The “Open Sacristy” museum itinerary, in Sant’Evasio Cathedral, is accessed via the ticket office-bookshop in Via Liutprando, and commences in the ambulatory. During the 19th-century restoration, the walls were adorned with sculptures dating from the 12th to the 16th century, and pieces of the 12th-century mosaic floor of the old Romanesque cathedral depicting episodes from the Holy Scriptures, everyday scenes and fantastic figures. In the Bishops’ Corridor, visitors can admire silver and gold objects that belonged to the bishops themselves. The vestibule housing the marble sacristy sink opens onto the actual sacristy, where the simple architectural forms are embellished by the wooden furnishings, hangings, statues and marble low reliefs from the 16th-century altar of Sant'Evasio. The Cross of Teodoro Palaeologus, which he donated to the cathedral in 1466, is on display in the apse. A small door leads to the bell tower, the old sacristy of the cathedral. The antique wooden cupboards display ecclesiastic furnishings, gold objects and textiles. A narrow corridor leads to the chapel of Sant’Evasio, designed by Alfieri, which houses the urn containing the saint’s remains. The “Archaeological Attic Itinerary” starts from the 19th-century staircase that leads up to the attics from the ambulatory. On the way up, visitors can admire the masonry structure of the medieval apse, with the single-lancet window on the southern side and the access to the apse’s outer gallery. Once in the attic, a metal walkway goes from one bay to another, suspended on the extrados of the vaults, offering visitors a chance to see the Lombard band of the nave, and then the old aisle structures, divided by the transept with double-lancet window. Just when the itinerary seems to have ended, visitors find themselves among the structural components of the medieval architecture, allowing them to reach the most hidden decorative elements. A steep stairway inside the actual walls leads down to the gallery of the vestibule, before descending to the vestibule itself.

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