Birth house of Antonín Dvořák, Birth house and museum in Nelahozeves, Czech Republic.
The birth house of Antonín Dvořák is a two-story residential building in Nelahozeves that now operates as a museum. The rooms are furnished with personal belongings, photographs, documents, and period furniture from the 19th century that document his life there.
Dvořák was born here in 1841 and spent his childhood in this house before later settling in Prague for formal musical education. The building is among the monuments that preserve the lives of Czech artists from the 19th century.
The house shows how Bohemian folk music and local traditions shaped Dvořák's artistic work. Visitors can see rooms that still reflect the connection between his family and the region's music culture.
The house stands at No. 12 on the village square of Nelahozeves in the Mělník district, with the Dvořák statue of 1988 between it and the castle. The ground floor keeps its post-1842 layout of a pub room and three living rooms. The house reopened on 8 September 2025 as a visitor centre with an interactive museum; the earlier display opened in June 2024.
Only one item survives from Dvořák's first twelve years in Nelahozeves: a prayer book given to him by Prince F. K. Lobkowicz, since his mother came from the Lobkowicz household. The museum also displays a plate of American presidents he brought back from the United States and material on the railway built through the village, which may explain his lifelong interest in locomotives.
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