Information
Name: Museo Pitrè
Type: Museums
Classification: Museum type: ethno-anthropological, Ownership: municipal
Year of foundation: 1909
Registered office: V.le Duca degli Abruzzi, 1, Parco della Favorita
- Palermo (PA)
The Giuseppe Pitrè Sicilian Ethnographic Museum in Palermo is dedicated to the memory and popular traditions of Sicily. Founded by physician and scholar Giuseppe Pitrè, it houses a wide variety of objects related to daily life, crafts, festivals, religion, and the island's customs. Through its collections, the museum preserves and illustrates aspects of Sicilian culture that testify to the way of life of past communities. It is an important reference point for understanding Sicily's folkloric and anthropological heritage.
