An original and touching experience awaits you at the Museo del Manicomio (Asylum museum) in San Servolo, just ten minutes by vaporetto from the centre of Venice.
History of medicine, ancient and contemporary art, panoramas and views of the San Marco Basin: visiting the museum on San Servolo is a highly emotive experience that will acquaint you with a chapter in Venice’s history that only recently came to a close.
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Opening days
from Monday to Friday with a visit at 11.50 am and one at 2.45 pm
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Closing
Public Holidays, 21 November
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Extra Opening times
- It is possible to visit the Museum every day from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. with educational service on request with compulsory booking
- Extraordinary opening: 1st November
- Web San Servolo Asylum Museum
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Feature List
- Info line
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Accessibility
The museum is not fully wheelchair accessible
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Info Reservation
+39 041 8627167
San Servolo Asylum Museum. History
Home to an ancient Benedictine monastery and later a female convent, in the 18th century the island of San Servolo became the site of Venice’s military hospital. Only in the 19th century was it transformed into a men’s psychiatric hospital. Today the Museo del Manicomio is a place where you can read about, learn and discover the connection that has united the Venetian community with this part of its territory.
Visiting the Asylum Museum
Treat yourself to a guided tour of San Servolo and let us take you by the hand through hundreds of years of history: you can visit the church with the brilliant paintings by Jacopo Marieschi and the two characteristic bell towers, as well as the ancient 18th century pharmacy which still has the original tools used by the Fatebenefratelli Brothers to prepare medicines.
Visit the museum which tells the story of the medical approach to mental illness over the centuries in a clear, respectful and simple way.
At the end of your visit you’ll be able to enjoy the beautiful garden, having fun discovering the contemporary works of art dotted around it, and take in the fabulous panorama of the San Marco Basin from the island’s viewing points.
Book your visit to the Museo del Manicomio on San Servolo now for an unforgettable experience that lifts the lid on one of the more unique and unusual sides to Venice.
Services
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Visits
by reservation for individuals and groups
available in Italian, English -
Didactics for schools
by reservation
- Bookshop
- Cafés and food Courts
- Restaurants
Additional Info
TICKETS
_FULL PRICE € 6.00
_REDUCED € 4.50
for visitors over 65, students, residents of the Metropolitan City of Venice, guests of the Centro Soggiorno e Studi di San Servolo, participants in a conference on the island, military and volunteer civil service
_FREE
for children up to 14 years of age accompanied, school groups doing educational activities, disabled people with accompanying person, journalists, residents of the Metropolitan City of Venice on the first Friday of each month.
GROUPS AND SCHOOLS
Compulsory booking of the entrance reservation
Where
Isola di San Servolo, Venezia
Transportation
By waterbus: Line 20 from S. Zaccaria – Monumento (travel time 10 minutes)
Visiting Rules
- Face masks strongly reccommended
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