MUSEUMS IN MILAN
Milan City Sightseeing Tour including il Cenacolo - Da Vinci's " Last Supper"
Make a panoramic city tour of Milan to see it's major sights such as The Duomo and Sforzesco Castle. This is your opportunity to see Da Vinci's "Last Supper", and enjoy an espresso in the same cafe that composer Verdi frequented.
Duration: 4 hours
Price: Starting from EUR €60.00 per person
based on traveler feedback
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Brera Art Gallery
One of the greatest galleries containing several masterpieces of Italian art from the XIV to the XX century such as: Raphael’s “Marriage of the Virgin”; Giovanni Bellini’s “Pietà”; Piero della Francesca’s “Urbino Altarpiece”; Andrea Mantegna’s “The Dead Christ”; Caravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”; and Bramante’s “Christ at the Column”. There are six new hall0s dedicated to Italian paintings between XIII and XVI century; there is a collection of metaphysical paintings, and there is also the Maria and Emilio Jesi collection, which has been donated to the gallery.
Address: Via Brera, 28
Phone: 02 722631
Brera Art Gallery (Museum Ticket Reservation + Visit to the "Last Supper" of Leonardo da Vinci)
The Pinacoteca di Brera is located in the Brera Palace, ancient convent of the Umiliati order from the 1300. Here are also located other cultural institutions, as the Library, the Astronomic Observatory, the Botanic garden, the Lombard Institute of Sciences and Letters, and the Fine Arts Academy.
The Pinacoteca is the main museum of Milan, and one of the most important of the world for its prestigious collections of ancient and modern painting.
Price: Starting from EUR €31.99 per person
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Santa Maria delle Grazie Church and "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
Santa Maria delle Grazie is one of the most famous churches in Milan, a Dominican convent included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list.
The church is famous above all for the mural of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is situated inside the refectory of the convent.
Address: Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, 2
Phone: 02 89421146
Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper (Tickets Reservation)
Visit Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, The Last Supper (Cenacolo Vinciano, in Italian). In the refectory of the 15th century Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, is located Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of art.
A Guided Tour is also available: Milan City Sightseeing Tour including il Cenacolo - Da Vinci's " Last Supper"
Price: starting from €15.99 per person
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Monumental Cemetery
Carlo Maciachini built the Monumental Cemetery between 1863 and 1866 at Porta Volta. The numerous monuments are made by a multitude of artists such as Giacomo Manzù, Luca Beltreami, Pietro Cascella, Mosè Bianchi, Francesco Messina, Medardo Rosso, Adolfo Wildt, Vincenzo Vela and Ettore Ximenes. In this cemetery where important citizens were buried, such as Alessandro Manzoni, Pietro Mascagni, Arrigo Boito, Francesco Hayez, Carlo Forlanini, Maria Callas, Eugenio Montale, Elio Vittoriani, the General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa and many others.
Address: Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale, 1
Phone: 02 6599938
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The Municipal Archaeological Museum
It was born as the fusion of the Brera Archaeological Museum and the Municipal Artistic Museum. It contains Greek, Italiot and Etruscan bronzes and pottery. One section is dedicated to the Roman Period in Milan. Another one is dedicated to recent excavations, and their relics, made in Palestine. There is also a very interesting ancient coins collection.
Address: Corso Magenta, 15
Phone: 02 86450011
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The Sforza's Castle art gallery
This museum is divided into many parts: collections of art antiquities, applied arts, musical instruments. There are also archeological and numismatic collections from ancient Egypt and a inscribed and tablets section. Here you can see the famous Pietà Rondanini by Michelangelo.
Address: Piazza Castello
Phone: 02 88463703
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The Modern Art Gallery
It was inaugurated in 1921 with the aim of collecting all the paintings and sculptures hosted by the Sforza Castle until then. The museum hosts a collection of XIX century paintings of Milanese
Neoclassicism, Italian Romanticism, Macchiaioli school, Italian Impressionism,
Verism and Divisionism.
