For almost half a century, from 1891 to 1938, Dr. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, lived and worked in this house. In 1938, following the Anschluss, Dr. Freud was forced to emigrate.

His office and private apartment are now a museum. Thanks to Freud's daughter Anna, the museum owns the original furniture from his waiting room, nearly eighty pieces of Freud's collection of antiques, and some of his personal belongings.

The few existing original film and sound recordings of Sigmund Freud and his family can be viewed in the museum's media room.