Schumann House, Bonn

The Schumann House, located in the Bonn Endenich district, is a museum dedicated to the German composer Robert Schumann. Initially it housed a private psychiatric clinic. Today there is a memorial, a museum and a music library in the city of Bonn. The Schumann House was built around 1790 in Neoclassical style, as a country house for Mayor Matthias Joseph Kaufmann. The house also serves as an urban music library and houses an inventory of approximately 46,000 books, music sheets and recordings. With more than 100,000 loans a year, it is frequented quite often.

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Sight Name: Schumann House
Sight Location: Bonn, Germany (See walking tours in Bonn)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery

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