A new museum celebrating Italian-American heritage will open in NYC this month, featuring a Sicilian puppet collection and more.
A new museum celebrating Italian-American heritage will open in Little Italy next week on the annual holiday celebrating the green, white and red.The museum’s centerpiece is the exhibit, Puppet Homecoming: The Historic Sicilian Manteo Marionettes Return to Mulberry Street. It features 34 historic, life-size colorful puppets, similar to thossource of daily public entertainment in Sicily from the early 1800s to the late 1950s.
Joseph V. Scelsa, founder and president of the new museum, said at its soft opening on Oct. 1 that the museum will showcase monumentalbut for all Americans and citizens of the world, who now have a place to witness the monumental achievements of our culture,fter several years of construction, it is a great source of satisfaction to be present at the opening of the new Italian American Museum,The museum plans to add more items to its collection by Spring 2025.
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