Museo di Sant'Agostino

The Museo di Sant'Agostino occupies a restored medieval church and cloister on Piazza Sarzano in the Centro Storico of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The museum displays Genoese sculpture and architectural fragments, and its best-known work is Giovanni Pisano's tomb of Margaret of Brabant. The setting is as much of an attraction as the collection: the former Augustinian church, with its tall nave and striped Gothic stonework, and the adjoining cloister provide an atmospheric space where statues, carved stone and fragments of lost monuments are displayed. Visitors move between the church spaces and the cloister, seeing how sculpture from churches and palaces across the city was gathered here. The visit is relatively short, about one hour, which makes it easy to add to a walk through the old town. The adult ticket is about EUR 6, with reduced or free admission for visitors under 18, and prices and opening times should be confirmed at museidigenova.it; the museum is generally open Tuesday to Sunday during daytime hours. It is covered by the Genova Museum Card, which costs about EUR 24 for 24 hours and suits visitors planning several museums in a day. The cloister and the church interior offer the best photo angles, particularly the upper views of the nave. Crowds are rarely heavy, and weekday mornings tend to be the quietest. The museum is about three minutes on foot from Sarzano-Sant'Agostino metro station, and it lies near the medieval quarter around Piazza Sarzano, with the old town lanes, Genoa Cathedral and Palazzo Ducale within a reasonable walk. Visitors with limited time can concentrate on the tomb of Margaret of Brabant, the best-known piece, then spend the remaining minutes in the cloister. The surrounding Sarzano area also has small cafes and a lively square used for local events, which makes it a pleasant place to pause before continuing through the old town.