Things to do in Val di Noto, Sicily: The Best Specialty Museums

February 22, 2022 Brain Ambrose

Discover the best top things to do in Val di Noto, Italy including Mulino ad Acqua - Museo Cavallo d'Ispica, Museo della Memoria, Polo Tattile Multimediale, Museo degli Arnesi di Una Volta, Museo diffuso "Murika", Museo del Costume, Manganelli Palace, Museo del Cinema di Catania, Casa Museo Antonino Uccello, Museo e Teatro dei Pupi Fratelli Napoli.
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1. Mulino ad Acqua - Museo Cavallo d'Ispica

Via Cava Ispica, 89, 97015, Modica, Sicily Italy +39 0932 771048 [email protected] http://www.cavallodispica.it
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5.0 based on 437 reviews

Mulino ad Acqua - Museo Cavallo d'Ispica

The watermill “Cavallo d’Ispica” is an original piece of jewellery of rural art of the 18th century, situated on the northern part of the archaeological valley of Cava d’Ispica, few kilometres from Modica, centre of hyblean baroque as well as hometown of poet Quasimodo and famous for its renowned chocolate.

Reviewed By CeriWilliams123 - London, United Kingdom

We loved our visit to Mulino ad Acqua. Each unique space gives you a great insight into the history of the area and how people lived there. Seeing the mill in action and operated the latest in many generations of millers who have worked there is really fascinating.

2. Museo della Memoria

Via Sorda Sampieri 46/D Il museo è aperto al pubblico previa prenotazione., 97015, Modica, Sicily Italy +39 339 508 4444 http://www.museosicilia1943.it/
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5.0 based on 40 reviews

Museo della Memoria

3. Polo Tattile Multimediale

Via Etnea 602, 95128 Catania, Sicily Italy +39 095 500177 [email protected] http://www.polotattile.it/
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5.0 based on 60 reviews

Polo Tattile Multimediale

The POLO TATTILE MULTIMEDIALE born in Catania in March 2008 , it is located in the heart of Catania , in the beautiful Via Etnea , in a ' 700 building ; houses inside a unique structure in Europe , as it contains within it a Tactile Museum , unique in Southern Italy , a showroom , a bar in the Dark , a Sensory Garden . The Polo Tactile Multimedia offers visitors as a place where together, disabled and not , can experience , Knowledge Sharing and " touch" that you can live " like everyone in the world of all. " We have set ourselves the goal of greater cultural literacy by providing all the blind , visually impaired , and all citizens , allowing visitors of our unique experience in its kind , an experience to discover a new way to do integration. Due to the covid-19 emergency reservation is required.

4. Museo degli Arnesi di Una Volta

Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 97015, Modica, Sicily Italy +39 366 102 3458 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/Museo-degli-arnesi-di-una-volta-1599341736954946/?fref=nf
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5.0 based on 97 reviews

Museo degli Arnesi di Una Volta

a fantastic museum dedicated to the lovers of traditions and ancient crafts of Sicily. In the heart of the historical center of Modica.

5. Museo diffuso "Murika"

Via Roma 53 Case degli Avi, 97015, Modica, Sicily Italy +39 338 487 3360 [email protected] http://www.casedegliavi.com
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Museo diffuso "Murika"

In Modica at "The Forefathers'Houses" the Museum "Murika, stories of stones" for the preservation of the ancient ethnographic living and for the recovery and the valorization of the identity of the places, is situated. The goal is to celebrate the rural communities of the County of Modica using as main theme the local stone and the achievements through it, walls, vaults, floors, artifacts

6. Museo del Costume

Via Francesco Mormino Penna 65, 97018, Scicli, Sicily Italy +39 328 943 2070 [email protected] http://www.museodelcostume.org
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4.5 based on 89 reviews

Museo del Costume

Opened to visitors since 2007, the Museum of Costume is situated on the groundfloor of a former convent in Mormina Penna Street in the historical centre of Scicli which is UNESCO town. The Museum is made up of 6 sections which are renewed periodically, offering a complete historical frame of the Costumes in the Hyblean area supplied with documentary evidence and, also generally, regarding Sicily and the Mediterranean territory.

7. Manganelli Palace

Piazza Manganelli 16, 95131 Catania, Sicily Italy +39 095 313272 http://www.palazzomanganelli.com
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Manganelli Palace

8. Museo del Cinema di Catania

Viale Africa Piazzale Rocco Chinnici Centro Fieristico Culturale Le Ciminiere, 95129 Catania, Sicily Italy +39 095 401 1928 [email protected] http://www.cittametropolitana.ct.it/il_territorio/museo_del_cinema.aspx
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4.5 based on 156 reviews

Museo del Cinema di Catania

Reviewed By Bdnegin - Jerusalem, Israel

Who would have imagined that a cinema museum in Catania, Sicily, would be so interesting and enjoyable! While the museum provides historical context for the development of cinema (in a clever series of exhibits), the real fun of the museum lies in its lush pseudo movie sets of settings (dining room, kitchen, bar, library, bath, dance hall and more) in which screens present scenes from famous movies that pertain to the set. For example, the dance floor presented dance scenes from famous movies, such as from Singing in the Rain. I loved the scene of Jeff Bridges in his bathtub from The Big Lebowski from the bath set; the library set included the scene of Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein as the library shelf-door swings around to trap him, and the garage scene featured famous car scenes, including car chases such as the mash up at the end of The Blues Brothers. This is only a minimal sampling of the hundreds of scenes chosen to fit with each of the sets. We spent over two hours of sheer enjoyment in this museum.

9. Casa Museo Antonino Uccello

Via Niccolo' Machiavelli 19, 96010 Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily Italy +39 0931 881499 http://www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/casamuseouccello/
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4.5 based on 55 reviews

Casa Museo Antonino Uccello

10. Museo e Teatro dei Pupi Fratelli Napoli

Via Reitano 55, 95121 Catania, Sicily Italy +39 347 095 4526 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Museo-e-Teatro-dei-Pupi-Flli-Napoli-Catania/671262012885767
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Museo e Teatro dei Pupi Fratelli Napoli

The old workshop of the Napoli brothers is located in the historic center of Catania(Via Reitano, 55)near the Ursino Castle and the Pescheria market.It represents a heritage of great historical-cultural importance for the territory,since,from the time of Gaetano Napoli to today,here are handed down from generation to generation the"knowledge of the hand"and the rules of trade that allow the realization of all objects of artistic craftsmanship related to the tradition of the Catanese Puppet Opera.Gaetano Napoli founded the company in 1921,entrusting it to his sons and grandchildren,who have continuously continued the business. The Naples represent texts based on ancient tea towels and also shows for children and mixed technique shows.The collection includes puppets dating back to the late nineteenth century or early twentieth century,scenes, signs and theatrical equipment of great historical-anthropological interest,which recount an ancient tradition and well rooted in Sicilian culture

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