Mozarthaus Vienna
Mozarthaus Vienna preserves the only surviving Viennese residence of Wolfgang Amadè Mozart: he lived here from 1784 to 1787. The house—also known as the Figaro House—was a 17th-century building that was redeveloped in 1716, and it was called the Camesina House during the period when Mozart rented rooms, after the family who owned it since 1720. In 1941, on the 150th anniversary of Mozart’s death, his former rooms were opened to the public as part of “Imperial German Mozart Week,” a Nazi event that framed him as a “typically German” composer; in 1945, the exhibition was taken over by the Vienna Museum. After a total renovation led by Wien Holding in 2004, the museum was ready for Mozart Year 2006, the 250th anniversary of his birth. In the course of that redesign, the historical courtyard’s design was essentially destroyed by the installation of an elevator—an unusual reminder that even preservation can reshape what remains. …
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