, ▁to ▁be ▁d uly ▁published ▁at ▁P isa . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁centuries , ▁the ▁complex ▁was ▁renov ated , ▁receiving ▁its ▁current ▁Bar o que ▁appearance . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁following ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁convent uals ▁from ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁gradually ▁started ▁to ▁rep op ulate ▁the ▁building ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁heavily ▁dam aged ▁during ▁the ▁war ▁years . ▁It ▁was ▁thought ▁and ▁hoped ▁that ▁the ▁institution ▁of ▁a ▁Dutch ▁Car th us ian ▁monaster y ▁in ▁Italy ▁could ▁one ▁day ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁re - est ab lish ment ▁of ▁a ▁Car th us ian ▁monaster y ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁a ▁country ▁from ▁which ▁the ▁order ▁had ▁been ▁absent ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁eigh teenth ▁century . ▁L ack ▁of ▁funds , ▁lack ▁of ▁nov ices ▁and ▁internal ▁str ife ▁would ▁eventually ▁cause ▁the ▁Dutch ▁to ▁abandon ▁their ▁project ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁nin ete en - si xt ies . ▁ ▁Museum ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁P isa ▁moved ▁its ▁natural ▁history ▁museum ▁here . ▁The ▁collection ▁had ▁been ▁started ▁in ▁P isa ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁as ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁curios ities ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁Gi ard ino ▁dei ▁S emp lic i . ▁It ▁now ▁houses ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁collection ▁of ▁cet ace ans ▁ske let ons ▁in ▁Europe , ▁while ▁h alls ▁dedicated ▁to ▁din osa urs ▁are ▁being ▁set ▁up .