Noordwijk

A Special Day, 6 May 1952

A Special Day, 6 May 1952

6 May is a special day to embrace Maria Montessori's legacy: it is the day she died in 1952, in Noordwijk. On a warm and sunny day, in a holiday home overlooking...

AMI Staff | 6 May 2022
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Inscription on Maria Montessori's Grave

Inscription on Maria Montessori's Grave

On 6 May 1952, Maria Montessori died unexpectedly and peacefully in Noordwijk, a small town on the Dutch coast. A citizen of the world, she had asked to be buri...

AMI Staff | 6 May 2021
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Montessori Tulips in Bloom

Montessori Tulips in Bloom

Last autumn, in preparation of the celebrations of Maria Montessori’s 150th birthday some of her great-grandchildren planted the special Montessori tulip named ...

AMI Staff | 6 May 2020
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Montessori Family Planting Tulips

Montessori Family Planting Tulips

Five of Maria Montessori's great grandchildren and two of their children spent a Sunday afternoon looking after Maria Montessori's grave in Noordwijk, planting ...

AMI Staff | 15 November 2019
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