Sinopie Museum

Not so impressive. If you like restoration of pictures it may be interesting. It is just drownings. Not much to see here. Not much information. I wish they invest some money and make it more visual, videos, lights, colours interactive so even children can learn something. I find the ticket is too expensive for what they offer.

Such an incredible museum that we were not expecting. The walls are lined with the draft etchings and drawings taken from the Camposanto. These drawings on stone are enormous and so intricate in their design. The museum also has coloured mini alfresco upstairs on display We visited as part of the €10/4 attraction entry ticket. It also has a great miniature replica of all the main places to see. Start here on your day visit the area as its housed in the ticket building.

I had decided to skip this museum but decided to just look at it for five minutes and leave. I ended up staying very happily. You will be able to see reproductions of how all the frescoes were when they were complete, understand how they were painted, and also see how they do the restoration work. It is a small museum, but it gives you an experience you cannot have anywhere else as the sinoples themself are never separated from a fresco (it is allways behind it). It is separated here due to the fire that broke during the fight against the Nazis, so it is not a common ocurrance.

There wasn't much to see in here. We only went because it was included in the bundled tower tickets. But I did appreciate that it was cool inside and has a nice bathroom. Otherwise, it wasn't too exciting and was fairly small.

It's quite small and there isn't that much to see. The single ticket costs a lot in my opinion but if you bought the whole ticket from the web page for 11€ don't forget to visit :)

Among all the places surrounding the complex, this is my favorite: the under drawing of the giant fresco reveals the design of the artist, some even have whimsical cartoons that would never be visible in the final product, but now can be seen hundreds of years later.

The museum was worth it to be able to see how all the frescos at the camposanto used to look like. They also have clean toilets that are free to use, not like the one outside that cost 1 euro!

On the face of it, the contents of this museum might appear too specifically art historical, but the amazing glimpse into the production process of the frescoes decorating the galleries of the Camposanto is worthwhile. Not only do the sinopia panels reveal the hand of the artist but some of the details are best viewed only in the sinopia format.

Sinopie Museum is on the site originally of a hospital, but now houses large frescos meant to be saved, in a climate controlled indoor space. It is one of six buildings that you can visit as part of the Square of Pisa. You do need a ticket to enter, costing 7€ separately, but included as part of a 10€ package for the other museums (not the Tower) I love how the museum is structured, with 4 total stories (all accessible via elevator), but of different floor space, to allow fresco of different sizes to be displayed. For example the bottom floor housed frescos that took up more than one floor. You can walk through the entire floor space pretty fast if you peruse, but many of the frescos have interesting write-ups next to them, that you can use to study them. There was a nice 3-d rendition of the campus here as well. We spent about 30 minutes here.

Museo Delle Sinopie, is one of the museums that flank the leaning Tower of Pisa. It is a big hall like room that displays frescoes for the most part. It can be done very quickly. Alex and I took about an hour or so because we examined some of the frescoes closely, but if you just browse about, you can be done in under an hour. All these museums are included with your purchased ticket to go into the tower. If you buy online that is. I am not sure how it works if you are to get your tickets while you are there. As far as museums go, after you've been to so many amazing ones in the larger cities, this one doesn't seem to be all that great, but it is still worth seeing it, there is always something interesting to learn. Also some of the paintings and drawings in the upper levels are great.