This museum adds up to the yet wide offer of Design Museum of La Triennale.

Open Tue-Sun 10.30am-8pm; Mon 3pm-8pm; Wed 10.30am-11pm. Regular price ticket 10€

Via Giosué Borsi, 9
M2 (green line) Romolo – M2 (green line) Porta Genova FS
T: +39 02 83413302
www.museiitaliani.org

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By Giulia Minero

A Piedmontese city reporter keen on travels and culture, in love with Milan’s vitality. She collaborates with Where Milan to share her passions with international visitors and to promote the most suggestive experiences, to make each trip in the capital of fashion unique.

Open Mon-Fri

Piazza della Scala, 2
M1 (red line)- M3 (yellow line) Duomo

>> For information regarding times and bookings see the Official website

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At one of the landmark locations frequented by Leonardo da Vinci, an unknown piece of history, imbued with mystery, has finally been brought to the attention of the world-at-large. A captivating story that is bound to fire the imagination of all Leonardo aficionados. To mark the advent of Expo 2015, researchers have excavated the plot where Leonardo’s vineyard once stood in the gardens of the Casa degli Atellani. The public can finally visit the House and Vineyard thanks to a one-of-a-kind museum tour divided into seven designated areas (the courtyards of Piero Portaluppi, the Zodiac Hall, the Luini Hall, Ettore Conti’s studio, the Staircase Hall, the Garden of Earthly Delights – the novellas of Matteo Bandello and Leonardo’s Vineyard).

The Casa degli Atellani

The Casa degli Atellani is a magnificent Renaissance dwelling situated in front of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Partly renovated by architect Portaluppi, who lived here, this historical palazzo, albeit modified over the centuries, is the only building in corso Magenta that still retains its Renaissance appearance intact.
Due to this, numerous frescoes are still visible such as, for example, those housed in the Zodiac Hall, also featuring exquisite mosaic flooring adorned with planets and signs of the zodiac which Portaluppi redesigned to match the frescoes on the walls. The tour, enhanced by audio guide commentary and descriptive panels located along the way, takes in 7 exhibition spaces. Lasting for roughly 30 minutes, the tour caters to groups consisting of a maximum of 25 people every 15 minutes. Audio guides are available in 10 languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian and Italian) plus a version in Milanese dialect.

Open daily from 9am to 6pm.

La Vigna di Leonardo (Casa degli Atellani)
Corso Magenta, 65
M1 (red line) Conciliazione
www.vignadileonardo.com

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>> Check the Museum’s Calendar

Summer closure: from 2 August until 2 September 2015.
Museum opening hours: Wed-Fri 3pm-7pm; Sat-Sun 11am-7pm
Library opening hours: Mon-Fri by appointment  T: +39.02.66056628

Via Frova, 10 – Cinisello Balsamo (MI)
Villa Ghirlanda
M5 (violet line) Bignami, then metrotranvia 31 Villa Ghirlanda stop
T: +39 02.6605661
www.mufoco.org

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The Memorial to the Shoah of Milan has been created in a hidden part of the Central Station, beneath the main track level, originally designed for loading and unloading the mail with direct access from Via Ferrante Aporti. Between 1943 and 1945, far from prying eyes, this was where hundreds of deportees – most of them Jews – were forced onto livestock cars. With their human cargo, these cars were then rolled into a huge elevator and lifted up to the rail yard above. Positioned on the tracks, the cars were then assembled into trains, ready to depart for the concentration camps (Bergen Belsen), Italian deportation camps (Fossoli or Bolzano) or death camps (Auschwitz-Birkenau). The site of the Milan Memorial is unique among places of the Shoah in Europe in that it has remained substantially unchanged from its original form.

The Memorial was designed by the studio Morpurgo de Curtis Architetti Associati with the idea of creating a space that “reminds us to remember”, rendering homage to the victims of the slaughter and representing a living, dialectical space in which the tragedy of the Shoah can be actively reelaborated. It is a place of commemoration, but also a space for building the future and promoting civil coexistence. A place of study, research and exchange, a memorial for those who were, for those who are, and especially for those who will come.

