a Napoli there is one special place that not everyone knows about, that isHospital for dolls.
We see What is Doll Hospital, its history and how to visit it?.
What is it and what is the history of Doll Hospital?
A doll hospital A craftsman’s workshop founded at the end of the 19th century thanks to Luigi Grassidecorator of palace and puppet theaters.
His shop attracted the attention of curious passers-by, and it seems that one day a mother stopped there and asked the craftsman to repair her little girl’s broken doll.
Since then, Doll Hospital has continued its activities for four generations to the present day who passed on trade secrets.
Born from a passion for beauty and a love for memories and stories, deals with the restoration of dolls, but also of sacred statues and stuffed animalsand has a purpose return these objects to their original state and past splendordespite time and wear.
Run by the Grassi family and a point of excellence for all of Italy, the laboratory deals with various types of materialseg wood, porcelain, plaster, metals, papier-mâché, wax, tin, plastics and intervention replacement of damaged parts, alteration of stitching and padding, fixing of clothes and hairstyles.
All this becomes possible thanks to the great craftsman, the quality of work, as well as the patience, care and passion of those who repair these objects.
Where is it and what to see in Doll Hospital?
Today, the Doll Hospital, in addition to maintaining its original function, is always active. It also includes a museum that supports a restoration workshop and houses hundreds of pieces from all eras.
A museum dedicated to children and their families a place of curiosity, fun and also learning and is organized thanks to the Kaos Produzioni project as a multimedia storytelling workshop which tells stories, experiences, memories and emotions related to dolls through images, sounds and sounds.
How to visit it?
Doll Hospital Museum located at via San Biagio dei Librai 39 in Naples.
You can visit it Friday, Saturday and Sundayat times from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. For restoration work, however, the laboratory is open every day from 10.30 to 17.30.
