The Freud Museum was the final home of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, and his daughter Anna Freud, a pioneering child psychoanalyst. The Freuds were fortunate to be able to bring all their belongings to London. The heart of the house is Sigmund Freud's study and his famous psychoanalytic couch.
Freud spent the last year of his life here, and died in his study at Maresfield Gardens. The Freud Museum exists to promote the intellectual and cultural legacies of Sigmund and Anna Freud for the learning and enjoyment of all. While caring for the house and collections, we aim to highlight the relevance of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud and psychoanalysis in the contemporary world.
Freud spent the last year of his life here, and died in his study at Maresfield Gardens. The Freud Museum exists to promote the intellectual and cultural legacies of Sigmund and Anna Freud for the learning and enjoyment of all. While caring for the house and collections, we aim to highlight the relevance of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud and psychoanalysis in the contemporary world.
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We are very pleased to welcome you to the Freud Museum London. If you've been to Sigmund and Anna Freud's home before, you will see that we have made a few changes designed for your safety, and the safety of our staff. 50% discount on the full adult admission fee on presentation of a valid membership card (NT England only).
We are committed to promoting learning about Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud and psychoanalysis. In this section you can find out more about our Education Service, including group visits, online sessions and learning resources. We facilitate learning visits for a wide range of groups from schools to community organisations.
This is a major work in Freud's collection. Eros is a youthful god here, but he appears in many other guises in Freud's study - large and small, as a child and adolescent. But he always represents that timeless subject: love. We hold an extensive archive of documents related to Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and other notable figures.
Friends' benefits include unlimited free admission, exclusive private views, and generous discounts on all events and in the museum shop. A bequest as part of your will can help us to inspire future generations to engage with Freud's life and work. If you have time to spare and want to help out, or are looking for experience of working in museums, we'd love to have you onboard.
Sigmund Freud's home and garden provides a unique setting for special occasions and business events. Built in brick in the elegant Queen Anne revival style, the house contains Freud's study, preserved just as he left it. The house is situated in picturesque Hampstead, within easy reach of public transport (a 10-minute tube ride from central London).
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An P.
Dec 16, 2021
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Billi Robinson
Oct 31, 2021
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Neecey Moff
Oct 26, 2021
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Ellen Marie
Oct 06, 2021
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I am an American psychotherapist, so I knew I had to visit the Freud Museum London on my recent trip. Let me tell you, it did NOT disappoint! If love psychology and history, it’s a must-see. The home itself is beautiful and impeccably maintained by a lovely staff. You enter through the back gardens into what was Sigmund and Martha’s (wife) sun… porch. On the ground floor you can tour the dining room and hallway, but half of the house (where bedrooms and toilets would have been) is closed off for office space. Also on the ground floor - the reason you NEED to visit - is Freud
Asha Azfar
Sep 13, 2021
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Jayne Parnes
Aug 30, 2021
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Very interesting to learn more about Freud’s final years in London, and to see the interior of house in which he lived.
Prize exhibit of course is his study, with the couch and the chair, and his eclectic collections. Wonderful rugs, his personal items, some great photographs and drawings.
His daughter Anna, also a pioneer in the field of child psychiatry, lived there until her death in the 1980s and her life and work is also well represented.
An interesting and delightful visit, would highly recommend it.
Prize exhibit of course is his study, with the couch and the chair, and his eclectic collections. Wonderful rugs, his personal items, some great photographs and drawings.
His daughter Anna, also a pioneer in the field of child psychiatry, lived there until her death in the 1980s and her life and work is also well represented.
An interesting and delightful visit, would highly recommend it.
London Double Trouble
Aug 25, 2021
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We have been meaning to go here for sometime and certainly was not disappointed. As a psychology student I'm personally fascinated by the work of Freud and we both are infact. I mean a lot of history within one place to take in.
So firstly when arriving, ah yes before this. Please book online via the website as this is key. So as you enter you are asked to walk around the side and into the back garden, it's peaceful and has a sense of calm it's quite something. When arriving you are told about how to listen to the audio files for each room which explains a lot more and quite a fair amount of information
So firstly when arriving, ah yes before this. Please book online via the website as this is key. So as you enter you are asked to walk around the side and into the back garden, it's peaceful and has a sense of calm it's quite something. When arriving you are told about how to listen to the audio files for each room which explains a lot more and quite a fair amount of information
Tash N.
