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    Museums

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    Milano is rich in Museums. Its long literary, artistic, musical and scientific tradition has left behind an impressive number of artefacts that are now housed in important collections.

    Milano’s Museum network is a testimony to the city’s great cultural liveliness, inclusive of public and private institutions, from church museums to corporate foundations.

     
     
     
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Cenacolo Vinciano - Leonardo's Last Supper
Cenacolo Vinciano - Leonardo's Last Supper
The Refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie hosts one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art: Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. It was commissioned to Leonardo by Ludovico Sforza, known as Il Moro, who was then Duke of Milano.
Pinacoteca di Brera
Pinacoteca di Brera
The Brera Art Gallery collection includes some of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art. The palace was erected over the remains of a 14th-century monastery of the Humiliati order which was subsequently given to the Jesuits. Later on, the building became state property and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria decided to house here several of the city’s cultural institutes (The Academy of Art, the Library, the Botanical Garden, etc). The great architect Giuseppe Piermarini was chosen to work on the project.
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
The museum and picture gallery boasts the Codex Atlanticus: it is the largest collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. It also houses one of the most original artistic collections in the city, from the Middle Ages to the mid-sixteenth century.
Museo del Novecento
Museo del Novecento
The museum and picture gallery boasts the Codex Atlanticus: it is the largest collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. It also houses one of the most original artistic collections in the city, from the Middle Ages to the mid-sixteenth century.
Museo della Pietà Rondanini
Museo della Pietà Rondanini
The Museum of Michelangelo's Pietà Rondanini, housed inside the ancient Spanish Hospital at the Castello Sforzesco, is entirely dedicated to Michelangelo's last masterpiece.
Museo del Design Italiano
Museo del Design Italiano
Unique of its kind in Italy, the Museum of Italian Design at the Milano Triennale showcases a series of some of the most iconic and representative pieces of Italian post-war design, from a collection of 1,600 objects. A dynamic museum, offering new and diversified perspectives on the contemporary.
Museo Nazionale della Scienza e Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"
Museo Nazionale della Scienza e Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"
Housed in an early sixteenth-century Olivetan monastery near the St. Ambrose Basilica, the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology is the largest science and technology museum in Italy and houses an unrivalled wealth of examples from the country’s industrial tradition.
MUDEC - Museo delle Culture
MUDEC - Museo delle Culture
MUDEC – Museum of Cultures is an interdisciplinary centre dedicated to the various testimonies and cultures of the world. Starting from its ethnographic collections and opening up to different communities, it presents itself as a place of dialogue on the themes of the contemporary, through design and visual, performing and sound arts.
Museo del Duomo
Museo del Duomo
The Duomo Museum was born from the idea of valorizing all the materials, whether used or discarded, that were used for the design as well as for the building of the Cathedral. Countless objects that arouse the visitor’s interest: statues, tapestries, embossing, terracotta sketches, graphic material, paintings and wooden models. These are precious testimonies that document the history of Mioano’s most important building, a reference point for both religious and lay life in Milan.
Civico Planetario "Ulrico Hoepli"
Civico Planetario "Ulrico Hoepli"
The Civic Planetarium "Ulrico Hoepli" is a cultural institute for the dissemination and teaching of astronomy and the related sciences. It is the largest in Italy and was inaugurated in 1930 thanks to the donation of Ulrico Hoepli, founder of the publishing house of the same name.
 
 
 

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