Mozart Residence

Museum · Fortress Hohensalzburg

Mozart Residence

Museum · Fortress Hohensalzburg

Makartplatz 8, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

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Tucked away in the former home of Mozart, this cozy museum offers glimpses into the composer's life with intriguing artifacts and a charming atmosphere.

Makartplatz 8, 5020 Salzburg, Austria Get directions

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"Explore the Mozart Family Home By 1773 the Mozart family had outgrown their residence on bustling Getreidegasse and moved across the river to the more spacious Tanzmeisterhaus, the former home of the court dancing instructor. Mozart lived here until 1781, when he moved to Vienna. His father Leopold remained until his death in 1787. More than half the building was bombed during World War II, but it was restored and opened as a museum in 1996. Inside the house are documents, portraits, and instruments that detail what life was like for the Mozart family during their time here. The Wohnhaus and Mozart's Birthplace are both worth checking out, particularly if you've purchased a Salzburg Card that provides entrance to both; this one, however, is usually less crowded."

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Michael Bowers

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I enjoyed seeing where Mozart lived. The museum is very sparse. It has very few items related to Mozart. You must use your imagination to visualize Mozart's life in his home. My favorite part is the last room which contains a model of the building and how Mozart likely filled it with furniture and used it.

Avi Kr

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Even if you are not a music fan, you may like to visit this place to see that , sometimes fame comes after a highly talented person departs. Then the name is used by the country in claiming the individuals’ identity as a game changer for tourism. Lots to be consumed as an eye opener.

Mike Rogers

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Nice museum. Not as exhaustive as his birthplace museum which is close by which is where he spent much more time. Both were nice tributes but the birthplace was the better site IMO. This one was free the day we came so bonus but the birthplace was my better option.

Georg Kremsner

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In comparison to the birthplace of Mozart this sight is rather underwhelming, very modern and simple. Half of the exhibits are dedicated to Harnoncourt, a great director. I did not see any history of the house, who of the Mozart family lived here. Very few historical pieces associated to Mozart, although there were some instruments. There were a lot of old paintings and pictures though.

Kärt Kase

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It compliments nicely Mozart's Birthhouse. It is great that the museum is in the house were he lived. Great for a fan!

Sara Dama

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I guess I expected more from the visit. Nice manuscripts and pianos to see. Only a few rooms but very nice staff

Donna Wanna

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We used our Salsburg path and got in for free. I’m glad I saw where Mozart spent part of his early life playing for his family and others. The main room where he evidently played was filled with a couple of harps accords and paintings of him and the family.That part was nice. Know that that is the only room that is of the original building. More than half of it was destroyed in World War II. Part of it has been reconstructed. Still, it was nice seeing.

Steph c

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We bought the combined ticket for the Mozart Museum and Birthplace. The museum is far better and more informative, with three floors of exhibitions. The birthplace is a very sparse exhibition and hosted very little artifacts that were Mozart's, just lots of paintings and portraits. Would definitely recommend going to the museum to experience more of Mozart's life instead of coming here in my opinion.

Manda H.

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Mozart residence. The Geburtshaus is better. This one seems a bit smaller with less to see. There's pianos and his violin and a video of a trio playing his compositions. There's a docent(maybe?) who took herself very seriously and scolded everyone that she could see for something or other. Just from what I saw: a child for sitting with her legs crossed, a mother reading an info placard to her daughter, a tourist for using their phone who she assumed was taking video or photos, etc. If you skip this one, you won't miss out.

Jonathan V.

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If you're going to Salzburg for the first time, you should buy a Salzburg card. It is a fantastic deal. We went here (Mozart's residence), and his birthplace. Used the local buses, took the lift at the Modern Art museum, Christmas museum, Dom Quarter and Hohensalzburg. The residence is not filled with many personal items, but with the Salzburg card, I'm glad I tried it out

Nate S.

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Go to Mozart's Geburtshaus (birthplace) instead over on Getreidegasse. It is so much better. We got into this free with the Salzburg Card (which I highly recommend). If we had paid the 15 Euro entry fee, I would have been very annoyed. There's not much there and some of the exhibits were closed. If you can get in free with the CarCard, go for iit, but definitely not worth paying the entry fee. Just not much to see.

Katherine P.

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This is the Mozart RESIDENCE. Not Mozarts birthplace. It is where the father and sister lived later in life. Confusing as to when the family moved here. This building was considerably damaged by WWII bombing so much is rebuilt. The museum has a lot about the music and instruments. I would advise skipping the audio tour on the app. It didn't add very much.

Yuko H.

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So this is where Mozart actually lived... Audio guide is included in the admission and several different languages are available including English. I learned about his youth, his tour life (what it took to travel back then) and his family. Music by Mozart is my favorite and my first and only concert I ever attended was to listen to his music while in Vienna. Learning about this great composer made me appreciate his music more. Salzburg card covers this admission.

Nette T.

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I was excited to visit Mozart's house. I stumbled upon it when we were wandering around while waiting for our room at the Sheraton. It's not that far from Mirabell Palace. Entry fee was 12 Euros and consisted of an audio tour of the rooms that had Mozart's piano, letters and his compositions. I kind of wish it had more furniture so I could see how they lived. Downstairs had the souvenir shop so that was fun to peruse.

