Why don't you visit the Mozarts? Get close to the famous family of musicians.
"Mozart was impatient, self-confident and a diva, but also kind-hearted, childlike and naïve, he certainly fulfilled the cliché of an artist," says Gabriele Ramsauer, director of the Mozart Museums. Wolfgang Amadé Mozart was an incomparable musical genius, his legacy is an integral part of the cultural DNA of the city of Salzburg. Nowhere else can the work and person of Mozart be traced as well as in the Mozart museums in Salzburg.
In Mozart's birthplace , the special atmosphere in the original apartment invites you to get closer to this genius. The exhibitions "The Everyday Life of a Child Prodigy", "Mozart on the Theatre" and "Myth and Reverence" bring the musician to life in all his dazzling facets. The house in Getreidegasse, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756, is now one of the most visited museums in the world. On three floors, visitors learn details about Mozart's living conditions: how he grew up, when he began to make music, who his friends and patrons were, his relationship with his family, his passion for opera and much more. In addition to original portraits and documents, the exhibition also includes special rarities such as memorabilia from Mozart's possession, his children's violin and his clavichord, on which he composed "The Magic Flute", among other things, as well as what is probably the most famous Mozart portrait, painted two years before his death by his brother-in-law Joseph Lange. Autographs, first and early editions of selected works illustrate the composer's musical development.
The exhibition "The Mozarts – A Family of Musicians" in the Mozart residence on Makartplatz was recently refreshed and shows exciting contemporary testimonies from the lives of father Leopold, mother Anna Maria and sister 'Nannerl'. From 1773 onwards, the former "Tanzmeisterhaus", which is now run by the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg as the Mozarteum Residence, offered the Mozart family a spacious ambience with an eight-room apartment on the first floor. Wolfgang Amadé lived here until the end of 1780, his final departure from Salzburg. In the spacious rooms, original documents and portraits document the history of the house, Mozart's compositional work during his years in Salzburg and the social environment of the Mozart family. Special attractions are Mozart's original fortepiano and the well-known family picture in the "Tanzmeistersaal".
Mozart for the whole family
A visit to the Mozart Museums in the city of Salzburg is a pleasure for the whole family, because there are many stories to be told about Mozart, his life and his music that will delight young and old. In the Mozart Residence, the little visitors can get to know Wolfgang Amadé, his sister "Nannerl" and the atmosphere of the special place in a child-friendly way with a special audio guide. During the tour, the children can also borrow a kaleidoscope to perceive the museum rooms in a completely new way and turn them upside down. Mozart's birthplace can also be conquered in a playful way with its own puzzle app for children.
