Casa
di Goethe

The Via del Corso 18 in Rome is a remarkable place, steeped in history.
Where once Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749 – 1832) lived with his painter friend Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein during his famous Italian journey, a unique museum has been established: the Casa di Goethe. Visit the permanent exhibition that is well worth seeing, discover Goethe’s versatility and make a foray into the 18th century.

The museum features not only two impressive libraries, but also regular temporary exhibitions, a scholarship programme and events dedicated to German-Italian cultural exchange.

Exhibitions

Temporary and permanent exhibitions

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Temporary exhibition

Ingeborg Bachmann – ‘I only exist when I write’

Exhibition

Casa di Goethe

Permanent exhibition

Goethe in Italy

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Upcoming events

What's going on in the Casa di Goethe?

Conference

Thomas Steinfeld: The time tenant. A few things about Goethe and Italy

Several times on his Italian journey, Goethe found himself in situations in which he wanted to believe that he had fallen out of his own time and had landed in […]

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Conference

Otto Kallscheuer: Pope and time. From world empire to world church?

The Imperium Romanum and the Roman Catholic Church embody two completely different, but at the same time related institutions: two successful models of political/legal/ethical universalism, which in principle is aimed […]

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Lecture and conversation

Bachmann in Dialogue – Ilaria Gaspari and Annabelle Hirsch

  Two significant voices from Italian and German literature read texts by Ingeborg Bachmann. The letters, reports and excerpts are selected by the writers themselves because they are important for […]

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Book Presentation

Images and words: Max Renkel and Durs Grünbein – a conversation

On the occasion of the publication of Laconic Icons – Gemälde und Studien (Paintings and Studies) by Schirmer/Mosel in 2024, Max Renkel and Durs Grünbein introduce into the volume and […]

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What awaits you at the museum?

Information regarding your visit

Casa di Goethe Eintritt & Öffnung

Admission and opening hours

Here you can find out more about admission fees, reductions and opening times of the museum and the libraries.

Admission and opening hours
Casa di Goethe Führungen

Guided tours

We offer tours of the permanent and/or special exhibitions in the languages German, Italian or English.

To the guided tours
Casa di Goethe Schüler und Studenten

Schoolchildren and students

The museum has special offers for schoolchildren and students. Find out more here.

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Stipendium im Casa di Goethe

Scholarship

You can find useful information about new calls for applications, sponsors and scholarships in the scholarship section.

Information on scholarships
Casa di Goethe Sammlung

Collection

The Casa di Goethe has its own collection that is regularly extended with the support of the Federal Government and other sponsors.

To the collection
Bookshop Casa di Goethe

Bookshop

Not only Goethe – discover the exhibition catalogues and publication series of the Casa di Goethe/Arbeitskreis selbstständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. (Working Group of Independent Cultural Institutes).

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Libraries

Goethe special library & historical library

Casa di Goethe Bibliotheken

Libraries

Goethe special library:
Reference library with numerous valuable first editions of Goethe’s works and extensive secondary literature on Goethe’s life and works.

Goethe special library

Historical library
and library of the German Association of Artists

Historical library