In Memory of Rachel Cooke
The Trustees and staff of the Freud Museum London are deeply saddened to hear news of the death last week of award-winning journalist and author Rachel Cooke, aged 56. Cooke curated a series of Provocations or Difficult Conversations at the Museum in 2024, bringing some of our country’s sharpest minds together to explore challenging topics with […]
Meet Paula Fichtl, Sigmund Freud’s Devoted Housekeeper
Paula Fichtl (1902– 1989) Paula Fichtl, the Freud family housekeeper, was born in 1902 in Gnigl, near Itzling, in Salzburg. Her childhood was marked by loss and financial difficulties: her mother died when she was six, several siblings died young, and she was raised by her step grandmother after her father remarried. From an early […]
Memorial Tribute to Andrea Sabbadini
On behalf of the staff of the Freud Museum London, I wish to express our deepest sadness at the passing of Andrea Sabbadini, a much-admired psychoanalyst who served as one of the long-standing members of the Board of Trustees at Maresfield Gardens and who made innumerable contributions to the promotion of mental health.
Writing against death
Death as the Uncanny: Impressions on the Documentary Outsider In June I watched the premiere of the documentary Outsider at the Freud Museum, a 2025 biography of Freud, and had the pleasure of attending a special screening hosted by the museum in the presence of the film’s director, Yair Qedar. One of the most striking […]
Registros do I Simpósio Brasileiro de Psicanálise no Museu Freud
Um dia especial no Freud Museum No dia 28 de junho de 2025, o Freud Museum London sediou o I Simpósio Brasileiro de Psicanálise, reunindo psicanalistas, estudantes e interessados vindos de várias partes do Reino Unido, Brasil e também da Europa. Realizado na casa onde Freud viveu seu último ano de vida, com transmissão ao […]
Teatro e Psicanálise : “O Homem dos Ratos” no Museu do Freud
Para o psicanalista e dramaturgo Antonio Quinet, em seu livro “O Inconsciente Teatral”, a arte , sobretudo o teatro, desempenhou um papel central na constituição do saber psicanalítico. Freud e Lacan recorreram à dramaturgia não para aplicar a psicanálise ao teatro, mas para extrair dela elementos fundamentais que ajudassem a pensar os conceitos da clínica. […]
Freud and Shakespeare: A Journey of Discovery
Exploring the affinities between Freud and Shakespeare in partnership with The Faction and Bournemouth University's CESJ
Dr Giuseppe Albano MBE, Director of the Freud Museum
Dr Giuseppe Albano MBE will be leaving the Freud Museum in May 2025.
Freud Museum Holocaust Memorial 2025: Remembering Freud’s Sisters
The Freud Museum London is honoured to be one of the 80 partner organisations of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s 80 Candles for 80 Years Project commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. As part of the commemorations, our Director of Education Emilia Raczkowska and Head of Operations Daniel Bento represented the Museum at the BBC Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony on the 27th of January.
Lisa Appignanesi on ‘Women & Freud’
The following is an extract from the catalogue to accompany the exhibition Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists held at the Freud Museum London from 30 October 2024 – 5 May 2025.
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