Dvorak’s Summer Home

Posted: July 14, 2023

“I have been on vacation since 3 June here in the Czech village of Spillville and I won’t be returning to New York until the latter half of September. The children arrived safely from Europe and we’re all happy together. We like it very much here and, thank God, I am working hard and I’m healthy and in good spirits.” –Antonin Dvorak

Friday Fun Fact: Dvorak wrote the String Quartet in F major in just 12 days during the summer of 1893 in Spillville, IA!

Come and see where the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and his family lived during that summer, here at the Bily Clocks Museum and Antonin Dvorak Exhibit!