There are also two special galleries: the Grassi collection (paintings between
XIX and XX century), and the Giuseppe Vismara collection (XIX-XX century
works).
Address: Via Palestro, 16
Phone: 02 76002819
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La Scala Theatre Museum
It is a theatrical museum and library attached to the opera house La Scala. It was opened in 1913. Although it has a particular focus on the history of opera and of La Scala opera house, its scope extends to Italian theatrical history in general. Displays inside the museum include costumes, set designs, autograph scores, musical instruments of historical interest, paintings of musicians and actors, a range of related paraphernalia including precious ceramic figures portraing characters from the Commedia dell'Arte and board games which used to be played in the theatre's foyer.
Address: Palazzo Busca – Corso Magenta,71
Phone: 02 4691249
Visit La Scala Museum & Theatre
With this guided tour you will visit the Museum room with a specialized guide, who will tell you about curiosities, anecdotes and great artists who performed on this important stage.
Duration: 1 hour and half
Price: € 30
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The “Leonardo da Vinci” Science and Technology museum
This museum is dedicated to the great genius of Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci, and is divided into three parts:
1) Monumental building including: Measurement of length and mass, Modern
physics, Optics, Electrology, the Leonardo gallery, Astronomy, Clock-making,
Land transport, Graphic arts Tele–and–Radio–communications, Metallurgy,
Smelting and Petroleum research. In this part there is also the Physics
Research Centre and the Conference hall.
2) Rail Transport building including a collection of 21 locomotives
and carriages from various periods.
3) Air and Sea Transport building including three very famous works: the naval training ship
“Ebe”, the bridge of the “Conte Biancamano”,
and the submarine "Enrico Toti" of the Italian Militar Marine.
Address: Via San Vittore, 21
Phone: 02 48555455
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Inter and Milan A.C. Museum
The first sport–museum in Italy inside a stadium. It contains more than 3000 objects concerning the history of the two great Milanese football teams: Milan A.C. and Inter F.C. The museum offers a movie room aimed to show the whole history of San Siro and its two famous clubs and 24 actual size statues, representing the greatest AC Milan and FC Inter players ever, are situated in a special area of the museum to enable visitors to recall everlasting emotions.
A tour of the Stadio Meazza (San Siro Stadium) is also available for visitors and soccer lovers who, after looking back at the most exciting memories, wish to have the chance of enjoying the uniqueness of one of the most beautiful sport buildings in the world.
Address: Stadio G. Meazza (San Siro) – Via Piccolomini, 5
Phone: 02 4042432 – 4042251
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Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace)
The Royal Palace is one of the most beautiful architectures of the Milanese 18th century. It was the home of the Visconti and of the Sforza families in the past and later, residence of the Spanish and of the Austrian governors. It was the architect Giuseppe Piermarini (the same who designed La Scala theatre) who renovate the building between 1771 and 1778 giving it the splendid Neoclassical appearance it has today. From 1598 the Royal Palace housed the first permanent theatre in Milan, then destroyed by fire in 1776. In 1965 the city of Milan purchased the palace to use it as offices, museums and for the temporary shows and exhibitions.
Address: Piazza del Duomo, 12
Phone: 02 76316505
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Villa Reale (Royal Villa)
One of the most important Milanese neo-classical buildings, the Royal Villa, was built in 1790 by Leopoldo Pollak. It has been the residence of Napolen and Josephine and also of Eugene Beauharnais and the General Radetzky. Pilasters and columns decorate all the building that is surrounded by an English–style garden. The insides are finely decorated with candelabras, sculptures, frescoes and other decorations typical of Lombard neo–classicism.
Address: Via Palestro, 16
Phone: 02 76002819
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The Ambrosian Art Gallery
Opened in 1618 it is the oldest museum in Milan. It contains important works as Raffaello’s cartoon for “School of Athens” fresco; Caravaggio’s “Basket of fruit”; Botticelli’s “Madonna con Bambino e tre angeli ”.
