News from the Goetheanum
28 April 2026
Disconnect to Connect
The Youth Section at the Goetheanum invited young people to an International Students’ Conference from 1 to 5 April 2026 with the theme Disconnect to ...
19 April 2026
Love in Educating
Pole beans need sunshine and so do little children. Anyone who sows pole beans in Switzerland in March won’t be able to enjoy the fast-growing ...
17 April 2026
A New Peace Movement?
Are we currently experiencing a breakdown of civilization? How can we restore diplomacy as a first option? Gerald Häfner explores perspectives in ...
10 April 2026
War in the Gulf region – is peace possible? Lecture and conversation with Gerald Häfner
In international politics, the rule of law and diplomatic mediation have been replaced for some years now by the law of the strongest and most ...
07 April 2026
“One of the greatest editions in history”
The edition of Rudolf Steiner’s complete works, consisting of 450 volumes, has been finalized. The Rudolf Steiner Estate Administration ...
02 April 2026
Changed eating preferences
Catering services during Goetheanum events will change and be simplified in accordance with today’s eating habits. Another hope connected with this ...
29 March 2026
“A fulfilled life despite restrictions”
Dealing with the health challenges of elderly people requires something other than a deficit-oriented view of ageing. Christian Schikarski, an ...
26 March 2026
Society’s future starts in kindergarten
The foundations for empathy, cooperation and the ability to stand up for others and for the community are laid in the early years of life. The ...
12 March 2026
The World of Ita Wegman
She was a born cosmopolitan—arriving via Java, the Netherlands, and Berlin to Switzerland, where she studied in Zurich and practiced medicine in ...
09 March 2026
Productive Tension
The future of anthroposophy relies how we hold its tensions and contradictions. A retrospective on the 100 Years Rudolf Steiner conference, held at ...
20 February 2026
Summer festivals on the 100th performance of ‘Faust’ parts I and II
The Goetheanum Stage will hold three summer festivals in July 2026 to celebrate its 100th performance of Johann Wolfgang Goethe‘s ‘Faust I and II’ ...
10 February 2026
“The word ‘hopeless’ was not part of her vocabulary”
The physician Ita Wegman was fully committed to taking on responsibility for sick people – therapeutically, socially and spiritually. On the occasion ...