​This is the address where Sigmund Freud lived and worked for 47 years before he fled from the Nazis in 1938. Known worldwide as the birthplace of psychoanalysis, it was here that Freud carried on the research that would have a profound impact on the science of psychology, literature,  culture and the human self-image.

Berggasse 19, Vienna, a world-famous address always and forever connected with the work and thought of a man who changed the way human beings look at themselves: Sigmund Freud. His creation of psychoanalysis transformed not only psychotherapy, but philosophy, music, art, and the way we live our everyday lives. Among his theories, Freud emphasized the impact that trauma has on personal development; a topic that is highly relevant today.

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Since 1971, the Sigmund Freud Museum has displayed Sigmund and Anna Freud’s practice rooms as well as the family’s private rooms. The museum houses four permanent exhibitions: the development of psychoanalysis; the Freud family life; the history of the house, and a conceptual art collection. And yet, Berggasse 19 is not only a site of memory. It is also a site of loss. For Freud, psychoanalysis, and the liberal, humanistic, cosmopolitan spirit that animated both were driven out of Central Europe by National Socialism. In keeping with that memory and response to that loss, Berggasse 19 today is a thriving place of discussion and education. With its event and exhibition programs, the museum seeks to bring Freud’s ideas, approach, and spirit of inquiry to bear on the critical challenges we face in the world today.

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Extensively renovated and expanded in 2020, the Sigmund Freud Museum now displays the family's private rooms as well as Sigmund and Anna Freud's practices. The museum presents to the public permanent and special exhibitions on the development of psychoanalysis, the Freud family life and the history of the house, as well as a conceptual art collection

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In 2023 the Sigmund Freud Museum received the prestigious Austrian Museum Award.  In 2024 over 140,000 students, scholars and tourists visited the Museum.