Address: Piazza Pio XI, 2
Phone: 02 806921
Web: www.ambrosiana.it (Italian text)
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Museo d'Arte e Scienza
The Museum of Art and Science – Gottfried Matthaes Fundation – represents an important landmark for art collectors since it is the most important European centre for checking of authenticity of antiques.
The museum has several important sections to visit, among which some of the most interesting are represented by permanent exhibitions of Leonardo da Vinci's works. You will find there also a scientific laboratory open to the public, used for scientific dating of wood and certification, and the African and Buddhist art sections, a permanent exhibition entitled "Life and Art in Black Africa" with more than 350 objects located in five different rooms.
The building also incorporates part of the Sforza Castle's underground passage.
Address: Via Quintino Sella, 4
Phone: 02 72023156
The Naval Museum
It contains navigation instruments and some models of ships, relif models and some relics. The masterpiece is the “Red Tent” used by General Nobile in his expedition to the North Pole.
Address: Via San Vittore, 21
Phone: 02 48555455
The Cathedral Museum
It contains various pieces related to the construction of the Cathedral
such as designs, sculptures, ornaments and decorations, stained–glass
windows.
With the Entry Ticket to the Museum is possible to climb the Dome.
Address: Piazza Duomo, 14
Phone: 02 860358
Web: www.duomomilano.it
The Municipal Archaeological Museum
It was born as the fusion of the Brera Archaeological Museum and the Municipal Artistic Museum. It contains Greek, Italiot and Etruscan bronzes and pottery. One section is dedicated to the Roman Period in Milan. Another section is dedicated to recent excavations, and their relics, made in Palestine. There is also a very interesting ancient coins collection.
Address: Corso Magenta, 15
Phone: 02 86450011
The Municipal Natural History Museum
Located in the Public Gardens, it is the oldest municipal museum in Milan. There is a great number of insects, mineral, birds and fossils that contribute to create great geology, palaeontology, petrography and mineralogy sections.
Address: Corso Venezia, 55
Phone: 02 88463280
The Cinema Museum and Italian Motion-picture Film Library
Here it is illustrated the period before motion pictures invention, and origins and development of the cinema.
Address: Palazzo Dugnani – Via Manin, 2/B
Phone: 02 6554977
The Botanical Gardens
This museum was established by Maria Teresa of Austria in 1777, and
it contains ancient trees such as a pair of Gingko Biloba, an enormous
Junglans, a Lime, a green plane-tree Firmiana and a great Pterocarya
Fraxinifolia.
Visits by appointment.
Address: Via Brera, 28.
The Triennal of Milan
Address: Viale Alemagna, 6
Phone: 02 724341
Web: www.triennale.it
ARCHAEOLOGY
Municipal Collections of Archaeology and Numismatics - Egyptian and Prehistorical Section
Milano – Castello Sforzesco, p.zza Castello
Phone: 02 8053972
www.milanocastello.it
ARCHEOLOGY
Museum of Archeology
Milano – c.so Magenta, 15
Phone 02 86450011–8053972
ART
Diocesan Museum
Milano – Chiostri di Sant'Eustorgio, c.so di Porta Ticinese, 95
Phone: 02 89404728–89404714 www.museodiocesano.it
ART
F. Messina Museum and Study
Milano – via S. Sisto, 4
Phone: 02 86453005
ART
L. Minguzzi Museum
Milano – via Palermo, 11
Phone: 02/8051460–8690180
ART
Leonardo's Last Supper
Milano – p.zza Santa Maria delle Grazie, 2
Phone 02/89421146
ART
Municipal Art Collections: Gallery of Modern Art
Milano – Villa Reale, via Palestro, 16
Phone 02 76002819
ART
Municipal Collections of Antique Art
Milano – Castello Sforzesco, p.zza Castello
Phone 02 6208394-86463054
ART
