Haydn's birthplace, Music museum in Rohrau, Austria.
Haydn's birthplace is an old farmhouse with rooms showing how a rural family lived in the 18th century. The furnishings and displayed objects give a sense of how people lived and worked during that period.
The house was built in 1728 by the composer's father, a craftsman and village official of that time. Joseph Haydn was born here in 1732 and spent his early years in this home.
The house displays furniture and objects from 18th-century rural life, offering insight into the family's craft traditions. Visitors can see the modest conditions from which one of Europe's great composers emerged.
The house is easy to access and the rooms are manageable, so a visit does not take long. It helps to take time looking at each room and examining the objects closely.
The room that was Matthias Haydn's wheelwright workshop now serves as the museum's documentation and concert hall, presenting the lives of Joseph and Michael Haydn. The wooden ceilings of the other rooms were lost in a fire in 1899, but the parlour's ceiling beams are original.
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