The Interactive Museum of Poor Toys and Street Games, also known as the Museum of Poor Toys and Street Games, is located in the attic premises of the Comprehensive School Institute of Albano. The exhibition was curated by Donato Allegretti, a retired teacher originally from Albano di Lucania, with the collaboration of the local School Institute and the Department of Pedagogical and Didactic Sciences of the University of Bari.
The museum project aims to research, document, and enhance the traditional play heritage, especially through the recovery and preservation of popular and traditional toys, poor toys, and street games, which would otherwise disappear. The collection mainly consists of a contemporary art collection on the theme of play, with over 250 works of various styles including paintings, sculptures, graphics, collages, and mixed media. Almost all works have been donated by Italian and foreign artists to A.R.CA.GIO’. There is also an ethnographic collection of about one hundred toys from popular tradition, mainly coming from Basilicata and Puglia, but some toys from Northern Italy are also displayed. Most of these objects were collected and donated to the museum by its promoter and curator, Donato Allegretti. Recently, the ethnographic collection has been enriched with numerous traditional toys, including various cane whistles and a series of self-moving toys from the 1950s, handmade with corks and soda caps. The exhibition is completed by a series of toys made by students of the Albano di Lucania School Institute, which also includes students from Brindisi Montagna and Trivigno, during a school project carried out during the 2003-2004 and 2004/2005 school years.
Information about Interactive Museum of Poor Toys and Street Games
Piazza Salvo D’acquisto,
85010 Albano di Lucania (Potenza)
0971984006
amministrazione@comune.albanodilucania.pz.it; comunealbanodilucania@rete.basilicata.it
https://www.museogiocattolopovero.it
Source: MIBACT
