Maria Montessori's Work

Maria Montessori travelled extensively in Europe, India, the United States and South America to deliver courses and lectures. Learn how the person and her philosophy on child development were received across the globe, and acknowledge, with us, the importance of her collaborators. Hear about the lives of some of the supporters who were instrumental in establishing Montessori education in their countries.

Desk in Maria Montessori's study

Maria Montessori, Bach Auditorium Amsterdam, 1950

On March 1, 1950, Maria Montessori lectured in Amsterdam’s Bach auditorium and spoke on the “early years” at the invitation of the Dutch National Montessori Association and the Association "De Amsterdamse Montessori School". The lecture was recorded by Dutch radio and Mr Wim Eijgensteijn, a Dutch am...

Maria Montessori Letter 6 January 1907

Speech at the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute of Education

Maria Montessori gave this speech at the first meeting of the Governing Board of the new UNESCO Institute for Education on 19 June 1951.

“We, who work for a single goal, are as it were, the members of the same person. Those who come after us will attain further goals, because there were those who believed and worked before them!”
Maria Montessori, Discovery of the Child, Page 5

AMI Research Threads

This October AMI launched its new series AMI Research Threads. As part of the series, we will post a research article recommended by our Global Research Group on the first Thursday of every month. The purpose of the series is to curate, highlight, and comment on the growing and diverse body of resear...

Maria Montessori Study Visits

We are delighted to announce that after major renovation work Maria Montessori’s study is again open for visits. Maria Montessori’s former study is preserved at the AMI Head Office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where we curate it with exceptional care and attention to detail. Many visitors have shar...

On This Day, 31 August 1940

On 31 August 1940 Maria Montessori celebrated what would be the first of six birthdays spent in India. The 1940 day was an exceptionally celebratory occasion, as she was able to spend it with her son Mario, released from a Prisoners of War Camp, just for this occasion. She had not seen him for a numb...