Municipal Collections of Applied Art and Prints - Museum of Musical Instruments
Milano – Castello Sforzesco
Phone 02 860160
ART
CIMAC (Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art)
Milano – Palazzo Reale, p.zza Duomo, 12
Phone 02/62083219
ART
Museum of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Passione
Milano – via Conservatorio, 16
Phone: 02 76021370
ART
Museum of the Permanente
Milano – via Turati, 34
Phone: 02 6551445–6599803
ART
PAC (Padiglione arte contemporanea)
Milano – via Palestro 14
Phone: 02 76009085
ART
P. Pini Art Museum
Milano – ex Ospedale psichiatrico "P. Pini", via Ippocrate,
45
Phone: 02 66212325
ART
The Ambrosian Gallery
Milano – p.zza Pio XI, 2
Phone: 02 806921
www.ambrosiana.it
ART
The Bagatti Valsecchi Foundation Museum
Milano – via Santo Spirito, 10
Phone: 02 76006132
www.museobagattivalsecchi.org
ART
The Brera Gallery
Milano – via Brera, 28
Phone: 02 722631
www.brera.beniculturali.it
ART
The Cathedral Treasury
Milano – Duomo, p.zza Duomo
Phone: 02 86463456 (Vestry)
ART
The Contemporary Religious Art Gallery
Milano – V. Terruggia, 14
Phone 02/6470066 (Office)
ART
The Milan Cathedral Museum
Milano – Palazzo Reale, p.zza Duomo, 14
Phone: 02/860358
www.internetlandia.com/duomo
ART
The Museum of Milan
Milano – Palazzo Morando, via Sant'Andrea, 6
Phone: 02 76006245
www.museidelcentro.mi.it
ART
The Poldi Pezzoli Museum
Milano – via Manzoni, 12
Phone: 02 794889
www.museopoldipezzoli.it
ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Museum of the Basilica of St. Ambrose
Milano v p.zza Sant'Ambrogio, 15 – via Lanzone, 30/a (accesso ai disabili)
Phone: 02 86450895
ANTHROPOLOGY
Museum of Peoples and Cultures
Milano – via Mosè Bianchi, 94
Phone: 02 438201
NATURAL HISTORY
Municipal Museum of Natural History
Milano – c.so Venezia, 55
Phone: 02 88463280 (Museum) 88463289–93 (Booking)
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
E. Treccani Museum
Milano – via Carlo Porta, 5
Phone: 02 6572627
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
Educational Maritime Museum
Milano – via S. Vittore, 21
Phone: 02 4815551
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
G. Lorenzi Collection
Milano – via Montenapoleone, 18
Phone: 02 76022848
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
La Scala Theatre Museum
Milano – Palazzo Busca, C.so Magenta, 71
Phone: 02 8053418
www.teatroallascala.org
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
Museum of the Pusterla di Sant'Ambrogio
Milano – via Carducci, 41
Phone: 02 8053505
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
The Art Collector Museum
Milano – via Q. Sella, 4
Phone: 02 72022488
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
The Italian Design Permanent Collection ('45 - '90)
Milano – via Durando, 38
Phone: 02 724341 (Triennial)
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
The Movies Museum
Milano – Palazzo Dugnani, via Manin, 2/b
Phone: 02 6554977
www.cinetecamilano.it
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
The Perfume Museum
Milano – l.go Vulci, 3
Phone: 02 3495161
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
The Toy and Child Museum
Milano – via Pitteri, 56
Phone: 02 26411585 (Museum)
SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
The Zucchi Collection and Museum
Milano – via Ugo Foscolo, 4
Phone: 02 902551 (Telephone exchange) 90255230 (Museum)
HISTORY
Museum of Contemporary History
Milano – via Sant'Andrea, 6
Phone: 02 88464170 (Museum of the Risorgimento)
HISTORY
Museum of the Risorgimento
Milano – Palazzo de Marchi, via Borgonuovo, 23
Phone: 02 88464170
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology
Milano – via S. Vittore, 21
Phone: 02 485551
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