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| Established | 1947 |
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| Location | Trier |
| Coordinates | 49°45′14″N 6°38′08″E / 49.75389°N 6.63556°E |
| Type | biographical museum |
| Visitors | 50.000 |
| Owner | Friedrich Ebert Foundation |
| Website | www |
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 communism and socialism.