Mozart's birthplace, Museum in Getreidegasse, Salzburg, Austria.
Mozart's birthplace is an 18th-century bourgeois residence on Getreidegasse featuring multiple floors with rooms that reflect the period of his childhood. The space contains personal items, documents, and furnishings that show how a prosperous Salzburg family lived during that era.
The house was first documented in 1408 as a Burgrechtshaus of St Peter's, on ground that had belonged to the Benedictine monastery since the 12th century. In 1585 the court apothecary Chunrad Fröschlmoser bought it, and the coiled serpent of Asclepius at the doorway recalls that owner. From 1703 it belonged to the Hagenauer family, who rented the third floor to Leopold Mozart from 1747 to 1773. The Mozarteum Foundation acquired it in 1917 and has run the museum, opened in 1880, since then.
The house is known as the Hagenauerhaus after the Hagenauer family, who owned it from 1703 and were Mozart's landlords; Johann Lorenz Hagenauer rented the third floor to the Mozarts from 1747 to 1773. The gold cursive inscription "Mozarts Geburtshaus" on the yellow facade dates from its later role as a museum, opened in 1880. A room is devoted to the family's travels across Europe.
The location is accessible on foot through the Old Town, situated among shops and restaurants in a central area. The narrow staircases and limited floor space may present challenges for visitors with mobility difficulties.
The doorway of the house carries a coiled serpent in a lion's mouth, the symbol of Asclepius, left from the years when a court apothecary owned the building. The museum also holds the clavichord on which Mozart composed The Magic Flute.
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