Freud Museum

In 1938 Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, fled to England to escape when Nazi Germany annexed Austria.

He and his family settled in this red-brick house in Hampstead. The family brought all their furniture and household effects to London and these were used to recreate Freud's consulting rooms in Vienna.

It was here that Freud finished his final work, 'Moses and Monotheism'. Among his visitors were Salvador Dalí and H.G. Wells.

Following Freud's death in 1939 his daughter Anna, a pioneer of child psychoanalysis, kept the house unchanged. In 1986, four years after Anna's death, the house was opened as a museum dedicated to Freud.

The house retains its domestic feel and has the character of early-20th century Vienna. It is furnished with some Biedemeier and 19th century Austrian painted furniture, and oriental rugs cover the floor and tables.

The centrepiece of the house is Freud's ground-floor study, preserved as it was this and contains his large library and collection of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Oriental antiquities, as well as the famous couch on which Freud's patients lay for analysis. The dining room has painted Austrian peasant furniture and photographs of Freud's apartment in Vienna. On the stairs are two portraits of Freud, one by Salvador Dalí.

One room upstairs is devoted to temporary exhibitions whilst another celebrates the life and work of Anna Freud.

A compilation of 1930s home movies are shown of the Freud family in Vienna, Paris and London. These include happy moments with the family's dog as well as scenes of Nazi attacks on his apartment in Vienna.

The shop stocks Freud souvenirs and many of his books. The museum also holds special exhibitions and events.