Aug 23, 2021
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Kagiumi
Aug 22, 2021
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Visiting Freud's house was an incredible experience. The house is well maintained, with a beautiful and well kept garden. You can see a lot of Freud's significant belongings, especially the world famous couch!!! The experience made me truly emotional, as it was a chance to get closer to the figure of Freud both as a professional and as a human being and family man. The visit also enables to familiarise with the figure of Anna Freud, who was a pioneer in Child Psychology. Great experience all round!!!
Carrie Martlew
Aug 15, 2021
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Michel Bizet
Aug 09, 2021
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Erykah Urban
Jun 13, 2021
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Anya S.
Dec 11, 2020
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Tanya Lake
Jul 25, 2019
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If you are in the area, this museum is worth popping in for a tour. You can see Freud’s famous analytic couch and his former home at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead London NW3. If you’re interested in Sigmund Freud or Psychoanalysis, you’ll enjoy visiting. Freud's study and library are the most interesting rooms. The others are a bit sparsely decorated but it is an interesting place.
J. K.
Oct 15, 2017
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If you're into Freud like me, you'll love it here. So many things to gander. Try to catch one of the free tours. It's not crowded. One major complaint - when I was there, they had a local artist display his modern art "sculptures" throughout the house. His biggest piece (6 feet tall) was right in the MIDDLE OF FREUD'S OFFICE, obscuring the most important thing in the museum: Freud's couch. Why in the world would someone put a stupid modern art sculpture (that no one cares about) in the middle of Freud's office. If I wanted to see modern art by some random
Jack F.
Mar 10, 2016
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This wouldn't have been on my list to visit, only because it is out of the way of the normal tourist route for our short stay. However, my wife is a psych major, so this was a must see. It isn't too hard to get to. Just off the tube, up a short hill and through a pleasant residential neighborhood. The house makes for an enjoyable but not too long visit. You can take pictures, except for in his actual office area, which is decorated with his couch and large collection of art, books, and antiquities. When you are done, there is a good museum shop available. The only thing we couldn
Stacy H.
Aug 07, 2013
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Hynotherapist L.
Apr 23, 2013
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There is a sense in which even those of us who feel the Master held back the study of the mind for a generation one can see that the the richness of his vision is reflected in the environment which nurtured him.
Nobel prizewinner and polymath Peter Medawar quoted wonderful testimony from the International Psychoanalytic Congress in Stockholm in 1963 ( "the Oedipus complex is acted out and experienced by the anti-Semite as a narcissistic injury ...") to illustrate what he called "the Olympian glibness of psychoanalytic thought" going on to point out that it is impossible to
Nobel prizewinner and polymath Peter Medawar quoted wonderful testimony from the International Psychoanalytic Congress in Stockholm in 1963 ( "the Oedipus complex is acted out and experienced by the anti-Semite as a narcissistic injury ...") to illustrate what he called "the Olympian glibness of psychoanalytic thought" going on to point out that it is impossible to
Felix W.
Dec 31, 2008
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Well, I was taken here when family in an obscure part of London asked me if I'd be interested. I was and still am, which can only be a good thing.
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of museums which are basically the house of someone famous, but this one has got to be one of the better houses. See Freud's couch!
It's quite a grand house, and very well-presented, and I'm not a big Freud man but everything was clearly and informatively laid out. I think, for some reason, I may have bought a Freud tea-towel at the guest shop, though I've lost it. Kind of thing
Admittedly, I'm not the biggest fan of museums which are basically the house of someone famous, but this one has got to be one of the better houses. See Freud's couch!
It's quite a grand house, and very well-presented, and I'm not a big Freud man but everything was clearly and informatively laid out. I think, for some reason, I may have bought a Freud tea-towel at the guest shop, though I've lost it. Kind of thing
Melissa W.
Dec 23, 2008
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What is it about visiting the houses of dead people? At least this museum is better than the Shakespeare houses in Stratford-Upon-Avon and actually has things that belonged to Freud, such as his antique collections as well as the infamous couch where he treated his patients. This house much like Leighton's house frequently holds exhibitions, dinners, and the occasional film crew. There is a great little shop full of obligatory souvenirs to prove that you were there.
Qype User EnForw
Dec 05, 2007
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Entrance into Freud's gaff is charged so it's well worth going there for a talk or when they are holding some kind of exhibition which they do quite regularly (...the one I can remember included Sarah Lucas sculpture-thing and some other contemporary stuff)
I felt rather odd having to use Freud's loo after drinking lots of free wine after a talk there.
Miniature Freud Carpet mouse mats are available from the shop!! Which made me chuckle
I felt rather odd having to use Freud's loo after drinking lots of free wine after a talk there.
Miniature Freud Carpet mouse mats are available from the shop!! Which made me chuckle
