Freud Museum: The Freud Museum, at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. It contains Freuds remarkable collection of antiquities: Egyptian; Greek; Roman and Oriental. Almost two thousand items fill cabinets and are ranged on every surface. There are rows of ancient figures on the desk where Freud wrote until the early hours of the morning. The walls are lined with shelves containing Freuds large library of reference books.
Undoubtedly the most famous piece of furniture in all the collection is Freuds psychoanalytic couch, on which all of Freuds patients reclined. The couch is remarkably comfortable and is covered with a richly coloured Iranian rug with chenille cushions piled on top. The Freud Museums central function is to celebrate the life and work of Sigmund and Anna Freud. The museum organises active programmes of research and publication. It has an education service which organizes seminars, conferences and special visits to the museum.
The Museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday 12 - 5 p.m.
(Mondays & Tuesdays closed).
Easter Opening Hours
The Museum is closed on Good Friday 25 March.
Open Saturday 26 March & Easter Sunday 27 March.
For more information about Freud Museum, please contact 020 7435 2002, or see event details on the left.
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