On Friday, April 16, 2021, the meeting of the German-speaking Foreign Ministers took place in Lugano at the invitation of Vice President Ignazio Cassis.

We were very pleased and honored that the personalities with their delegations subsequently visited the Museum Hermann Hesse in Montagnola.

Dear Friends of the Museum,

Please note the current opening hours:

From 1st April: daily (Monday to Sunday) 10.30 – 17.30.

The Literary Caffè Boccadoro will remain closed until further notice. (Terrace is open).

New: From 1st April 2021we offer a take-away-service (from 8.00 to 16.00).

Keep following us on our YouTube channel where you will find numerous readings and online walks.

We are also on Facebook and on Instagram for updates on our activities!

We hope to see you soon in Montagnola!

Your Museum Team

"Patience is the most difficult thing and the only thing worth learning." Hermann Hesse 1952

The Hermann Hesse Museum presents its usual appointment with readings of excerpts from Hermann Hesse ... online. We hope to bring you joy in these difficult times and to make you feel closer to us.

To listen to our readings, we publish the link below:

• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Prose about Winter"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Winter Poems"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Gertrud"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Christmas Eve and other winter poems"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "The Glassbead Game (1)"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "The Journey to the East"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Siddhartha - The Son"
• Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Steppenwolf - Treatise on Steppenwolf"

With the support of Repubblica e Cantone Ticino SWISSLOS and Bank Julius Baer

Help us!

The Museum Hermann Hesse Montagnola will have a big financial deficit this year because of Covid-19. Every contribution is welcome.

Thank you and see you soon,

Your Museum Team

Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola
6926 Montagnola

Banca Raiffeisen Colline del Ceresio, 6942 Savosa
IBAN CH73 8036 2000 0036 6770 8

The Hermann Hesse Museum presents its usual appointment with readings of excerpts from Hermann Hesse ... online. We hope to bring you joy in these difficult times and to make you feel closer to us.

To listen to our readings, we publish the link below:

• 12.4.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Reflections"
• 19.4.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Hours in the garden"
• 26.4.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen form "On moving into the new house"
• 3.5.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Siddhartha"
• 10.5.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Klingsor's last summer"
• 17.5.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Demian"
• 24.5.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Beneath the Wheel"
• 31.5.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Steppenwolf"
• 7.6.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "Poems"
• 14.6.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "The Ferryman" from Siddhartha
• 21.6.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen from "The day at Kareno" from Klingsor's last summer
• 28.6.2020 Reading in English by Lucilla Janssen  "Stages" and other poems

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