The Museum of Children. The "Real Casa dell'Annunziata" in Naples: Between Reality and Future Prospects

The “Real Casa Santa dell'Annunziata”, a monumental complex associated with the historical hospital of the same name, is located in the historic centre of Naples, in the heart of the Forcella district, one of the most degraded and problematic. It is one of the oldest Italian institutions dedicated to childcare, now part of a substantial and little-known cultural heritage. The specific objective of the chapter is to propose museal strategies for the management and recovery of the memory of this extraordinarily fascinating place. In it, childhood, parenthood, intangible and tangible heritage, solidarity and care. Hence the idea of enhancing the immense cultural, artistic and archival heritage, promoting its strategic role as a cultural interdisciplinary perspective, promoting its strategic role as an urban hinge, to provide a plural understanding of it and place it in a future planning of the city.