Photo: Marian Benes

The Dvorak 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 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. For more information about the tours, visit czechcenter.com.

The Dvorak Room was created by the Dvorak American Heritage Association to commemorate and celebrate Dvorak’s influential American years, which inspired his world famous “New World” Symphony, “American“ Quartet and Quintet, and many other beloved works. Memorabilia from the composer’s American years are exhibited in a 19th- century period room setting with graphic panels telling the story of Dvorak in America.

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 admittance, no reservations required. First come, first served.

This event is organized by the Dvorak American Heritage Association (DAHA) with support of BBLA.