Purchasing tickets, direct, for the Last Supper in Milan, May 2015

That is the correct web site. If booking has not yet opened online for your date, then I would not call. The better time to call is when booking is open but appears sold out. I would check again in another week.

You probably are too early if you are going to be in Milan in May. I couldn't purchase my tickets for the first week in Sept. until the first week in June. I kept checking that website to see when the dates that I wanted were going to be sold. However, I couldn't order them online as it showed that the dates that I needed were sold out. Also, it will probably take a few calls before you are able to talk to a representative. Don't give up!

I bought them last year online exactly 90 days in advance. I had no problems.

The work of art is in poor condition, for me it was a waste of time going to the effort.

The work of art has been in poor condition since shortly after it was finished. It is an amazing piece of art and history (the building was nearly destroyed by bombing in WWII), if you have an opportunity to see it, go! Part of the appreciation for artistic and historic patrimony is the way it connects the viewer to the ages that have passed.

Come to think of it, the Roman Forum is in poor condition, too ;-)

Don't stress. Just check the website every few days. Many Italian attractions seem to work like this - with tickets released in blocks. For example, from late December you could buy tickets for the Colosseum third ring and underground tours up to the end of February (about 60 days out). However, it is now nearly the end of January and you still cannot buy tickets for the tour in early March (about 30 days away).

When I saw it long ago (during the restoration) there was no limit on admissions, and it did not seem to be that popular to visit. Perhaps restrictions on admissions and the dumb book have made it an "exclusive" destination that not everyone gets to see? So now it's a rave destination? Anyway, aside from the poor condition the room was not well lit and ropes kept you well back from the art. If that is still true bring binoculars. And if you miss it not a big loss, it's much easier to admire the art in a book.

As a professor of Theology and Christian Art, I have often been inspired by a photograph in a book of a piece of art. I've taken trains, buses, and taxis to get to some out of the way places. There is really no substitute for seeing art in person, hopefully in the place it was intended to be seen.

If it's not that important for you personally, don't go just because you were told you have to see it; art and its impact is personal, as the last few posts have shown.

I never was interested in seeing the Mona Lisa, but when I decided to look at it rather than pass it by at the Louvre, I was surprised at how much more alive the work is in person than in pictures, and the impression it made on me.

"Other than that Mrs. Lincoln how was the play?" Tom, curious as to what you were expecting when you saw The Last Supper. The moment Da Vinci completed this work it started to deteriorate because it was on exterior wall and exposed to humidity. That it survives in any shape or form considering at one point a door was cut through is amazing. Besides, SO MUCH easier to see than the Mona Lisa which IMHO is the biggest rip off in art history.

When I viewed The Last Supper a few years ago had the entire room to myself and a guard . Personally one of the best travel moments in my life! Couldn't take my eyes off it.