For service management, the Museum predominantly uses the spaces and facilities, but not exclusively. The “Luigi Petriccione” institute was founded by Royal Decree in 1885 under the patronage of Hon. Luigi Petriccione, an industrialist in the grain sector.
In 1885 it was an Evening School of Industrial Drawing of Mechanical Elements and in 1907 reorganized into the Royal Industrial School of San Giovanni a Teduccio, with Mechanical and Electrical sectors. In 1917 it was reorganized into the Royal Workers’ School for Arts and Crafts; in 1922 by royal decree it took on the name “Luigi Petriccione” and, two years later, in 1924 it became the Royal School of Work Training with workshop-schools for blacksmiths, fitters, and mechanical turners and for electricians. In 1922 the current school building was also inaugurated.
In 1933 the workshop-schools were transformed into a Two-Year Technical School for mechanics. After the Second World War conflict, the school had its first institutional transformation and in 1961 it was changed into a State Professional Institute for Industry and Handicrafts, completely separating from the work training school.
In the 1970s, post-qualification courses were established for Technicians of Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Industries; in the 1980s courses for Chemical-Biological Operator and Biological Laboratory Technician were added. From the 2008/2009 school year, a new study course “Fashion and Clothing” was introduced.
The school has a wide variety of educational materials: the pieces of greatest historical value are shown to middle school students during visits for school orientation.
