Gypsotheque of ancient art

The collection of the Gipsoteca di Arte antica, among the first in Italy, was born in 1887 on the initiative of Gherardo Ghirardini, who was inspired by the model of Germanic archaeology. The collection now offers a synthesis of the best-known and most significant works of Greek, Etruscan and Roman art, alongside lesser-known or unpublished specimens, and small plastic artifacts: faithful reproductions of ancient works preserved in different national and foreign museums, in some cases lost, and sometimes special versions resulting from historical restorations or reconstructions specially made in Pisa based on new interpretative proposals. Today the Gipsoteca also houses the Antiquarium's collection of classical archaeology and the Palethnological Collections. The Gipsoteca of Ancient Art is located in the church of S.Paolo all'Orto, which is now closed for worship.