Objects of analysis.
Freud Museum London marks its 40th anniversary with
40 Objects, 40 Years, a special exhibition that looks closely at the house through the objects it has preserved. Opened to the public in 1986, the museum is housed within Sigmund Freud’s final home and holds a collection shaped by exile, psychoanalysis and intimate family life.
For this anniversary exhibition, 40 objects have been selected from across the museum’s collection. Freud’s antiquities, family treasures and items from long-term storage come on view at 20 Maresfield Gardens, with some objects from the family’s daily lives shown publicly for the first time. The museum has invited artists, writers, psychoanalysts, educators and community members to respond to individual objects from the collection.
The show is a chance to nose around the museum’s less familiar corners. A reminder that psychoanalysis was never just about words: objects speak too.