Cathy P.

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I wish there was more to this museum in terms of displays and maybe even to have a room set up as it could have looked like back in the day. I found myself just meandering and not interested in wearing the headset for the entire time. It was interesting to learn some facts about this amazing composer but that was about it.

Steph G.

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11€/ person. Not entirely up to my expectations. I have always wanted to come here and it's pretty overrated. The museum is teeny and you can pretty much walk through it in like 20 minutes. The gift shop has some cool stuff to check out, overpriced as are most museum stores. You also cannot take pictures inside.

Michelle R.

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To clarify some people's error, this is the RESIDENCE of the Mozart family, not the birthplace! I'm embarrassed that some yelpers can't seem to figure out the difference. There's even a bleeping sign that says its the RESIDENCE. The birthplace is located across the river next to the Nordsee fish restaurant. OK, I'm not a huge classical music fan, but I was surprised that we didn't come inside to this place since Stephen is. After reading the reviews of others, we skipped it because we couldn't justify the cost / value. The "museum" is small, plain, and pretty much void of anything which would make this a €10 value. Sparsely filled museum was what one yelper said. Sounds like another gimmicky tourist trap. Sure, you can say how can you put a price of the RESIDENCE of Mozart? I mean, who knows when you'll be back in Salzburg? Well, I was just in Salzburg last February, and we ran into the same dilemma. So we passed up on this twice, and I can't say we felt bad about it. Sorry but the €10 was spent across the walkway for a Sacher-torte and coffee instead.

Jim P.

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An interesting but very small museum, the size was disappointing It took only 30 minutes if that. Included audio guide. Had some interesting artifacts. Other composer museums such as Bach and Mendelssohn are much better.

Kaori M.

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It was a little expensive, but this was on the way from train station to a hostel I stayed, so I decided to check this out. I was surprised the size of his pianos. Also some exhibitions were good such as his hand-writing letters and some videos of his activities. I wish I could see more exhibitions and instruments.

Mark A.

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Today I went to the Mozart Wohnhaus, which is where Mozart lived. This was not my first time in Salzburg, so since I had previously been to the Geburtshaus, I decided to go to this one this time. To be clear, this is the house Mozart lived in when he got older; the Geburtshaus is where he was born. Anyway, we paid our money and went in. They had a good video outlining his life while playing his music at the beginning. Also, they gave us a device that if we punch in a number it would tell me about whatever I was looking at. I feel like I'm rambling. Let me get to the point. I was disappointed by the Wohnhaus because it focused more on his family (his dad, son, sister, etc) than it did on him. I wanted to see and expected to see exhibits about Mozart himself, but didn't learn nearly as much about him as I learned about his family. This simple fact overshadows everything else about my visit. I don't remember if the Geburtshaus has more on Mozart himself, but I'd recommend going there rather than here in case they do. So the Wohnhaus was ok. The way it is now, I just found it unnecessary.

Gustavo A. L.

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I have appreciated Mozart since I first heard Eine kleine nachtmusik when I was a young teenager, from then on I was a total fan and then the movie Amadeus came out and stoked my interest even more. At that I could have only dreamed with ever visiting the place where he grew up. As if visiting Salzburg wasn't amazing enough, we got to tour this museum, learn a lot about Wolfgang's life as a child and understand a bit how he developed into the genius he was. Also see up close instruments played by him and music written by him, it is just a fantastic and amazing cultural and historical experience. When you are done, stock up on some good Mozartkugeln chocolates for the trip home.

Carla L.

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My love affair with Mozart began in the metro in Paris as 16 strings played his music. I am not going to lie, being under my favorite city listening to this amazing composer's music with the great acoustics that the Metro offers, I admit that I was literally moved to tears. Being in Salzburg I had to see his home, seeing his life and personal items was one of the biggest treats I have ever experienced. To this day, my favorite way to hear his music is on the DVD I purchased from Clasique Metropolitain under my magical city of Paris.

Kal C.

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Mozart was a genius. If you are at all interested in Mozart's life and works, you must come here. I hope it will be preserved for a long, long time. He was one of the most fascinating people to ever live, and it's amazing whenever you're able to see where an artist actually created art that will live on forever and be appreciated by so many.

Dia D.

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I found this house disappointing. The house was not decorated as a home but as a sparsely filled museum. The best thing there was a piano that Mozart used, but the rest of the articles in the museum seemed pretty random (e.g., books from the family library, Mozart's father's last letter, a score). The map of where Mozart traveled was interesting. In general, I didn't learn anything new about Mozart and I thought that the exhibits were poorly curated. The movie about Mozart should have had subtitles.

Clarice W.

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Just when you think you know everything about one of the greatest musicians in history there is more to learn. The museum of Mozart house where he grew up has been turned into a very detailed museum display with pianos that he either composed on or replicas of those that he owned, personal letters from the family records and even replica of shooting targets that Mozart designed himself and seemed bit risque for the time! The audio guide is included in the tour admission price, but if you get the Salzburg City Pass admission is included. Each room of the former Mozart apartment is a different part of the museum, there is even a room where you can watch a video of his life and follow the route he toured through Europe as a child. Very interesting and worth a visit!

