Re-reading Goethe's Faust: In the 250th year since Goethe's arrival in Weimar, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar is dedicating exhibitions, experiments and debates to the poet's masterpiece and one of the greatest works of German-language literature.
When Johann Wolfgang von Goethe came to Weimar in 1775, he already had parts of "Faust" in his pocket. The work occupied him for the rest of his life. In it, he processed the knowledge and questions of his time and wrote poetry at the height of his literary skills. But how relevant is "Faust" for us today? The central exhibition of the 2025 theme year at the Schiller Museum explores this question.
Artificial intelligence, the struggle for identity, the crises of capitalism, love and betrayal, the power of nature and the consequences of its destruction - all of these issues are dealt with in Goethe's main work "Faust" and are more topical than ever. In the central exhibition for the 2025 theme year, visitors can immerse themselves in these and other themes of the work by looking, listening, reading and participating. The focus is always on the text, the linguistic work of art, the sound of the verses.
The exhibition is an invitation to approach this uniquely ambiguous work, which is aimed at everyone: people who have read "Faust", people who still intend to read it and people who are not yet sure whether it is for them.
May 1, 2025 to November 1, 2027