Tickets: €10 adult, €5 reduced, free until the age of 6.

Winter openings (Nov-May): Mondays, 10-8pm (last admission 7pm). Guided tour at 6.30pm. 
Other days: guided visits for individuals and groups by reservation.

Summer openings (Jun-Oct): Mon-Thu, from 10am to 2.30pm.
Every first Sunday of the month open from 10am to 6pm; guided visits (on booking) at 11am.
Closed from 1 to 31 August.

Piazza Edmond J. Safra 1 (formerly Via Ferrante Aporti 3)
Access: Central Station, right side, 300 metres from the main entrance.
M2-M3 (green and yellow lines) Stazione Centrale,
M2 (green line) Caiazzo
Bus lines n. 90-91 or 92
www.memorialeshoah.it

Donations / How to

You can make a donation to complete the Memorial

• credit transfer to: Fondazione Memoriale della Shoah di Milano ONLUS, account at Banca Prossima
  IBAN: IT87L 0335901600100000119090
  Please write on the payment memo if you do not want your name listed among the contributors to the Memorial
• By Paypal or credit card: www.memorialeshoah.it/english/form.php

External Links

Morpurgo de Curtis Architetti Associati

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1. Triennale Design Museum

The first must-visit ‘temple’, a truly integral part of the urban fabric, is the Triennale Design Museum in viale Alemagna (main photo: the Garden, photo by Lanoche). Its new and 8th edition will debut on 9 April,2015, at the same time as the opening of the Salone, and will run until 21 February 2016. Entitled ‘Kitchens & Invaders’ it tells of the gradual and inexorable mutation of electrical appliances and kitchen utensils into machines and robots that have invaded our homes and changed our habits forever.

During the same period, the Triennale will also host the only thematic pavilion of Expo located in the centre of the city: entitled ‘Arts & Foods – Rituals since 1851’ , the pavilion has been inaugurated on 9 April, 2015. Scheduled to close on 31 October 2015, it explores the multi-faceted relationship between design and food from the first World Fair in London to the present time.

2. Museum of Italian Design at Villa Reale in Monza

In addition, December 2014 saw the out-of-town opening of a permanent Museum of Italian Design at the Belvedere of Villa Reale in Monza featuring must-see pieces by Giò Ponti, Piero Fornasetti and Bruno Munari as well as works by young, emerging designers.

>> Check our events section to read about the present and future Milan Design Weeks

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Open by appointment

Via Antonio Kramer, 5
M1 (red line) Palestro
T: +39.02.77122584
www.museodeicappuccini.it

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What’s on at MUDEC

Via Tortona, 56
M2 (green line) Porta Genova FS
www.mudec.it

Official
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Open on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, from 3-7pm (other days by appointment only)

Via Luigi Federico Menabrea, 10
M3 Zara
www.umbertodidonato.org
T: +39 347 8845560

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This is an itinerary extending over 900 metres, that can be crossed on foot in just 15 minutes, from via Brera to piazzetta Reale, cutting through piazza Scala and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, which hosts an extraordinary part of our country’s art history.

Fine Arts In Milan

Let’s start from Brera, one of Milan’s signature districts and one of the coolest areas in the city:  it boasts a number of retro-style boutiques, historic workshops and antique shops. Home to the famous Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts), over the years it has been a meeting place for artists and intellectuals (artist Piero Manzoni’s studio was located here).
The Neo-classical building of the Accademia – which opens out onto a superb courtyard consisting of a two-storied loggia and a forceful statue of Napoleon by Antonio Canova – hosts the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, the Museo Astronomico (Astronomical Museum), the Giardino Botanico (Botanical Garden) but, above all, the Pinacoteca (Picture Gallery).
Among the most important national galleries of ancient and modern art in Italy, the Pinacoteca di Brera  contains a wonderful collection of both Venetian and Lombard masters as well as important works by other schools. Thanks to multiple donations, the exhibition features works ranging from the dark ages to contemporary art, with impressive oeuvres by 20^th century artists. Its permanent collection offers a wealth of Italian and foreign masterpieces such as Piero della Francesca, Giuseppe Bellini, Donato Bramante, Andrea Mantegna, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens, van Dyck and Hayez.

