This museum is really overpriced for what it offers. On paying we were given a leaflet and directed up to the second floor of the small building. There were a few lacklustre displays of puppets not all of which had labels. Apart from that there really waasn't anything to see. Perhaps if you were a real puppet enthusiast you would... More

We went to a puppet show here in a delightful little old theatre it was wonderful though we could not understand the language the story was traditional and easy to follow wonderful old puppets and it was not till the end of show when puppeteers came on stage that you realized how small puppets were the show was loud much... More

I went to puppet museums in both Siracusa and Palermo and I have to say I found the puppet museum in Siracusa, which is quite a bit smaller, much more charming than the Palermo one. In Palermo, there is a huge collection of Balinese puppets. I happened to arrive here as a big festival of puppetry is being hosted at... More

Atmospheric, interesting place. There is a museum and a theatre which still give performances. There are a lot of puppets representing different characters.

Had a lot of interesting puppets from around the world, but did not make enough of itself. Bored woman at dark desk took the 5 Euros, but most of the AVs did not work and the one that did was a videoed show that lasted an hour and had only two seats in front of it. A pity because the... More

A whole little museum devoted to puppetry both Sicilian & world wide - fascinating! Very well displayed & presented

Too many street vendors are allowed to interrupt your meals. They are allowed to walk around most open air restaurants. So annoying when trying to eat!

We went to this puppet museum and thoroughly enjoyed it. The collection covers puppets from all over the world. The traditional Sicilian puppet section is the best. We were upset that between june and october they do not hold regular puppet shows. However the Museum staff sent us to Teatro Argento The Sicilian Puppet Theatre on Pietro novelli street near... More

An international collection of marionettes - very interesting and colorful.