LIVING HERE. Schubert moved here to live with his brother in 1828. His health had long been deteriorating even before the move and in only two and a half months he passed away on typhoid fever. EXHIBITION SPACE. This is a smaller flat than his birthplace and may reveal what has come to be of his later years. It’s flat 17 on the second floor – you can see the other tenants watching TV as you walk along the corridor. (This truly is conservation in practice, where a museum blends in as the building continues to serve its original purposes.) Upon entry the staffer will hand you a catalogue. It introduces every item in the exhibition and something more – the black-and-white booklet covers both attractions, his birthplace and here. (And hence while my memory of a few hours ago is starting to fade, finally I’m given a sense of what the previous exhibition is about.) The three rooms here go through his final months and the memorial services and arrangements following his death. Do check out the last letter he has written, which explains his illness and how he has been living in these difficult times. (In the last room, you can find a drawing of the church that held his memorial service. This unlocks another place-to-go if you’re interested in memorial plagues and monuments.) LIVING HERE. Schubert moved here to live with his brother in 1828. His health had long been deteriorating even before the move and in only two and a half months he passed away on typhoid fever. EXHIBITION SPACE. This is a smaller flat than his birthplace and may reveal what has come to be of his later years. It’s flat 17 on the second floor – you can see the other tenants watching TV as you walk along the corridor. (This truly is conservation in practice, where a museum blends in as the building continues to serve its original purposes.) Upon entry the staffer will hand you a catalogue. It introduces every item in the exhibition and something more – the black-and-white booklet covers both attractions, his birthplace and here. (And hence while my memory of a few hours ago is starting to fade, finally I’m given a sense of what the previous exhibition is about.) The three rooms here go through his final months and the memorial services and arrangements following his death. Do check out the last letter he has written, which explains his illness and how he has been living in these difficult times. (In the last room, you can find a drawing of the church that held his memorial service. This unlocks another place-to-go if you’re interested in memorial plagues and monuments.)

Schubert is a distant relative of mine so I wanted to come here. The person taking our money (tho it was free on the ViennaPass) showed no interest In us as visitors. When I asked for a guide In English, he pretty much opened a book and threw it at me. All we saw were three rooms, with no real explanations. The Mozart house was much better. I wish we had time to go to schuberts birth house. I think that would have been much more informative. In all, the most disappointing activity of our visit to Vienna.