In the summer of 1789, one year after Goethe’s return from Italy, the turbulent period of the French Revolution and the Neapolonic Wars began.

A complete room has been reserved for mementos of these events and how Goethe reacted to them personally as a poet as well as a civil servant. These years of political unrest are also distinguished by his friendship and collaboration with Schiller. There is a showcase referring in particular to the time Schiller lived and worked in Weimar.