Montessori House – Chiaravalle

Museum in Maria Montessori’s birthplace, showing her innovative education approach

Since December 11th, 2021 in Chiaravalle it has been opened the house-museum dedicated to Maria Montessori (1870-1952), one of the first women who graduated in Medicine in Italy, a doctor and scientist.

But the reason why Maria Monessori is famous all over the world is her new educational approach based on attention to the physical and emotional development of children through active and independent learning.

The museum is located in Maria Montessori’s birthplace in Chiaravalle, in the province of Ancona. It takes up an apartment of 130 square meters and tells the story and work of Maria Montessori through documents, objects and interactive multimedia devices in an open and flexible space.

The exhibition path is divided into different rooms of the apartment and each room is conceived as a section:
– the Map Room is dedicated to Maria Montessori’s biography
– the Method Room tells and explains the concepts of the “Montessori Method of education” through objects and materials
– Room 3.0 is a multimedia storage and laboratory for cultural fruition and production
– the Reading Room contains publications, first editions and texts by Maria Montessori
– finally, the Green Room is “an open, essential room, marked only by the green perimeter, the sky and the tubs with Maria Montessori’s tulips”.

Visiting the Montessori house is a good opportunity to learn more about the life of this innovative educator that opened schools designed for kids where they are taught with the “Montessori method of education” which seeks for young children to grow freely and develop natural interests and activities.

The Montessori method is probably more famous abroad than in Italy. A Montessori school was also opened in Abu Dhabi a few years ago.

Curiosity: when the lira was the currency in Italy, Maria Montessori portrait was on 1000 lire banknote

USEFUL INFORMATION
Opening hours:
– Monday to Friday 5-6 pm
– Saturday and Sunday in different time slots: 9: 30-10: 30am, 11am-12pm, 4: 30-5: 30pm and 6-7pm
Admission with a fee>>>
Free guided tours until 6 January 2022 with booking on the official website>>>
DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE IS MANDATORY

We recommend to always check on the website or on the facebook page for any changes in opening hours

Photo from the Facebook page of the museum

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