Skip the Line in Palermo: Museum of Marionette Antonio Pasqualino
In 1975, Antonio Pasqualino founded the International Puppet Museum in his native Palermo, creating a home for the Pupi marionettes as well as for the large collection of puppetry material from several European countries and the Far East, including France, Spain, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, and many others.
The Museum is spread over three floors and houses a number of exhibition spaces, a bookshop, a library, a video and a film library, and a performance space capable of accommodating a large theater program.
The International Museum of Marionettes is a gem among the museums of Sicily, as it preserves and perpetuates a theatrical form the UNESCO declared part of the "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" (in 2001) – the Sicilian “Opera dei Pupi.”
The Museum is a place full of charm, history, and stories, an unusual and precious window onto the history and folk traditions of Sicily – and the world.
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What's included in Skip the Line in Palermo: Museum of Marionette Antonio Pasqualino
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The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum
Discover Antonio Pasqualino's renowned puppetry collection of over three thousand pieces from Italy and abroad. You'll find Sicilian marionettes (“pupi”), Japanese Bunraku puppets, and figures made by contemporary artists such as Enrico Baj, Renato Guttuso, and Polish director Tadeusz Kantor. You'll also find many shadow theater puppets from the Indonesian Wayang Kulit and Wayang Golek traditions, as well as from the Cambodian Sbek Thom traditions, both of them declared “Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity World Heritage” by the UNESCO.
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- Entrance Ticket
- No guide included
- Snacks
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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- The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum
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PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS VOUCHER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM • Be reminded that Weekend in Italy will send you by email the ONLY voucher / ticket accepted by the museum for the visit. Please make sure you receive it and print it before going to the appointment, as voucher issued by Viator will not allow you the entrance at the museum. • Please print and present Weekend in Italy confirmation voucher in order to redeem your tickets at the moment of the visit • Please take the voucher with you to the museum, to pick tickets up the date of the visit, at the reservation cashier 15 minutes before the confirmed time • Important - Please Note: The time you select on the order form is your preferred time; the museum will automatically confirm the closest available time, which can be any time during opening hours on the selected date, if your preferred time is no longer available.
