/guided tour/ Open House NY: The Dvořák Room Viewing
The Dvořák Room welcomes in-person visits once again as part of Open House New York, the free Annual OHNY Weekend – an unparalleled citywide cultural event that showcases hundreds of NYC’s most architecturally and culturally significant spaces and places, many not usually open to the public. The entire Bohemian
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National Hall – a New York City Landmark dating from 1896 – will be open for whirlwind tours of this remarkable historic center of Czech and Slovak life in New York City. The Dvořák Room was created by the Dvořák American Heritage Association to commemorate and celebrate Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s influential American years, which inspired his world-famous “New World” Symphony, “American“ Quartet and Quintet, and many other beloved works. Artifacts and memorabilia from Dvořák’s American years are exhibited in a 19th-century period room setting with graphic panels telling the story of Dvořák in America and his American legacy. View the unprecedented contract that brought the composer to New York City in 1892 as Director of the National Conservatory of Music of America, founded by the visionary Gilded Age philanthropist, Jeannette M. Thurber. Together they made headlines and advanced ideas of inclusivity and diversity in American music and education.Free and open to the public; no reservations required. First come, first served. For more information about the guided tours, visit www.czechcenter.com.---This event is organized by the Dvorak American Heritage Association in collaboration with Czech Center New York, and with the support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association.