THE Castle Puppets Museum Giordano Ferrari — Attraction in Parma

Free entry inside the now defunct monastery. Puppets castle – Giordano Ferrari museum is the most important collection in Italy dedicated to the animation theatre. Includes more than 2800 pieces, between puppets, marionettes, heads, 600+ stage objects, scenery, pictures and posters, 400+ scripts (more of them manuscripts), a library about figurative theatre and...

Don't let the outdated website fool you - this museum is well organized, well-lit and has wonderful (some problematic) puppets from the past hundred+ years. Note you need to walk down the cobble path towards the garden and entrance is on the right. Very friendly and helpful staff. Kids loved it!...

There are a lot of dolls in the museum and they are all well renovated, although it is clear that they were often shown in performances in the past. It is interesting to trace how different masters created the same characters of the classical puppet...