Museo nazionale della Certosa monumentale di Calci

The Charterhouse, founded in 1366 thanks to the economic support of illustrious Pisan families, rises among the olive trees of Valgraziosa, rather isolated from the settelment of Calci from which there is about 1 Km. The convent is accessed by two avenues with a suggestive pedestrian path from which you can enjoy the prospective view of the double facade of the monumental complex. The most exterior, low, was destined for functions to which the inhabitants of the area could access: the pharmacy, the San Sebastiano’s chapel  also said the women’s chapel, the parlor, and, separate from the courthouse whit its large green lawn, the façade of the real monastery in whose center it’s possibile to admire the spectacular façade of the church, covered in white marble, with a double ramp staircase and the tympanum with the statue of the Assumption among angels.

The monastery,  cloistered monastery of St. Bruno’s Carthusian Order , was abolished during Napoleonic era before and Savoy then, but it was again inhabited by the monks until 1969, when they abandoned it definitively.

In the Charterhouse are open to the public the spaces devoted to the hermitic life, the large cloister along whose arms are arranged the 15 cells of the monks, one of which is open to the visit, the church and the chapels and the rooms where it was performed the Cenobitic life, as the refectory and the Chapter.

In the sacristy is exposed the Atlantic Bible, an extraordinary 12th century miniature code in four volumes; the visit ends with the granducal guesthouse, the cloister of the guesthouses, the painting’s galleries  and the long corridors enriched by refined frescoes decorations.

The Charterhouse hosts the Natural History Museum of Pisa’s University, set up mainly in the monastery service areas: the magnificent barn, about 100 meters long, the oil mill,the laundries and the courtyards for agricultural activities.

The National Museum of the Monumental Charterhouse of Calci (PI) reopens to the public on Wednesday 15 July 2020.

- From Tuesday to Saturday and first Sunday of the month entrance only with accompanied visit by staff at 9.00, 10.30, 12.00, 13.30, 15.00, 16.30, last visit at 18.00.

- 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sunday of the month and holidays entrance only with accompanied visit by the staff at 9.00, 10.30, 12.00, 12.30

Visitors will be able to access the museum from Tuesday to Sunday with guided visits exclusively at the following times and by prior reservation required at no. Certosa telephone number +39 050 93 8430, during opening hours, or to the email: drm-tos.certosadicalci@beniculturali.it

Tickets: Full € 5.00. Reduced € 2.00. Discounts and gratuities in accordance with the law provided for state museums.

* Booked visitors must be present between 10 and 5 minutes before the time of entry at the museum ticket office to purchase the ticket.

* To access the museum, visitors must wear a mask. Masks cannot be provided by the museum.

* No gathering is allowed outside the site. Any waiting must take place by observing the spacing of at least one and a half meters (1.5 m). Before entering the museum all visitors must sanitize their hands.

* The museum staff will detect the temperature of visitors, which access will be forbidden if this is higher than 37.5 ° C, and will accompany visitors to visit small groups (maximum 10 people) such as to allow the maintenance of the appropriate distance . For this reason, the minimum distance of 1.5 m must be respected throughout the museum and throughout the visit. among the people.

* At the entrance of the facility, a dispenser with hand sanitizer will be available to visitors.

* The signs with the instructions placed at the entrance must be observed and the instructions of the security staff must be followed.

Access allowed to visitors only and exclusively if in accordance with the legislation in force.