Activities and tours at the Museum of the Ancient Ships of Pisa

The Museum of the Ancient Ships of Pisa at the Arsenali Medicei (Lungarno Simonelli n.16), is divided into eight thematic areas, which in a logical sequence tell the story of the city of Pisa from its origins to the Middle Ages and display ships and their cargoes, made up of amphorae, organic material, glass.

Open free of charge on the first Sunday of the month

In 1998 during works near the Pisa San Rossore train station, an impressive series of shipwrecks emerged in an exceptional state of preservation, with their cargoes of commercial products and evidence of life on board. From that discovery was born the Cantiere delle Navi romane di Pisa, concluded in 2016, one of the most interesting and rich excavation and research sites of recent years.

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