Milan Museums

  THE LAST SUPPER TICKETS: HOW TO BOOK YOUR VISIT Last Supper, ticket sand booking are the key words for a cultural tour to the heart of Milan. The Last Supper, the masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci left next to the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, is the leg of each journey to Milan, and booking […]

THE BRERA ART GALLERY: THE WORKS YOU CAN’T MISS AND HOW TO PLAN YOUR VISIT The Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery) is a great museum which unlike other great Italian art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, didn’t originate from aristocratic collecting. The works displayed at the Brera Art Gallery don’t come […]

MUSEO DEL NOVECENTO: THE MUSEUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY IN MILAN The Museo del Novecento (the Museum of the 20th century) is located in Piazza Duomo in Milan inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario, built in the 1930s.The Museum was inaugurated in 2010 and displays the Milanese collection of contemporary art, including some masterpieces of the 20th […]

FREE MUSEUMS IN MILAN: THE MUSEUMS TO VISIT FOR FREE ALL YEAR ROUND Free museums in Milan. Visiting museums is good, but sometimes the ticket price can be too high, especially for those who want to enjoy this moment with their family. My search for free museums starts from Milan, where there are several museums […]

THE BAGATTI VALSECCHI MUSEUM IN MILAN  The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan. Autumn is a very intense time of year. Several exhibitions open, and this month the schedule of events is particularly rich. It’s not easy to decide what previews to attend and what exhibitions to visit without hurrying at a later time. There’s an event, […]

WHAT TO SEE IN MILAN: THE MUSEUMS YOU MUST SEE What to see in Milan. From the Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery) to the Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace), to the House Museums and to the Museo del Novecento (the Museum of the 20th century), Milan is a city of museums and great exhibitions. […]

THE BAGATTI VALSECCHI MUSEUM: A FAMILY AFFAIR The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum. My favourite museums are house museums, because they preserve their intimate and welcoming aspect typical of a house, but they narrate stories and events of their inhabitants, as well. The house museums are not only art collections, but also containers of tales. Until October 2nd […]

THE BAGATTI VALSECCHI MUSEUM: A HOUSE MUSEUM IN THE CENTRE OF MILAN The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum. Some time ago I was in Milan, walking along via Montenapoleone at a fast pace, in order to reach the subway stop, because I had an appointment. I had walked along this street dozens of times, but on that […]

5 things to know about Sforza Castle in Milan The first construction was erected around 1368, when Galeazzo II Visconti decided to build the “Castrum Porte Iovis”, a fortress on the area nearby a gate in Roman walls, Porta Giove. It is square in shape with 4 square towers at the corners that allowed an […]