Participate
The Fondation Rilke invites Fondation Rilke to participate in cultural, educational, and artistic activities. Discover how you can get involved, support us, and collaborate with us.
The Rilke Festival and other events
The Fondation Rilke organizes literary events, lectures, concerts and conferences. In 2026, it offers a rich program, including a special edition of the Rilke Festival to commemorate the centenary of the poet's death.
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School activities
Educational packs
The Fondation Rilke guided tours and workshops tailored to each grade level. We also provide educational materials designed to prepare students, according to their grade level, to explore the life and work of Rainer Maria Rilke.
We guarantee alignment with the corresponding school curriculum.
We offer guided tours and workshops on the following themes:
Elementary School:
- Rilke’s Life as a Journey
- Learning to See with Rilke
Middle School:
- Letters to My Self
- Rilke Goes Social Media
High Schools/Vocational Schools:
- Work Ethic: Learning from Rodin
- Crisis and the Dawn of Modernity
- The Duino Elegies
- The Crisis of Language Around 1900
- Rilke’s French Poems
- Rilke and Valais—A Homeland of the Heart
- Muzot and His Late Work
- Rarogne: Grave and Memory
Educational Projects
Support the Foundation
If you would like to support the Fondation Rilke and its activities, please contact the Foundation Director for further information.
Fondation Rilke
Banque Raiffeisen Sierre & Région
CH-3960 Sierre
IBAN: CH83 8080 8009 1163 9374 5
CB number: 80808
SWIFT-BIC: RAIFCH22XXX
Make a donation
Since its inception, the Foundation's work has been made possible thanks to the generosity of its donors. Every contribution helps us in our efforts: if you would like to support the implementation of the program or the preservation of the Foundation's collections with a donation of 10 CHF, 20 CHF ou 100 CHF, you will receive a special invitation to the opening of the next temporary exhibition.
Friends of the Foundation
To develop its activities, the Rainer Maria Rilke Foundation needs external support. It has found them, among others, in the Association of Friends of the Fondation Rilke , formed on March 25, 2004.
Join the Circle of Friends of the Foundation and enjoy exclusive benefits:
- Free admission to the permanent exhibition and temporary exhibitions
- Invitation to vernissages and to the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Fondation Rilke
- Special guided tours
- Discounts on Foundation publications
Single membership: CHF 50
Double membership: CHF 80
Partners
The Foundation collaborates with cultural institutions, universities and archives in Switzerland and abroad.
Sponsors include
Raiffeisen Bank of Sierre & Region, Place de la Gare 7, CH-3960 Sierre
IBAN: CH12 8080 8009 5612 7776 3
SWIFT-BIC: RAIFCH22XXX
Clearing No. (NCB): 80808