Picture gallery
The illustrations refer to various periods in Montessori’s life and the many dimensions of her work, as well as to different stages in the life of the Montessori schools, which were started in 1907 in Rome’s San Lorenzo district and then spread to a variety of geographical and socio-cultural contexts. The pictures help readers grasp Montessori’s theory of education ‘in action’ as well as its expansion from the Children’s Houses to primary schools, that is, from early childhood to adolescence.The captions state published sources/known places of conservation, contexts, sites, countries, years/periods of reference. All materials are indexed, and as the search engine operates on captions, searches by year/time period, by key word, by city, and by country are possible.
Bambini che fanno esercizi ai telai delle allacciature [Casa dei Bambini a San Lorenzo, Roma, 1907-1909] - M. Montessori, Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, Città di Castello, Tipografia della Casa Editrice S. Lapi, 1909.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
Casa popolare nel quartiere di S. Lorenzo risanata e trasformata. Prospetto prima della trasformazione. Prospetto dopo la trasformazione - E. Talamo, La Casa Moderna nell’opera dell’Istituto Romano di Beni Stabili, Roma, Offic. Tip. Bodoni, 1910, Tav. XXXV.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
Petits dexebles desempenyant quefers casolans [Casa dei Bambini presso il Convento delle Suore Missionarie Francescane di Maria di via Giusti a Roma, anni Dieci] - L’Obra de María Montessori a Catalunya, in “La ilustració Catalana/Feminal”, n.581, 26 Juliol 1914, pp.2-6.
[From left: Flaminia Guidi, director of the Children’s House of Viale Spartaco, and Maria Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori. Inauguration of the Children’s House of Viale Spartaco (Tuscolano district), 5 January 1957, Rome] – ONM Archive.
[Children working in the garden of the “Children’s House” at Villa Paganini, Rome, late 1940s] - ONM Archive.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
[Practical life area: washing, pouring, and care of the environment, Montessori Micronido run by the ONM in agreement with the Municipality of Rome, Via Nomentana 56, first decade of the 2000s] – ONM Archive.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
[Inauguration of the Santa Maria Goretti School, Rome, 1969] - Archive of the Roman Montessori Association.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
Un bambino di cinque anni può trasportare la pentola piena di minestra calda [anni Venti] - M. Montessori, Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, Roma, Maglione & Strini, 1926.
Inaugural ceremony of the International Course of 1930 in the Capitol, speech by the sen. Gentile. (From left to right: Maria Montessori, l’on. Balbino Giuliano, Governatore P.pe Boncompagni Ludovisi and standing sen. Gentile), 1930 - Il XVI corso internazionale Montessori in Roma dal gennaio al giugno 1931, in "Montessori", a.I, n.1, 15 gennaio 1931, p.26.