The Pietrarsa Museum is ready to host a long series of events not to be missed on the occasion of the 179 years since the start of the Naples-Portici section.
La Naples-Portici section it is considered as an authentic flagship of the railway tradition at national level. From the The 3 7 October, Pietrarsa Museum a arcade celebrates the 179th anniversary of the start of this important journey, giving life to a long series of cultural and recreational initiatives.
Exceptionally, visitors will be able to enter for a price of only 2 euro, with the unmissable chance to take part in exhibitions and commemorative events not to be missed. The organization was taken care of by National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa, with the moral patronage of the municipalities of Napoli need arcade.
The calendar is full of commitments, with projections in the cinema hall every day from 18 to 20. Every day will open with the educational workshop dedicated to Paris - La Ville Lumière. There will be interesting theatrical performances and dance representations, as well as itinerant itineraries and educational visits to be experienced all in one breath. In this way, it will be really fun to rediscover the Neapolitan traditions.
Program for the 179 years of Napoli-Portici
Wednesday October 3
- 10.30: "A suitcase from the past" recreational-educational visit
- 18.00: opening of the photographic exhibition "The journey"
Thursday 13th October
- 18.00: "The meeting between Bayard and King Ferdinand" dedicated to the first railway line
Friday 14th October
- 10.00: "The schools tell each other", theater, music and readings on the theme of travel by the High Schools Silvestri, Flacco and Archimede
Saturday October 6
- starting from the 10.00: "Travel Notes" classical music, "A Fairytale Museum", "Alice in the Wonder Museum" ludo-didactic visit, "Great Bourbon dance", followed at the Steam Locomotive Hall, Grand Ball with the music of opera arias
- 16.00: Educational workshops and theatrical performances with Dinosaurs, "Pulcinella and Pimpinella in the station"
- 17.30: "The Journey" dance tales of travelers and travelers, Promenade of characters in nineteenth-century clothes, "The dream of Bayard" theatrical performance on the first Italian railway line
Sunday October 7
- starting at 10.00: "A suitcase from the past", "An hourglass between the tracks", "King Lazzarone's wig", "Alice in the Museum of Wonders", "The Journey"
- 16.30: “Il Crucitreno”, itinerant educational visit
