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Freud Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
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http://www.freud.org.uk/

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Freud Museum - London
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The Freud Museum, at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. It remained the family home until Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, died in 1982. The centrepiece of the museum is Freud's library and study, preserved just as it was during his lifetime.
It contains Freud's remarkable collection of antiquities: Egyptian; Greek; Roman and Oriental. Almost two thousand items fill cabinets and are ranged on every surface. There are rows of ancient figures on the desk where Freud wrote until the early hours of the morning. The walls are lined with shelves containing Freud's large library of reference books.

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The Freud Museum of London's central function is to celebrate the life and work of Sigmund and Anna Freud. The museum organizes research programs and publications, the details of which can be found on this site. It also has an education service that organizes seminars, conferences and special visits to the museum. The site provides information about the archives and other collections of the museum, the photograph library and a chronology. Essays and on line exhibits feature Anna Freud, Freud in England, the Interpretation of Dreams, and Ideas in Psychoanalysis. As the museum is privately funded and strapped for cash, the navigation and graphics for this site are fairly simple though useable.

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