Contacts
Curator of the Collection
Giuseppina Volpicelli
Largo Cristina di Svezia, 12
00165 Roma
telefono-fax
++39-06-5881194
giuseppina.volpicelli@yahoo.it
The Maria Signorelli collection
aims to offer a picture of the life and work
of the artist Maria Signorelli
It presents her prestigious collection of puppets,
marionettes, shadow puppets, masks
with around 5000 items
from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries
from all over the world.
It promotes events and exhibitions,
including those focusing on particular sections of the collection.
It organizes lessons, conferences
using educational materials, film and short shows.
It organizes practical workshops,
also for adults,
on the construction and operation of puppets.
A large part of the Signorelli Collection in Cividale del Friuli is open to visitors
Monastery of Santa Maria in Valle, Via Monastero Maggiore 38
SUMMER HOURS ( April 1-September 30):
Monday through Friday: 10 am-1 pm and 3-6 pm
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 10-6.
WINTER HOURS (October 1- March 31):
Monday through Friday: 10 am-1pm and 2-5 pm
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 10 am-5 pm
December 25: closed
January 1: open 2 pm-5 pm
Ticket Office and Information at il Tempietto Longobardo
Telephone: 0432/ 700867, same hours as the Museum
Texts by:
Patrizia Veroli Giuseppina Volpicelli
English translation:
Karen Christenfeld Harvey Sachs Alberto Rossatti
Translation and editing:
Della Couling
Photographs by
Archivio Signorelli Maristella Campolunghi Vincenzo Recchia Maria Letizia Volpicelli Teresa Bianchi Mara Berni
Gianni Giansanti
The following have collaborated on the study of the Signorelli Fund:
On the life of M. Signorelli:
Roberta De Santis, Anna Laura Messeri, Vincenzo Recchia, Mario Verdone, Patrizia Veroli,
Maria Letizia Volpicelli, Lina Job Wertemüller
On Podrecca Fund:
Fausta Braga, Paola Campanini, Roberta D'Errico, Giorgio Di Genova, Marino Jerman, Paola Pallottino,
Didier Plassard, Patrizia Veroli
Trieste puppets:
Renzo Chiarelli, Adriano Dugulin
Italian rod and glove puppets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries:
Ezio Bilello, Gian Paolo Bovoni, Remo Melloni, famiglia Pallavicini, Antonietta Felici Sammartano
Toy rod, glove and string puppets, toy theatres, dolls:
Vincenzo Recchia, Maria Letizia Volpicelli
Sicilian, Pugliese and Neapolitan puppets:
Alessandro Napoli, Museo Internazionale delle Marionette Antonio Pasqualino
On restoration work:
Grazia Della Valle, Vincenzo Recchia, Ezio Flammia, Rosamaria Malfetano, Piera Nava, Maria Lucia Regni, Alessandra Ricci, Antonietta Felici Sammartano, Maria Letizia Volpicelli
Designs for exhibitions and productions:
Luciano Gemin, Francesco Teso, Officina Luminosa, Barbara Serrani, Maria Alessandra Giuri, Maestri Falegnami Nicola Santoro e Sergio Santoro Legno e Dintorni Chiaravalle