Neo-Renaissance castle built by architect Čeněk Gregor; it was completed with its English park in 1878. Dvořák visited freely, and in 1884 he bought a nearby older granary from Kounic, converting it into his summer home. He came to Vysoká until his death in 1904.
The museum is housed in Kounic's former residence, not Dvořák's own house. Its collection includes scale models of stage sets from opera premieres and costumes from Rusalka, while a listening room offers eighty recordings of Dvořák's music. The ground-floor Václav Kounic Gallery, opened in May 2001, shows temporary exhibitions and material on the original owners, Count Kounic and his wife, the Prague actress Josefina Čermáková.
The grounds are best explored on foot, and the English garden invites leisurely walks through its pathways. Visitors should check opening hours before arriving to ensure the interior rooms are available for viewing.
The museum opened its first Dvořák exhibition in 1963, closed for several years from 1990 for renovation of the house and park, and reopened in May 1994 with the collection on three floors. The Václav Kounic Gallery on the ground floor opened in May 2001.
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