Sara C.

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€17 for admission to both the Wohnhaus and the Geburtshaus??? Ouch! The price has jumped up quite a bit since Ashley B's review of 2012! After falling off the train in Salzburg, this was the first stop for our musical sister and the other two of us. The audio tour is a nice touch, and definitely enhanced our visit, with music and narration explaining nearly every object or room in the building. There were audio clips that demonstrated what some of the instruments in the room sounded like, stories about the people in the portraits, recordings of Mozart's compositions. I found this museum more interesting than the Geburtshaus across the way, though that may also be because we did not download the app with the museum guide there.

P T.

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YAY Opera stuffs! Pros: music fans (and cultured people in general) can tour this house and learn a lot about the man and his family. The house has a lot of original letters from / to him and reading those was a highlight for me. Next to a McDonald's. For reals. Wait, maybe that should be under "cons." Cons: Please someone get a fan circulating some air in that house. A little pricey for entrance but hey, it's Old Town Salzburg, nomsane? Everything's a little overpriced. Also, not wheelchair accessible and tough on folks who might have a hard time with stairs (though the stair case has a handrail.)

Stephen H.

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I wanted to check out Mozart's residence and birthhouse. I found the best deal was getting the Salzburg card which covers all the attractions. Otherwise I may have skipped one of the houses since they're expensive. Staff: The residence comes with an audio guide when you have the Salzburg card. There were staff on hand to stop photographs. Other than that there wasn't much staff. Venue: I enjoyed it. The residence is closer to the train station (birthhouse is across the river). It has a lot of information on the childhood of Mozart. It's like a "behind the music" kind of deal. Enjoyed this more than the birthhouse even though the residence is smaller. Definitely a hit for those who studied or enjoy Mozart.

Liz C.

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This is a very interesting and good museum. I'm glad the price included the Audio Guide in English. The parts of the museum that were interactive were the best. I did not know so many things about Mozart's life. I would recommend this museum and go back.

Sophia C.

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First time in Salzburg, so have to visit the birthplace of Mozart! Figured I took so many music history classes that it was worthwhile to see. Lo and behold, it was a rainy day and line was out the door. I grabbed a pamphlet to see if it was worth it. Upon speaking to people that just came out of it, the highlight of the visit was definitely to see the "actual" piano that Mozart got to play on. Well, of course I wanted to see! So I waited...and got in to see it. Cheesy to some, perhaps boring to most, but I think if you're a classical music fan, you'd enjoy the visit.

minty b.

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This was one of my 5 year old bucket lists but it was too boring to her. We got audio devices to listen to understand each category with his music, but she got tired pretty quickly. It was very interesting to see and hear about him but I could only spend half time of what I wanted:-(. Maybe we'll try this place again when she gets older.

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This is the place where Mozart spent most of his life, where he gave his music lessons to naughty little rich girls, where he stayed up all night dancing and drinking coffee and where he primed his airguns and got ready for a bit of competitive target shooting with his mates. (He made a special target with a man exposing his bottom on it to put off his mates). And of course drinking Stiegl lager. I liked this place better than the birth house, which is very crowded and touristy. This place is more serious, and has much better displays about the music, the music itself, a very, very, very long video installation detailing his travels all around europe as a child musician (he was essentially a gypsy) and how he played for the royal courts in all the countries he was in. There are delightful old organs and keyboards that give you a real sense of the era, and the views are very nice too. The only downside is that maybe there is a little too much information given with each of the displays, so you spend most of your time reading. Also the place was pretty badly bombed during world war 2, so what you walk round is kind of not quite original, but

Gilbert A.

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Not much here unless you are interested in learning about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father, Leopold. Pretty much everything in here is about his life. Or if you're just want to be in a home that Wolfgang once lived. There is one violin that Wolfgang played...

Sonya GV L.

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Awesome place, good history! Must see! Centralized location! Walking distance around town which allows you to see every place near it. go early to avoid any crowd and all the people going in it.

Samantha M.

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It's great to see the place Mozart resided and quite cool to look through the museum, however there were quite long lines to get in. They have a number of artefacts from his childhood which is nice to see, however of course it's hard to get a real sense of it since time has moved on a lot since his days here!

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'Mozatzts Wohnhaus' is German for the place where Mozart used to live. it is a nice little museum wich basically shows the rooms of the apartment, some furniture and some pieces of the mozart family's daily life. it is much more informative than the famous Mozats Geburtshaus opposite the river Salzach. Still is it pretty small and kinda superficial on the information side. It's worht the entrance fee if you go early enough to spend some time and also check out the video show and those things. One voisit is definitely enough though.

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It compliments nicely Mozart's Birthhouse. It is great that the museum is in the house were he lived. Great for a fan!

Sara Dama

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I guess I expected more from the visit. Nice manuscripts and pianos to see. Only a few rooms but very nice staff

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Awesome place, good history! Must see! Centralized location! Walking distance around town which allows you to see every place near it. go early to avoid any crowd and all the people going in it.

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