Mozart's Birthplace in Salzburg

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born 1756 in the Getreidegasse

The Mozarts lived in 9 Getreidegasse from 1747 to 1773, and their son Wolfgang Amadeus was born there in 1756. Today, the home of the Mozart family is a museum where famous exhibits are displayed. Among other attractions, visitors to the museum can see the violin played by the world-famous musical genius as a child, his concert violin, his clavichord, a pianoforte, portraits, and letters of the Mozart family.

The museum was opened as long ago as 15 July 1880 by the International Mozart Foundation. In recent years, it has been systematically redesigned and expanded. Every year, thousands of tourists from all over the world visit this memorial to the great composer. The International Mozart Foundation acquired the musical instruments after they had passed through the hands of Mozart's widow, Constanze Nissen (1762-1842), and her sons Carl Thomas (1784-1858) and Franz Xaver Wolfgang (1791-1844). The Mozarts' home was carefully restored by experts in 1994, and the museum was redesigned to take account of the latest developments in museum design, enabling the most valuable exhibits to be preserved as effectively as possible.

The Mozart family lived in the third floor of the house, which belonged to Johann Lorenz Hagenauer (1712-92), for a total of twenty-six years. Hagenauer, a trader and spice dealer, was a good friend of the Mozart family, and his name can still be found in the city today - the square in front of the house where Mozart lived is named after him, and a café on the Universitätsplatz square is also named after this friend of the famous musical family.

Mozart's neighbour, Babette von Moll, used to live facing the Universitätsplatz in the rear part of the house. In 1985, with the help of private loans, her home was converted into a replica of a typical middle-class home in the Salzburg of Mozart's time. As well as displaying furniture and objects of daily life, it covers three themes in detail: Mozart and the University of Salzburg, Mozart's friendship with Salzburg families, and church music and the veneration of saints. The second floor is devoted to the subject of Mozart and the theatre. Numerous dioramas describe how the interpretation of Mozart's operas has changed over the years. Models of sets from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century illustrate the diverse approaches that have been taken to his operas. The International Mozart Foundation uses the first floor of Mozart's birthplace to house an exhibition, changing yearly, on this universally relevant composer.

Mozarts Geburtshaus
Getreidegasse 9
Tel.: +43 (0)662 84 43 13
Fax: +43 (0)662 84 06 93
archiv@mozarteum.at

Opening Hours
9 am to 6 pm (last admission 5.30 pm)
July and August: 9 am to 7 pm (last admission 6.30 pm)

Admission Fees
Adults: EUR 5.50
Children: EUR 1.50
With Salzburg Card: free