Werich Villa on Kampa will open to the public this evening

Prague - This evening, the reconstructed Werich Villa on Prague's Kampa will open to the public. The opening will be accompanied by a festive evening with a musical and dance program featuring several well-known personalities. The villa, which has been renovated by Prague 1 after years of decay, is leased by the Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation, which will operate a museum there.

Tours of the villa will start today at 7:00 PM and will last into the late night hours. Due to the expected high interest, advance registration will be required at the information booth by the building. For the same reason, there will only be short introductory tours, rather than longer ones with detailed explanations. The building will feature an exhibition dedicated to Jan Werich, including a reconstruction of his study. Part of the space will also be dedicated to other significant personalities who lived there, such as the national educator Josef Dobrovský and the poet Vladimír Holan.

The accompanying program will start at 6:45 PM and will include not only representatives of the foundation and politicians but also actors who are somehow connected to the personality of Jan Werich. This will include Jiřina Bohdalová, Jiří Menzel, Jan Přeučil, and Josef Zíma, among others. The event will feature period music performed by the Ježkovy Sisters and the Melody Boys band. There will also be dance demonstrations on the program.