Bedřich Smetana Memorial Museum, Music memorial museum in Semilkovice, Czech Republic.
The Bedřich Smetana Memorial Museum occupies the Lamberk farmstead in Semilkovice, a rural walled building from the early 19th century with simplified Baroque elements. The grounds comprise a dwelling, a second cottage with farm rooms, a garden, a garden gazebo, a boundary wall and a gate with a small door. Inside are barrel vaults with lunettes, historic furniture, a piano and family memorabilia on loan from the National Museum's Czech Museum of Music.
In 1849 František Ferdinandi, director of the Obříství estate, bought the farmstead at Semilkovice no. 12 and turned it into a country villa. His daughter Bettina married Bedřich Smetana in the local church of St John the Baptist on 10 July 1860. Smetana returned to Lamberk for about ten years, mainly in summer, and began The Bartered Bride there. A memorial hall opened in 1956 in the former post office; it moved to the farmstead in 1968, was damaged by the 2002 flood and reopened on 28 June 2007.
The collection presents the life and achievements of one of Czechia's most important composers through his belongings and musical creations. Visitors experience how the artist lived and understand the role his music played in shaping Czech cultural identity.
The memorial occupies the Lamberk farmstead in Semilkovice, part of Obříství in Central Bohemia. The grounds comprise a dwelling, a výměnek with farm buildings, a garden, a garden gazebo, a boundary wall and a gate with a small door. A bust of Smetana and a memorial Japanese pagoda tree stand in front of the výměnek. The exhibition was installed by the Regional Museum in Mělník.
The memorial opened in 1956 in the former post office and municipal office in Obříství and moved to the Lamberk farmstead in 1968. Flood damage in 2002 led to repairs funded by the municipality with support from the Central Bohemian regional authority, and the reinstalled exhibition reopened on 28 June 2007. In front of the farmstead's výměnek stands a bust of Smetana beside a protected Japanese pagoda tree.
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