PLART - Plastica e Arte di Maria Pia Incutti Paliotto

About the museum

The Fondazione Plart was founded in Naples in 2008 around the collection donated by its founders, Maria Pia Incutti and Salvatore Paliotto. The museum is in the Chiaia district, in Via Giuseppe Martucci, in the basement spaces of a late 19th-century building that was once used as stables; the spaces were renovated over about 1,000 square metres.

The collection, the result of long research carried out by Maria Pia Incutti above all between the 1970s and 1990s in vintage shops, flea markets and auctions around the world, numbers over 2,000 objects. Alongside works by artists and designers such as Tony Cragg, Haim Steinbach, Peter Ghyczy, Riccardo Dalisi, Andrea Branzi, Enrico Baj and Ugo La Pietra, the core is a selection of anonymous design that traces the history of plastics from the second half of the 19th century to the present: bags, jewellery, furniture, tools, household appliances, toys and radios in celluloid, bois durci, phenolic resins, polyethylene, PVC and other polymers. There are also prototypes by Gufram from the 1960s and 1970s.

In 2009 the Regione Campania recognised the Plart as a museum of regional interest; since 2010 it has been part of the network of the Giacimenti del Design Italiano of the Triennale di Milano, and since 2020 of the Luoghi del Contemporaneo. Besides the exhibition rooms, the museum hosts Plart Vision, a multimedia gallery with interactive installations on the history of polymers and sustainability, an events area and a conference room.

Highlights

• Over 2,000 plastic objects from the second half of the 19th century to today
• Works by Tony Cragg, Haim Steinbach, Riccardo Dalisi, Andrea Branzi and Ugo La Pietra
• Gufram prototypes from the 1960s and 1970s
• Plart Vision, multimedia gallery with interactive installations
• Based in the basement rooms of a former building with stables from the late 19th century

Permanent exhibitions

• Collezione permanente – Over 2,000 plastic objects, from anonymous design of the 19th century to works by contemporary artists and designers.
• Plart Vision – Multimedia gallery with interactive installations on the history of polymers and sustainability.

Founded

2008

Operated by

Fondazione Plart

Visitors per year

approx. 8,000

Admission & discounts

The fare of €8 applies to the permanent collection. Free admission for accompanying teachers. Discounts for members of the FAI (40%), the Touring Club Italiano (20%) and Artsupp (40%); the museum takes part in several Campania ArteCard formulas, with free or discounted admission depending on the result of scanning the pass. Tickets are bought on site at the time of the visit.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum occupies basement rooms. No details on accessibility are published on the website, but admission is free for people with disabilities and their companions.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Plart offers meetings, guided tours and creative play workshops for all ages, designed to stimulate children's creativity and sensory perception.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Up to 100 guests.

Events area and conference room equipped for up to 100 people, with projector, sound system and control room.

Plan your visit