Istituto degli Innocenti promotes services and activities to positively affirm the rights of children and adolescents

Family communities for children and mothers in difficulty

Services for children up to 6 years of age and parenting support

Library, Archive, Museum, Café and other spaces open to the public

Catalogues and databases available in-house and online

Statistics and research on the condition of children and adolescents

Professional development activities and services

Research and projects on the condition of children at European and international level

Publications and awareness campaigns

Documentation on and monitoring of the condition of children and adolescents in Italy

Documentation on and monitoring of the condition of children and adolescents in Tuscany



The project, funded by the European Union, aims at engaging adolescent boys as allies in the fight against gender-based violence by promoting questioning rigid gender stereotypes and roles as well as…

A revised translation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

A journey back in time in the history of the Innocenti dedicated to children, with texts by Sara Marconi and illustrations by Simone Frasca

The Museum tells the six-hundred-year history of the institute through its cultural, historical, artistic and documentary heritage