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With Mozart's birthplace and the Mozart residence, two of Salzburg's most important sights belong to the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg.

The house at Getreidegasse 9, where Wolfgang Amadé Mozart was born on January 27, 1759, has been owned by the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg since 1917. Today it is one of the most visited museums in the world. Nowhere else can Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and his music be experienced as vividly as here. On three floors, visitors learn details about Mozart's life circumstances: how he grew up, his relationship with his family, his passion for opera and more. In addition to original portraits and documents, there are also special rarities such as mementos from Mozart's possessions, his childhood violin and clavichord, as well as what is probably the most famous Mozart portrait, painted two years before his death by his brother-in-law Josef Lange.

Wolfgang Amadé lived in the former "Tanzmeisterhaus", now the Mozart residence at Makartplatz 8, until the end of 1780, his final departure from Salzburg. The biographies of the family members and the authentic impressions of everyday family life fill the house with their spirit to this day and allow visitors to experience Mozart anew. In the spacious rooms, original documents and portraits document Mozart's compositional work during his Salzburg years and the social environment of the Mozart family. Special attractions are Mozart's original fortepiano and the famous family portrait in the "Tanzmeistersaal".
The museum was partially destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in its original state in 1996.

Opening hours:
Open daily.
9.00 am to 5.30 pm

July, August: 8.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Last admission:
30 minutes before closing

Entrance fees:
€ 13,50 (combined ticket for both museums € 20)
Reduction for groups of 10 or more: € 10,50 (combined ticket for both museums € 16)

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart has fascinated people all over the world for more than 250 years through his works and his personality. The Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg is the world's leading institution for the preservation and dissemination of this invaluable cultural heritage and carries Mozart's many facets to the world. 

Our mission is to open up access to his music, his life and his personality to all people and generations. We do this as a non-profit organization in an ever more contemporary form through a wide range of activities in the three areas of concerts, scholarship and museums. We bridge the gap between tradition and contemporary culture and enable changing perspectives and new food for thought in the examination of the composer. The knowledge of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart serves us as a basis and source of inspiration for creative processes and scientific findings.

The Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg association was founded in 1880 by citizens of the city of Salzburg as the "International Mozarteum Foundation" and has its roots in the "Cathedral Music Association and Mozarteum" of 1841. Mozart's widow Constanze, who had lived in Salzburg since 1824, and his two sons Carl Thomas and Franz Xaver Wolfgang donated the majority of his personal memorabilia to the association. The Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg thus has the world's largest collection of original letters, portraits and instruments of the Mozart family.