house of goeth ( Casa di goeth )
Johann Wolfgang Goethe arrived
in Rome in October 1786 where he lived together
with a friend in the former's apartment until 1788.
His friend was a painter named
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tishbein. Goethe
wrote to his friends in Weimar and described
the location of the apartment as along the Via
del Corso, not far from Piazza del Popolo,
at the "intersection of the Palazzo Rondinini".
In 1997 the new Goethe Museum
was opened in those same rooms inhabited three centuries
ago by the great German poet.
The museum had already
been housed in a different apartment and closed to
the public for over a decade.
The opening of the new museum
was promoted by the ASKLGerman Association
of the Independent Institutes of Culture which
proceeded with the purchase of the original
locations, the new exhibition space boasts, in six
hundred square metres, a permanent collection of
original drawings, watercolours,
diaries and letters written by Goethe
himself as well as numerous period objects of everyday
use and areas where exhibitions are periodically
organised in connection with Goethe's life.
The main themes of the exhibition
are constituted by Goethe's travels in Italy
and the impact they had on him and the complex and
well-organised wealth of his work.
The memorial museum also hosts
a rich programme of cultural initiatives that
range from conferences to concerts, from readings
to screen projections; numerous first
editions, illustrated volumes and an immense stock
of critical works on the life and the work of
Goethe are also available by appointment in the
attached specialised library
Information and Addresses
Address
Via
del
Corso,
18
Visiting Hours Every
day
from
10.00
am
to
6.00
pm
Closed
Monday,
Dec.
24-25-26-31,
Jan.
1,
May 1,
Aug.
15
Telephone
06 3265°412;
Fax
06 32650449
Price
€
4,00, concessions
€
3,00
For
Tours information
– private guided tours – special entrances, no
waiting in line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
