23 March 2007 – 24 June 2007

On the Couch - Cartoons from the New Yorker

The Sigmund Freud Museum is presenting a show featuring cartoons from the magazine "The New Yorker" on the theme of psychoanalysis. A total of 80 drawings have been selected by curator Michael Freund, and they are on view in the special exhibition space. The first caricature involving psychoanalysis appeared in the prestigious magazine in 1928, and since then a large number images of high artistic and humoristic value have been published. Now the best of them are being exhibited in the rooms where the founder of the caricatured science formerly lived and worked.

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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