The Goethe Residence architectural ensemble | Renovation measures and conceptual redesign of the museum in accordance with historic landmark preservation guidelines
With your donation, you can become a member of our action alliance #WhereisGoethe! Your donation will help us preserve this treasure, highlight its importance in the world today and generate new enthusiasm for Goethe and his legacy for future generations.
„It is not enough to want to,
one must also do it.
“Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Your donation can help support our efforts to restore, for example, the impressive Juno bust in the Goethe Residence. Any donation – small or large – would be greatly appreciated.
When transferring your donation to the account of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, please include “Goethe-Nationalmuseum” as the intended purpose so as to ensure your gift goes to support this important project. We are happy to provide receipts for donations of 300 euros or more.
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Click here to donate online and support the Goethe National Museum and the restoration of the Juno bust:
We thank our Goethe Friends for their donation:
Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH
Freudenberg, Dr. Heino
Ursula, Hans-Joachim and Annemarie Herzig Stiftung
Köstergarten, Fritz
Köstergarten, Jan-Hendrik
Montblanc International GmbH
Saller Josef Gewerbebau
Friends of the Goethe National Museum
Rotary Club Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once declared that the colossal bust of Juno Ludovisi was his “first love affair in Rome”. He first set eyes on the marble original during his Italian journey while visiting the Villa Ludovisi in Rome in 1787. Its plaster cast now stands proudly in the Goethe Residence and is considered to be the idealised depiction of a Roman empress. Goethe and his contemporaries, however, saw it as a “symbol of Greek art per se” and believed it represented the goddess Juno. Consequently, and due to its gigantic size, the room that housed the bust became known as the “Juno Room”. Goethe received the plaster cast as a gift from the Berlin State Councillor Schultz in 1823. The head alone measures one meter in height, and on its pedestal, 154.2 cm. Several illustrations of the sculpture can be found in Goethe’s collections, one of which was sketched by the poet himself.
You can learn more about the bust by visiting our Digital Museum Collections.
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Please share your ideas, wishes and questions about the new conception of the historical ensemble with us.
Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.
