Location: Palazzo Reale
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Things to do in Palermo, Sicily: The Best Museums
Palermo is an urban melting pot characterized by history and culture so diverse that it often feels conflicted. Discover an intriguing range of architectural styles, from Arabian domes to baroque buildings, and enjoy delicious cuisine that spans a variety of origins. Be sure to visit the Palace of the Normans, the Palatine Chapel and the church of St. John of the Hermits. Art and music lovers won’t want to miss the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (the “GAM”), the Salinas or an opera or ballet at the Teatro Massimo.
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1. Museum of tiles Stanze al Genio
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 581 reviews
Reservations required!! The museum is open year round for a visit but you must book your visit by email or phone. For reservations just call a few hours before the appointment and agree to the tour. The visits are carried out only in Italian / english.
Reviewed By 344lindag - Province of Arezzo, Italy
I'm not sure how a museum can be so unassuming from the outside yet is a real gem inside. There is only a small name on the buzzer to enter but what lies inside is wall to wall ceramic tiles and also displays of vintage pieces and furniture. Entrance fee included a personal guided tour in english or italian. A wonderful experience.
2. Museo del Vino e della Civilta' Contadina
3. Museo Diocesano di Palermo (Le Stanze dei Vescovi)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 273 reviews
Historic building of the fifteenth century, with frescoes and furnishings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It displays around 300 works of art from the 12th to the 19th century in 12 rooms. 11 rooms belong to "Le Stanze dei Vescovi", the noble floor of the Archbishop's Palace, with the Alcova of Cardinal Gravina and the Sala Borremans entirely freshly painted in 1733.
4. INAF Palermo Astronomical Observatory
5. The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 221 reviews
The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum was founded in 1975 by the Association for the Conservation of Folk Traditions. It conserves about 4,000 items, including marionettes, marottes, hand puppets, shadow puppets, theatrical machines and playbills from all over the world. Among these, it houses the largest and most complete collection of pupi from Palermo, Catania and Naples, used in the Opera dei pupi, that is Sicilian traditional puppetry, proclaimed by UNESCO a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Besides, you can find many other objects used in the other puppet traditions which have obtained the same award: the Japanese Ningyo Johruri Bunraku, the Indonesian Wayang Kulit, the Cambodian Sbek Thom and The collection also includes important contemporary artworks, created by Enrico Baj, Tadeusz Kantor and Renato Guttuso. In 2017, it received the ICOM Italy's award as Museum of the Year.
Reviewed By OliverS934 - New York City, United States
Opera buffa is an Italian invention: it was something as the melodrama of the Old West, but played with puppets. There were several standard stories and characters (like the Damsell in Distress, with the Good Guy and the Bad Guy, etc), plus a great number of variations and new invention. This place is magic, if you are into story-telling and history. In addition to the Sicilian creations, you'll find puppets from several continents. They even have a theater, check their web site for performance days and hours. Modest admission. I wish the gift shop had more interesting stuff, but hey, you cannot have it all! **
6. Museo della Specola presso INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
The Museo della Specola is located in the ancient “Specula Panormitana” founded in 1790 by king Ferdinand I. It houses the historical heritage collected over the 200 years of scientific activity of the Palermo Observatory.The jewels of the collection are:The famous Ramsden's Circle, with which Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid, Ceres, in 1801. The large Merz Equatorial Telescope, with which Pietro Tacchini made important solar spectroscopical
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