Brera art gallery

Botanical Garden

Astronomical Museum

The History Of The City

While heading towards the centre to reach the Duomo, the heart of the city, you will come upon the imposing Gallerie d’Italia-Piazza Scala, three historic buildings overlooking Milan’s elegant via Manzoni, piazza della Scala and via Morone serving as the prestigious home to 19th and 20th century masterpieces, a new exhibition space offering visitors the artistic treasures of Fondazione Cariplo and Intesa Sanpaolo.
Epitomizing the history of Milan, the buildings were designed by two prominent Italian architects between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Two of them host masterpieces of 19th century Italian art, the opulent Neoclassical rooms of Palazzo Anguissola and the 19th century Palazzo Brentani. The works on display cover a century of art history – the Italian nineteenth century – from Antonio Canova to Umberto Boccioni. The exhibit is divided into 13 sections and spans 23 rooms of significant architectural and decorative value revisited by architect Michele De Lucchi. Palazzo Anguissola marks a turning point in architecture between the 18th and 19th centuries while, in the adjacent Palazzo Brentani, the atmosphere is that of noble 19th century dwellings. Particularly worthy of note, in the area dedicated to 19th century Lombardy works, are several never-seen-before views of old-world Milan, the Duomo, Navigli (canals) that no longer exist together with highlights from battle scenes during the Risorgimento and scenes from private family lives.
The new section “Cantiere del ’900” (Twentieth century worksite) is located in the early twentieth century Palazzo housing Milan’s historic Banca Commerciale in Piazza della Scala. In the bright halls of the ground floor, masterfully redesigned by architect Michele De Lucchi, the layout takes visitors on a journey through 12 sections and 2 overtures with works executed according to the different artistic techniques and poetics of the post World War Two period, suggesting a dialogue between sculpture and painting – or between plastic and representational forms – and between artistic experimentation centres in Italy, primarily in the relationship between the Milanese and Roman scene.  

International Exhibitions

After crossing Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, an integral part of the pulsating heart of the city for almost 150 years, home to exclusive shops and restaurants, you will reach Palazzo Reale, literally a 5-minute walk away.  Formerly the residence of all those who governed Milan – from Napoleon to the Royal House of Savoy – it is situated just steps from the Duomo and is currently one of the most important cultural centres in the city hosting exhibitions of international renown such as Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
As one of the youngest museums in the city, lying adjacent to the Duomo, the Museo del Novecento hosts more than 400 20th century masterpieces of Italian and international art. Ranging from Fontana to Picasso, some of the most prolific artists are exhibited in this recently refurbished Palazzo dell’Arengario,  a building where works of art interact with the city engaging with the past while looking towards the future.

Palazzo Reale

Palazzo Reale, Sala Cariatidi

Grande Museo del Duomo

Grande Museo del Duomo

Museo del Novecento

Museo del Novecento

Museo del Novecento

The Duomo’s hidden face

The heart of Milan beats in piazza Duomo. It is here that its symbol, the splendid Gothic cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente resides. Furthermore, its amazing history – which is also the history of the city – is chronicled and safeguarded just a few steps away at the Grande Museo del Duomo. Completely refurbished in 2013 and extending over a surface area of two thousand square metres, the museum is home to hundreds of works of art including sculptures, paintings, jewellery, vestments, religious objects, stained glass windows and architectural models, from the 15th century to the present time. An extraordinary heritage that reveals the very soul of the cathedral, where works by famous masters are displayed alongside those of anonymous artisans. Together with the treasures of the Duomo, the Museum’s collections retrace the story of its age-old history, from the first stone right up to the birth of the symbol best loved by the inhabitants of Milan, i.e. the ‘Madonnina’ which, since 1774, has stood atop its highest spire. Particularly noteworthy are the rooms of the Treasure, Christ at the Temple by Tintoretto, various works by Giovan Battista Crespi known as ‘Il Cerano’, an imposing wooden model of the cathedral dating back to 1519 and the panels of the fifth door of the Duomo by Lucio Fontana and Luciano Minguzzi.

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