Welcome to the AMI Montessori Archives
The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) was founded by Maria Montessori in 1929 in order to continue her work and ensure the Montessori approach remained relevant for future generations. To this end, the AMI Montessori Archives has been established to house AMI's archival, digital, institutional, research and special collections, including the entire collection of the AMI Journal and The NAMTA Journal. Digital objects, articles and stories will illuminate the life and work of Maria Montessori and the history of the Montessori movement.
Explore our Audio Visual Archives
The Maria Montessori Archives include an extensive library of photographs, documenting Maria Montessori's life and work. We also feature a selection of videos and audio fragments, limited only because of the modest use of these media during Maria Montessori's lifetime, although she fully realised their importance and potential.
The Power of the Written Word
Montessori's books and writings leave a powerful legacy that continues to enrich educational research and practice globally. In addition to her many books, there is a rich archive of writings, correspondence, newspaper clippings and documents that will be shared through our archives.
Montessori Quotes
Explore the Archives
Can you help us identify these photographs?
Please contact us if you can help us identify the time, place and source of these photographs of Maria Montessori. They might be from 1910 to 1920s, possibly England.
Special Collections
“The work of humanity that always loves more, knows more and serves more, that penetrates more and more into details in order to become more and more interested, can be translated in the three words above—love, know and serve. This is the basis upon which human work ought to be founded.”
Maria Montessori, The Child, Society and the World
