Museum
Museum of Ancient Ships of Pisa
30 locals recommend,
Location
16 Lungarno Ranieri Simonelli
Pisa, Toscana
Tips from locals
Rodolfo
September 9, 2019
In this beautiful new museum opened in 2019 you can admire a lot of real roman ships recovered in the last 20 years in Pisa. They were 6 metres underground, an incredible series of ship wreckages in an extraordinary state of preservation, with their loads of commercial items and various remnants of life on board. Opening days: Wednesday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday Guided tours available
In this beautiful new museum opened in 2019 you can admire a lot of real roman ships recovered in the last 20 years in Pisa. They were 6 metres underground, an incredible series of ship wreckages in an extraordinary state of preservation, with their loads of commercial items and various remnants of…
Maria
June 26, 2021
One of the most visited museum at Pisa
Paolo
August 6, 2020
Many ships wrecks dating from the roman epoch on exhibition, othe finds of the prehistoric period of the region are also shown.
Elena And Eugenio
November 6, 2021
The exhibition of “Le Navi Antiche di Pisa” takes place in the majestic rooms and aisles of the “Arsenali Medicei” (the Medicean Arsenals), along the Arno river. They were built almost 400 years ago by Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici’s will. He wanted to strengthen his naval power and resuscitate the ancient glories of Pisa Maritime Republic. The majestic rooms and the aisles, originally built to accommodate great Grand Duke ships, are now the perfect place to display the wonderful restored ships. Here the grandiose Roman ships are exhibited, as a starting point for the long history of sailing in Pisa, now finding new life inside the rooms of the museum. In 1998, in Pisa outskirts towards the sea, the Italian Railways started the construction works to build a control center for the Rome-Genoa line, next to Pisa San Rossore station. Immediately some wooden objects began to be unearthed and the archaeologists realized the immense value of this discovery. In particular, what emerged 6 meters underground was an incredible series of ship wreckages, including their loads of commercial items and various remnants of life on board, in an extraordinary state of preservation. The excavation site of Ancient Roman ships of Pisa, originated from this discovery, was completed in 2016 and it brought to light about thirty Roman boats and thousands of fragments of pottery, glass, metal and traces of organic materials. This is one of the most interesting and rich excavation and research sites of the last few years.
The exhibition of “Le Navi Antiche di Pisa” takes place in the majestic rooms and aisles of the “Arsenali Medicei” (the Medicean Arsenals), along the Arno river. They were built almost 400 years ago by Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici’s will. He wanted to strengthen his naval power and resuscitate the…
Gianluca
August 16, 2022
Pisa è stata una potente repubblica marinara, quindi ha avuto arsenali per la produzione e riparazione delle navi che solcavano i mari. Di quell’epoca restano due architetture: gli Arsenali Repubblicani, aperti solo in occasione di mostre ed eventi, e gli Arsenali Medicei che si trovano sul Lungarno. Questi furono voluti da Cosimo I de’ Medici insieme alla fondazione all’Ordine dei Cavalieri, per un grande progetto unitario per conquistare il Mediterraneo e difendersi dai turchi. Questi arsenali, oggi, ospitano il Museo delle Navi con uno dei ritrovamenti più stupefacenti degli ultimi decenni: nel dicembre del 1998, in occasione dei lavori per la costruzione di uno snodo ferroviario, emersero tracce di antiche imbarcazioni romane e resti di un porto urbano in perfetto stato di conservazione. La mancanza di ossigeno e di falde sotterranee ha evitato il deterioramento di questi reperti che oggi sono splendidamente conservati negli Arsenali Medicei.
Pisa è stata una potente repubblica marinara, quindi ha avuto arsenali per la produzione e riparazione delle navi che solcavano i mari. Di quell’epoca restano due architetture: gli Arsenali Repubblicani, aperti solo in occasione di mostre ed eventi, e gli Arsenali Medicei che si trovano sul Lungarno…
