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Museums Milan

Visititaly recommends the list of museums to visit in Milan, the most important attractions for spending a day with friends and family. Visiting a museum is an effective learning method, used effectively both by schools to improve their educational offer and by tourists wishing to learn about the history and culture of the area. Italy boasts nearly 5,000 museums, archaeological areas and ecomuseums, a cultural heritage widely distributed throughout the territory, in fact one out of three Italian towns has at least one museum. Discover the galleries, art galleries, permanent exhibitions, collections and collections, plaster casts, foundations and all the places related to culture that characterize Milan and its territory. If you have visited a museum and would like to share your experience with others, please report it here!

Duomo and alla Scala, Milan’s best known museums

Duomo di Milano
Duomo di Milano

Milan, in the northern Italy, is a versatile and many sided city where you can find almost everything you can expect from an international trip. For the ones who appreciate arts, different cultures, traditions and local history I strongly recommend a cultural trip in all the galleries and museums present in this wonderful city.

You cannot miss a visit in some interesting cultural places like Casa Museo Boschi di Stefano, the Archeological Museum or the Modern Art Gallery, located in the palace where Napoleon lived during his permanence in Italy in 1802.

Undoubtely worth of a visit are the Museum of the Duomo, dedicated to the history and art of the magnificent Milan’s cathedral which collects a historical and cultural heritage which can be referred only to this wonderful church, and the Museo Teatrale alla Scala, hometown of the jewels composing the heritage of Milan’s best known theatre.

The Museo Teatrale alla Scala continues to be a reference point for fans of the Opera, for scholars (also thanks to its Simoni Library, containing over 120 000 volumes, remained in the branch of the Palazzo Busca , in Corso Magenta) and for the musical education of new generations, who may benefit from educational visits animated by specialized personnel.

The twenty rooms of the Museo del Duomo collect instead works of art taken from the original location in the Cathedral and stored here for conservation and restauration. A chronologically arranged itinerary with sculptures, stained glass, drawings, wooden models, tapestries, paintings, graphics, vestments and sacred vessels allow you to follow all the stages of construction of Milan’s Cathedral, from the foundation to the recent restoration.

written by Dave Mitchell - Last update: 17/11/2021

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Museo Civico di Storia Naturale

The Civic Museum of Natural History in Milan was established in 1838, at the behest of the naturalist Giuseppe De Cristoforis. It is one of the most important naturalistic museums in Europe. The Museum is located in three rooms covering Italian environments, parks and nature reserves. The Museum presents an exhibition of Natural History dedicated to zoology and the main natural environments. In 1986, an African archaeology study center was also created inside the museum.

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Museo di Arte Paolo Pini

The Paolo Pini Art Museum is located inside the former Paolo Pini Psychiatric Hospital in Milan. A museum is dedicated to contemporary art, it was created in 1993 by Teresa Melorio, Enza Baccei and the Department of Mental Health of the Niguarda Ca 'Granda Hospital. It was opened to the public in 1995, and exhibits the ideas of professional artists and people suffering from psychic distress. Inside the Museum we find a collection of international level that houses the works of over 140 artists.

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Museo del Giocattolo e del Bambino

More than two thousand pieces are exhibited in the windows at child height of this museum. But more than quantity, it is the quality of the objects on display that are chosen with extreme care and that are arranged in such a way as to develop a story and stimulate the imagination of children. The toys on display date back to the 18th century until the 20th century. Of great importance are also the educational workshops where children have the opportunity to build a toy.

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Buma: Museo del Burattino e della Marionetta

The Fondazione Scuole Civiche di Milano has created a virtual museum dedicated to animation theater to enhance its collection, consisting of over 5,000 pieces including figures and documentary material. BUMA, the museum of Puppets and Puppets, is an opportunity to learn about a collection among the largest and most complete in Europe, unique for the integrity of the pieces preserved and which includes over 500 puppets and puppets, from the '700 to the 40s of the twentieth century, with related accessories for tailoring and set designs.

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Quadreria dell'ospedale Maggiore

The Ospedale Maggiore holds well over 2800 artistic goods, including paintings, sculptures and objects dating back to the XVI-XXI centuries. The famous Quadreria contains portraits of benefactors of the hospital ranging from the late '400 to the present day, and sculptures and sacred objects. Beyond artistic relevance, the Quadreria is famous for the complexity of its keys to reading. Also of great importance are the portraits of the most famous presidents and doctors who worked in the hospital.

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