Museo Internazionale delle Marionette

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With over 3000 puppets, marionettes, glove puppets and shadow figures, the Museo Internazionale delle Marionette is almost single-handedly preserving the popular puppet culture that has long been a feature of Sicily's big-city life.

Set up by the Association for the Conservation of Popular Traditions, the museum's collection derives from Palermo, Catania and Naples, as well as from far-flung places such as China, India, southern Asia, Turkey and Africa. There is also a room where children can play with the puppets and even try to create their own.

The museum stages shows on Fridays at in the autumn and winter months. Every year, puppeteers from all over the world converge on the museum for the Festa di Morgana, which the museum sponsors.