London Saint John’s Wood And Maida Vale

FREUD MUSEUM. The comfortable home in which Sigmund Freud spent the last year of his life after fleeing the Nazis packs a bit more of a punch than most celebrity houses. In his later years, Freud delved into cultural analysis, evidenced by his anthropological collection of masks and random artifacts (thus setting the obligatory interior design scheme for every therapist’s office in perpetuity). He didn’t drop his patients, however, and the infamous Persian rug-covered couch in his dark study stands ready for the next session. Upstairs hangs Dalí’s cranially exaggerated portrait of Freud alongside the bedroom of Anna Freud, Sigmund’s youngest daughter, who was an eminent psychoanalyst in her own right. An audio guide, along with selected plaques, brings the house to life by tying certain objects to Freud’s dreams, family stories, and patients. (20 Maresfield Gardens. Swiss Cottage or Finchley Rd. ☎020 7435 2002; www.freud.org.uk. Open W-Su noon-5pm. Wheelchair-accessible. £5, children under 12 free. Audio guide £2.)

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