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The extraordinary final home of Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna, pioneers of psychoanalysis.
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The Freud family settled here after fleeing Nazi persecution in Austria in 1938. The centrepiece of the Museum is Freud’s extraordinary study, containing his iconic psychoanalytic couch, countless books and antiquities. The Museum opened in 1986, since when it has developed an international reputation for its collections, research, conferences and contemporary art exhibitions.

30/05/2026

🎓 Join us this Summer for the final sessions in our Freudian Research Seminar Series for the 2025/26 year!

Swipe to see our schedule for June and July 2026 ➡️

The Freudian Research Seminar Series convenes virtually once every month and seeks to establish a forum which both cultivates and circulates new psychoanalytically informed research. We welcome both PhD students and Researchers across disciplines (inc. psychoanalysis, psychology, literature, art, film, history), to participate and form a community in which new ideas can be openly discussed and developed.

Our Summer instalments are:

Homes, closets and wombs: Psychoanalytic reflections on home-making and homelessness for q***r, trans and gender nonconforming people (also part of our 'Q***r Riddles: Enjoying Pride at the Freud Museum' series)
🗓️ 25 June | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

The Ego Is Not Master in Its Own House: Levinas, Freud, and the Ethical Unhousing of Oedipus
🗓️ 30 July | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Book your tickets (scroll to find tickets for each individual seminar): freud.org.uk/event/frss-homes-closets-and-wombs-psychoanalytic-reflections-on-home-making-and-homelessness-for-q***r-trans-and-gender-nonconforming-people

28/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that a painting created by Leonora Carrington during her stay in Sanatorium Morales - known as 'Villa Pilar' - will be going on display for the very first time as part of 'The Symptomatic Surreal'. To mark the occasion, the exhibition has been extended until 10 August 2026.

As 'Villa Pilar' joins the exhibition, 'Down Below' will be temporarily removed from display in preparation for 'The Symptomatic Surreal' to tour to the arts centre of Faro Santander in Spain, the city where the works were created. Both 'Villa Pilar' and 'Down Below' will be on display, together for the first time at Faro Santander.

Book your ticket to visit 'The Symptomatic Surreal' until 10 August 2026: freud.org.uk/exhibitions/leonora-carrington-the-symptomatic-surreal

Artwork: Leonora Carrington, 'Villa Pilar', 1940. Image courtesy of Faro Santander © 2026 Estate of Leonora Carrington / ARS, NY and DACS, London.

27/05/2026

"Where better to see this wild surrealist's work?" – The Guardian

The Symptomatic Surreal, our latest critically acclaimed exhibition chronicling the wartime output of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, is on show now at the Freud Museum.

We've been thrilled to read positive reviews from Ailsa Peate at The Conversation, , and Jonathan Jones at The Guardian. Book your visit to see The Symptomatic Surreal until 28 June 2026 on our website.

26/05/2026

As Summer arrives in London, what's on at the Freud Museum this June? 👇

Our Pride Month series, Q***r Riddles, continues this month, along with screenings, tours, and more.

📆 Upcoming events
Fridays in June: Dorothy Burlingham: scegliere una vita di significato - guided tours in Italian
03 June: Projections: Le***an Cinema - online talk with Mary Wild
04 June: The Q***rness of Psychoanalysis - online symposium
10 June: ‘Female Human Animal’ Screening + Discussion - in-house event with Josh Appignanesi & Chloe Aridjis
14 June: Fragments From the Horse Who Knows History - in-house performance with Rose English, music by Ian Hill
17 June: No Consultório de Freud: Divã, Livros e Antiguidades - guided tour in Portuguese
24 June: Ripping up the archive of psychoanalysis - in-house zine-making workshop
25 June: Homes, closets and wombs - online Freudian Research Seminar

Explore the London home of psychoanalysis this June - book your tickets: freud.org.uk/whats-on

24/05/2026

Join us next month with Q***r Encounters and Mental Health and Social Justice Network for a zine-making session at the Museum.

Our Pride Month programme, 'Q***r Riddles: Enjoying Pride at the Freud Museum' continues with Ripping Up the Archive of Psychoanalysis, a session exploring the history of psychoanalysis and its relationship with q***r and trans people and identities. Using archival text from psychoanalytic history, extracts from writings from Broadmoor (the oldest high-security psychiatric hospital), and your own writing, art, and items, you're invited to create your own zine, with old becoming new.

📆 Wednesday 24 June, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
📍 In-house
🎫 Part of our Q***r Riddles programme

Book your ticket and explore our full Q***r Riddles season: freud.org.uk/event/ripping-up-the-archive-of-psychoanalysis-a-q***r-encounter-at-the-freud-museum-with-q***r-encounters-and-the-mental-health-and-social-justice-network

22/05/2026

Final tickets for our conference with Courtauld, Leonora Carrington: Navigating a World Down Below, are now available.

