- 1). Find the Freud Museum at 20 Maresfield Gardens in London NW3. If you drive, there is parking at Nutley Terrace and at either end of the block. You can also come via the Jubilee or Metropolitan Underground Lines or the 13, 82 or 113 buses to the Finchley Road Underground Station. The Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 5pm. Admission is charged.
- 2). Walk in the front door into the sunny entrance hall. Take note of the print of Moses and the painting of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli. Go straight ahead to the dining room, with its large, painted cupboard, pictures of Alpine scenery and a print of Mount Fujiyama in Japan.
- 3). Turn left and proceed up the stairs. About forty percent of the house, upstairs and down, is closed to the public and is taken over by the caretaker's apartment. This is why the house seems to be missing a full bathroom--both bathrooms are in the private wing.The stair landing is furnished like a lounge, with plants, furniture and low shelves of Anna's books under a huge bay window. There are also portraits of Freud by Salvador Dali and Ferdinand Schmutzer.
- 4). Go to the top of the stairs to see the Anna Freud display in the former upstairs sitting room. Furnishings in this room include a pictures of Freud family dogs, Anna's desk and a large loom, used to weave rugs for the benefit of the Anna Freud Clinic. Watch videos of the Freud family home movies in the room next door. The front room on this floor is used for special exhibitions.
- 5). Descend the stairs and examine Freud's library and study. The library is at the front of the house and contains several Egyptian masks, many works on psychology, even more on ancient history and archaeology, the family Philippson Bible that had fascinated Freud as a child and the 128-volume complete works of Goethe. The study is behind the library and looks out onto the back garden. It includes the famous couch upon which his patients resting during their sessions, his odd desk chair, portraits of friends, art reproductions, his desk and his extensive collection of Egyptian, Greek, Chinese, Roman and Near East antiquities. It was in this room where Freud died.
- 6). Visit the gift shop, which is located in the former conservatory beyond the dining room. It has a goodly collection of books, jewelry, toys, posters--even slippers designed to resemble Freud's head.
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