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This is the address of psychoanalysis - where Freud worked and lived with his family for almost 50 years (1891-1938) and wrote his complete works. His daughter, Anna Freud, also worked there as a children's psychoanalyst (1925-1938). The flat, built in 1881, was donated by her and has been "The Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna" since 1971. Among its major exhibits, there are several personal possessions of his, the original furniture of the waiting room, a section of his antiques collection, a 25-minute video showing some of the Freud family's private moments (1930-1939). It comprises several facilities: exhibition rooms, a video room, a shop, a psychoanalytic library that is one of the largest in Europe, an archive, etc . The museum is also an establishment for scientific research, international events and special exhibitions . It is maintained by "The Sigmund Freud Society" and receives financial support from the "Association of the Friends of The Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna". This memorial site provides its visitors with a biographic background of the founder of psychoanalysis, his cultural environment and his personal circle . |

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Forced to leave Austria, which was incorporated into the German Reich (1938), Freud lived in exile with his family at this address, in Hampstead . Anna Freud continued her psychoanalytic work with children and lived there for 40 years until her death in 1982. The house, as Anna had wished, became a museum to honor her father and is now a cultural and research center. Besides Freud's well preserved library and study, his psychoanalytic couch and his antiques collection of two thousand items, there is a bookstore with titles on Freud's life and psychoanalysis. The displays also include a portrait of Sigmund Freud by Salvador Dali (1938). |
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