10 July 2007 – 11 November 2007

Remains of Memory, Disturbances in Reading

From the Sigmund Freud Museum Collection

The presentation takes visitors into the archive and the library of the Sigmund Freud Museum. Pictures, writings and objects, which until now have been stored away out of sight, are on display for the first time, providing an overview of collecting activity at the institution housed in the rooms where Sigmund Freud lived and worked.

The presentation serves to provide visitors with a view into the museum’s "back stage". In this way it closes gaps in the permanent exhibition, but simultaneously it makes them visible anew. Additionally, it also poses fundamental questions regarding the archivability of knowledge and the Freudian perspective on collecting, reading, and documenting. On the one hand, Freud had little faith in archives: in his psychoanalytic theory they are frequently described as sites of censorship. On the other hand, his work made him an object of public interest, and thus Freud himself became an object to be collected.

Address

Sigmund Freud Museum Wien
Berggasse 19
1090 Wien
phone +43 1 319 15 96
http://www.freud-museum.at

Opening Hours

Daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., July-September daily 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Description of the Museum

The Sigmund Freud Museum

Since 1971, the Sigmund Freud Museum has been welcoming visitors at Berggasse 19 in Vienna’s ninth district. Here is where Sigmund Freud lived and worked for 47 years until he was driven into exile in 1938. In the meantime, Berggasse 19 has become one of the world’s most famous addresses: it is where the founder of psychoanalysis produced almost all of his writings. Pioneering works such as “The Interpretation of Dreams” and “Totem and Taboo” were written in the study. Today these rooms in the typical late-nineteenth century house are open to the public, and they attract 60,000 – 80,000 visitors per year.

Exhibition on the Development of Psychoanalysis

In Sigmund Freud’s former office and private apartment, the Sigmund Freud Museum presents an exhibition documenting the life and work of the founder of psychoanalysis. Unique film material depicting the Freud family in the thirties can be seen in a video room, while original objects from Freud’s belongings, including his office’s waiting room and parts of his extensive collection of antiquities, make tangible the surroundings in which his patients were analyzed and a new science was born.

Art Collection and Temporary Exhibitions

A collection of contemporary art demonstrates the influence of psychoanalysis on artistic creation and everyday live in the modern era. Special exhibitions illustrate the origins of psychoanalysis, its historical context and the history of its reception.

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