Costituita da diversi cimeli teatrali, Biblioteca e raccolta teatrale del Burcardo di Roma, testimonia la storia del Teatro dal’500 ai nostri giorni.
Comprende 40 costumi, una raccolta di statuine in terracotta raffiguranti maschere della commedia dell’arte e del teatro popolare, burattini e marionette (fra queste ultime alcune cinesi del XVIII°secolo). Numerosi i disegni e le stampe (oltre tre mila pezzi), i bozzetti scenografici, i ritratti (circa 120) a olio o tempera di attori e autori teatrali dell’Ottocento e del Novecento.La
Raccolta, acquisita per vendita e donazione dalla S.I.A.E. (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori), dal 1926 ha sede nel quattrocentesco Palazzo Burcardo, residenza dell’allora cerimoniere pontificio Johannes Burckhardt.
The prelate was known by the nickname “episcopus argentinus” from the Latin name of his native city, Argentoratum (present-day Strasbourg). The tower of the Palace, now disappeared, began to be called Argentina with this name, and later the entire area. The Biblioteca e il Museo Teatrale del Burcardo are the headquarters of the theatrical collection owned by the Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori, open to the public since 1932.
The museum collections are housed in the rooms of the Museo Teatrale SIAE del Burcardo and include various types of materials: sculptures, paintings, costumes, relics, accessories, and stage objects. The exhibition rooms of the small palace host a permanent exhibition of some of the most significant documents and objects from the Biblioteca and Museum collections.
All the library, documentary, and museum collections are constantly enriched, also thanks to donations from enthusiasts and personalities from the entertainment world.
