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Last Supper tickets: official admission, guided tours and booking rules
Book a timed ticket for the Last Supper Museum at Santa Maria delle Grazie. Standard full admission is listed at €15; the official guided tour and workshop cost extra. Every visitor needs a reservation, including babies, and the time inside the refectory remains 15 minutes.
Which Last Supper ticket should you book?
Choose standard admission if you want to see the painting independently. Choose an official Ad Artem guided visit if you want interpretation in the advertised language, or the bilingual workshop product if the drawing activity is part of your plan. A longer tour description does not mean more time in front of the painting: the concessionaire specifies 15 minutes inside the refectory for all three options. Start at the museum’s official website and follow its link to the concessionaire, The Last Supper Shop, and the Vivaticket booking pages. The museum is at Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie 2, not at the Duomo or Pinacoteca di Brera. Buying admission for either of those other sights does not establish a reservation here.
Last Supper Museum: admission and locationCompare the official individual-visitor products
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| Compare | Admission without added activity | Admission with guided tour | Admission with bilingual workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published charge checked 25 October 2026 | €15 full admission | Admission charge plus €10 per person for the tour | Admission charge plus €16 per person for the activity |
| Format | Independent visit; official free app available | Ad Artem interpretation, with the advertised Italian or English departure | Italian/English visit and drawing workshop |
| Published duration | 15 minutes in the refectory | 45 minutes total: 15 in the refectory and 30 afterwards | 60 minutes total: 15 in the refectory and 45 in the educational room |
| Choose it when | You prefer your own preparation and do not need a live guide | You want explanation and the available language suits you | You specifically want the educational activity |
| Do not assume | That free or reduced eligibility removes the reservation requirement | That paying more buys extra viewing time | That this is just a longer standard museum ticket |
Prices: admission and the extra service are separate
The museum lists standard full admission at €15. Ad Artem’s individual-visitor page separately lists a €10 guided-tour supplement and a €16 bilingual-workshop supplement. These are the published components checked on 25 October 2026, not a claim that every departure is available or that checkout cannot show another applicable charge. Verify the selected product and final amount before payment. The museum’s general FAQ still displays older €8 tour and €13 workshop supplements. For this comparison, the dedicated concessionaire product page takes precedence; do not use the older FAQ amounts to budget for the current service. Its individual-product page also distinguishes Italian tours, English tours and the bilingual workshop. Do not buy the first available time without reading that language and activity field. Free and reduced admission depend on eligibility and documentation. Babies and children still need a reserved ticket because they count towards the visitor limit. A free museum admission does not establish that an optional guided service is free.
Ad Artem: current product charges and durationsWhen tickets are released and what to do if sold out
The museum’s dated notice says September–December 2026 admissions went on sale on 23 June 2026. That is a past release for the current booking period, not the date of the next sale. The general information page also carries a recurring quarter schedule that does not match that dated release exactly. Use the museum’s dated announcement for your intended visit period rather than calculating an assumed release day from the generic schedule. The same 2026 notice says additional individual tickets are released every Wednesday at 12:00 for the following week through the online platform, with a maximum of five tickets. Treat that as the published Milan-local-time release rule, not a guarantee that your date will have seats. Checking again can also reveal refreshed availability; it does not justify travelling to the entrance without a reservation. For ordinary reservations the published channels distinguish online bookings of up to five tickets, call-centre bookings of up to nine, and group enquiries from ten visitors. Use the relevant channel rather than splitting a large group across incompatible slots.
Museum: September–December 2026 release and weekly additionsNames, ID and the two arrival deadlines
Enter the actual visitors’ names before paying. The June 2026 notice says online ticket names cannot be changed; the general information page also warns against later name changes, while an older FAQ offers a change-user link. Do not buy in someone else’s name relying on that older FAQ. The general information page says the date and time cannot be changed and completed purchases are not refundable. The dated notice says the tickets arrive with the confirmation email. Go to the ticket office by the Via Fratelli Ruffini entrance at least 30 minutes before your booked visit, taking the digital or printed ticket and an identity document for validation. After validation, be at the museum entrance at least 15 minutes before the slot. These are two stages, not interchangeable arrival recommendations. Late arrival can forfeit entry. Leave a buffer between a train arrival and this appointment. The viewing session is short, but the validation and controlled entry mean it is not a 15-minute stop that can be squeezed between two tightly timed transfers.
Museum: current ticket validation and named-ticket instructionsOfficial tickets versus a reseller walking tour
A third-party Milan walking tour may combine street sightseeing with admission, but its title alone does not prove it includes a confirmed Last Supper slot. Before comparing its price with €15 admission, identify the named museum, inclusion of the entrance ticket, confirmed date and slot, guide language, meeting point, total duration and cancellation terms. A tour outside Santa Maria delle Grazie is not equivalent to entering the refectory. The official guided product is run by Ad Artem, the museum concessionaire. Its advertised 45 minutes includes time after the refectory; a city tour advertised for several hours may spend most of that time elsewhere. Compare the explanation and additional stops you actually want, rather than interpreting a longer duration or a “skip-the-line” label as longer access to the painting. No reseller inventory or availability is verified here, and this guide does not recommend an unqualified commercial listing. If a city pass is being considered, require an explicit Last Supper booking and redemption procedure; a generic claim to include Milan museums is insufficient.
Ad Artem: official guided-visit formatBags, access and a workable surrounding route
The museum prohibits bulky bags and luggage, as well as food and drinks. It describes a limited number of emergency lockers, subject to availability, for a maximum of 60 minutes. Leave suitcases at your accommodation or a separately arranged store; do not build a rail connection around guaranteed museum luggage storage. The museum states that it is accessible to people with mobility difficulties and provides a tactile model and dedicated accessible-visit resources. For public transport it identifies Cadorna on M1/M2 and Conciliazione on M1. A station near the museum is not itself proof that your full route is step-free. Build the surrounding half-day around Santa Maria delle Grazie, the castle and Parco Sempione, with the ticket slot as the fixed point. Standard opening is Tuesday–Sunday, 08:15–19:00, with last admission at 18:45; Mondays are normally closed. Without a reservation, use another Milan visit instead of assuming the church visit will give access to the painting.
Last Supper Museum: luggage, access, transport and hours