Current Exhibitions
Forthcoming Exhibitions
1920/2020: Freud and Pandemic
One hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud lived through a global pandemic. This topical new exhibition explores the similarities between Freud’s experience of the Spanish Flu and 2020's COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on mental health and the response by psychoanalysts.
Past Exhibitions
Ida Applebroog: Mercy Hospital
The Freud Museum is proud to present the drawings of American artist, Ida Applebroog, from her Mercy Hospital series.
Melancholia
Exhibition of works commissioned by UCL’s Psychoanalysis Unit that explores the significance of melancholia in creativity and psychoanalysis.
The Uncanny: A Centenary
The Uncanny: A Centenary marks 100 years since Sigmund Freud wrote his paper on The Uncanny.
Between Oedipus and the Sphinx: Freud and Egypt
This new exhibition explores Freud’s enduring fascination with Egypt evident both in his writings and in his collection of antiquities.
The Enigma of the Hour
An exhibition marking the centenary of The International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
Wunderblock
Emma Smith's exhibition draws on original historical research into the post-war fascination with the infant mind.
Freud, Dalí and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus
An exhibition exploring the connection between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dalí, starting from their one meeting, to which Dalí brought his recently completed painting The Metamorphosis of Narcissus.
Leaving Today: the Freuds in Exile 1938
An exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the Freud family's flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna.
Solitary Pleasures
Solitary Pleasures interrogated and investigated masturbation, and the eroticism, desire, and gratification associated with it.