Karl Marx House

Karl Marx House

Established	1947
Location	Trier
Coordinates	49°45′14″N 6°38′08″E / 49.75389°N 6.63556°E / 49.75389; 6.63556
Type	biographical museum
Visitors	50.000
Owner	Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Website	www.marx360.de/en.html

The Karl Marx House museum (German: Karl-Marx-Haus) is a biographical and writer's house museum in Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). In 1818, Karl Marx, the father of Marxism, which influenced both modern socialism and communism, was born in the house. It is now a museum about Karl Marx's life and writings as well as the history of communism.