The conference begins with an introductory evening at the Freud Museum, including a welcome drink, presentations contextualising our special exhibition, Leonora Carrington: The Symptomatic Surreal, and an opportunity to view the exhibition out of hours. The second day, at the Courtauld Institute, brings together an international panel of Carrington scholars to discuss her work from a number of different academic perspectives.

📆 28th May (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm) and 29th May 2026 (10:30 am - 6:30 pm)
📍 Freud Museum London and Courtauld Institute Research Forum
🎫 All proceeds support the Freud Museum - we are an independent museum and receive no regular government income

Book your place on this conference: freud.org.uk/event/leonora-carrington-navigating-a-world-down-below

Leonora Carrington: Navigating a World Down Below is organised by Cecilia Brandon-Cross, Ana Karime Sierra, Han Lu Tao and Sarah Vidalin as part of The Courtauld’s MA Curating programme.

21/05/2026

We’re proud to announce that we've been awarded funding from the ’s Green Roots Fund – helping to bring nature back to the city and building a fairer, greener London for everyone 🌿

The garden at 20 Maresfield Gardens provided much-needed refuge for the Freud family when they escaped Vienna in 1938. Far from the apartment at 19 Berggasse, the open space allowed for contemplation and a connection to nature. Now, almost 90 years later, we have an ambition to transform the garden into a mental health sanctuary, retaining the original charm of the garden whilst improving its green infrastructure, biodiversity and community access. We are tremendously grateful to the Fund for investing in a feasibility study to turn this ambition into a reality.

20/05/2026

In 1891, Sigmund Freud received a rather unique birthday gift from his father Jakob: a copy of the Philippson Bible. Jewish scholar Ludwig Philippson translated the original Hebrew texts of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible) into German, giving German-Jewish households a Jewish Bible in both Hebrew and German for the first time.

Within the copy that Jakob gave to Sigmund there is a moving dedication written in both Hebrew and English, suggesting that Sigmund did not understand enough Hebrew to read the original dedication. Part of the dedication reads: "when you were thirty-five years old I had it [the Bible] bound in new leather; and called unto it, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it".

Freud often called himself a "godless Jew" (meaning non-religious), and he held a lifelong psychoanalytical and anthropological interest in religion, publishing several books on the topic. In 1925, he wrote in his Autobiographical Study, "My deep engrossment in the Bible story (almost as soon as I had learnt the art of reading) had, as I recognised much later, an enduring effect upon the direction of my interest". The Philippson Bible's extensive illustrations include references to ancient Egyptian culture and mythology, perhaps one of Freud's inspirations for his extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities.

To celebrate Sigmund Freud's 170th birthday we held a tour of the Museum. Because the original Philippson Bible could not be displayed to guests due to conservation reasons, we showed a similar copy alongside the Hebrew dedication. If you would like to offer your own birthday gift, either to Freud or to the Museum as we gear up to celebrate our 40th anniversary, you can support the conservation of the original Philippson Bible in our collection: freud.org.uk/2026/05/06/freuds-170th-birthday-anniversary-at-the-freud-museum

Image 1: inside cover of the Philippson Bible, © Freud Museum London.
Image 2: excerpt of the Philippson Bible, Deuteronomy 28 © Freud Museum London.
Image 3: excerpt of the Philippson Bible, Samuel 2 © Freud Museum London.
Image 4: excerpt of the Philippson Bible, Deuteronomy 4 © Freud Museum London.

18/05/2026

Today is International Museum Day, celebrating over 37,000 museums, galleries, and institutions around the world and their vital work to bring people together.

This year's theme is 'Museums uniting a divided world': at the Freud Museum we know that psychoanalysis is more important than ever, with the potential to bridge divides, foster inclusivity, and share understanding across the world. And like International Museum Day, we're celebrating our 40th anniversary this year - more details are coming soon and we can't wait to share them with you.

16/05/2026

We're so excited that Jewish Culture Month officially begins today 🎉

Running from 16 May - 16 June 2026, Jewish Culture Month is a cultural coming together on a scale and depth not seen before, with more than 100 events across the country spanning food, comedy, art, architecture, fashion, music and much more. This landmark project brings together cultural institutions, community organisations, artists, chefs, performers and educators to create an accessible, vibrant and proudly public celebration of Jewish life in the UK.

To commemorate the month, join us on 27 May at Freud Museum London for our event, 'Interpretation as Survival: Jewish Interpretative Traditions and Psychoanalysis'. Long before the consulting room, Jewish culture cultivated a rigorous and generative practice of interpretation: one that transformed text into dialogue, memory into method, and uncertainty into continuity. This talk considers psychoanalysis within a deeply rooted Jewish interpretive tradition, in which meaning is made over time and survival depends upon the capacity to read, question, and reinterpret.

📆 Wednesday 27 May, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
📍 In-house event

Book your place and explore our full public programme: freud.org.uk/event/interpretation-as-survival-jewish-interpretative-traditions-and-psychoanalysis

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