Guide to the museums of Milan DISCOVER THE MAIN MASTERPIECES OF MILAN AND PLACES WHERE THEY ARE HOSTED AND THE OPENING HOURS. SPECIAL PRICE WITH MILANOCARD: VISIT MUSEUMS WITH MILANOCARD JUST SHOWING YOUR CARD AT TICKET OFFICE. CRYPT OF LEONARDO After 50 years re-open the Crypt of PRICE: 10€ San Sepolcro the ancient under- ground Church of Milan . Realized WITH MILANOCARD: -10% or free around the XI century was the origi- access (run4FREE at page 14) nal center of the city where the car- WHERE: piazza San Sepolcro do cross the decumano. Another great opportunity to discover the FOR INFO: underground of Milan at a breathta- [email protected] king place. The floor is original of romanic pe- riod and XI century frecoes are pain- ted on the walls. Realized by a rich baker of Milan is also used as a tomb for important milanese families and prelates. OPENING HOURS: every days, 12.00 pm to 8.00 pm “Good value helped with our trip” Sam—visited Milan on August HIGHLINE GALLERIA Designed in 1861 and built by Giu- the famous Galleria and the Milan’s seppe Mengoni between 1865 and skyline. 1877, the Galleria Vittorio Ema- nuele II is one of the world's oldest OPENING HOURS: every day shopping malls and a pure symbol 10.00 am to 9.00 pm of Milan. Housed within a four- PRICE: 12€ story double arcade in central Mi- lan, the Galleria is named after Vit- WITH MILANOCARD: -20% or torio Emanuele II, the first king of free access (run4FREE at page 14) the Kingdom of Italy. Walk over the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II for WHERE: via Silvio Pellico 2, 4th floor the ultimate Milan experience; see panoramic views from the top of FOR INFO: an Italian icon. [email protected] Start your journey and walk over the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II to admire the stunning rooftops of 2 SAN SIRO STADIUM MUSEUM At San Siro every visitors can di- PRICE: 17 € scover the places normally inacces- sible, like locker rooms, the mixed WITH MILANOCARD: -15% zone, grandstands, cross the Tun- WHERE: Piazzale Angelo Moratti nel of the Champions and access to the legendary playground. FOR INFO: Every day you can visit this straor- [email protected] dinary architectural work that ho- sts the Inter and Milan Museum, the first in Italy set up in a stadium. The Museum's memorabilia help reconstruct the history written by the two Milanese society in sport and not only. OPENING HOURs: every day 9.00 am to 6.00 pm “This pass is cheap and worth it. The two free taxi rides they refer to us an Uber, so you will need the app and at least wi-fi to request an Uber car, but I definitely loved this option. We got to ride in style in a Mercedes under the Uber Black Car option. The me- tro pass was definitely useful and convenient” Aisha—visited Milan on March BAGATTI VALSECCHI MUSEUM The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum is OPENING HOURS: Tueday to Sun- an house-museum, the result of an day, 1.00 pm to 5.45 pm. Closed on extraordinary event collector at Monday. the end of Nineteenth Century. The protagonists were two brothers: PRICE: 9€ the barons Fausto (Milan, 1843- WITH MILANOCARD: -33% or free 1934) and Giuseppe Bagatti Val- access (run4FREE at page 14) secchi (Milan, 1845-1934). After the death of Fausto and Giu- WHERE: via Gesù 5 seppe, the Bagatti Valsecchi’s hou- se continued to be inhabited by FOR INFO: didatti their heirs until 1974. In that [email protected] year ,Pasino, one of the son of Giu- seppe, decided to built the Bagatti Valsecchi Foundation, which he donated the heritage of works of art collected by his ancestors. 3 PINACOTECA AMBROSIANA AND CODEX ATLANTICUS The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana was ri of Jan Brueghel. established in April 1618, when OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to the cardinal Federico Borromeo Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- donated his collection of paintings, sed on Monday statues and drawings to Biblioteca Ambrosiana, that he founded in PRICE: 15€ 1607. WITH MILANOCARD: -13%, on Inside the exhibition of Pinacoteca, Wednesday -33% articulated in 24 rooms, you can WHERE: piazza Pio XI 2 admire some of the best master- pieces of all times, like Musico of Leonardo, Canestra di frutta of Ca- ravaggio, Cartone preparatorio per la Scuola di Atene of Raffaello, Ado- razione dei Magi of Tiziano, Madon- na del Padiglione of Botticelli and the splendid flowers of Vasi di Fio- “This was a great idea as it got us into the museum of our choice and got us bus tickets to view the city's panorama. Great value for money” Ruth—visited Milan on March DIOCESAN MUSEUM It is born in 2001 as an initiative of OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Arcidiocesi of Milan with the pur- Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- pose to protect, valorize and make sed on Monday known the art treasures of the bi- shopric in the spiritual realm. PRICE: 8€ Carlo Maria Martini inaugurated it WITH MILANOCARD: -50% on 7th December 2001. It is collo- cated near cloisters of Sant’Eustor- WHERE: corso di Porta Ticinese gio, part of the ancient Dominican 95 convent, returned to the city after a long period of restoration due to FOR INFO: in- [email protected] the bombings of World War II. Here you can discover the master- pieces from all the diocese. There are a lot of testimonials, paintings and sculptures, for the history of Lombard Art from XVI to XIX cen- tury. 4 MUSEUM OF SCALA THEATRE The museum of Scala Theatre is a a special kind of spinet, with rec- private museum istitution, hosted tangular case and keyboard falling. in Casino Ricordi, near the Scala OPENING HOURS: every day 9.00 Theatre. It preserves a rich collec- tion of costumes, design sketches, am to 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm to letters of composers, portraits, 5.30 pm musical autographs and ancient PRICE: 7€ musical instruments. WITH MILANOCARD: -33% The collection was intended to do- cument the history of entertain- WHERE: largo Ghiringhelli 1 ment from ancient to contempora- ry times. The museum was inaugu- FOR INFO: rated on 8th March 1913. [email protected] Among valuable works on display in the museum is present a virginal of XVI century fully decorated. It is “Muy util. Excelente” Gustavo—visited Milan on April TREASURE OF SANT’AMBROGIO It was established in 1949 to pre- ture diagrams. serve, valorize and promote the knowledge of the historical-artistic OPENING HOURS: Monday to heritage of Basilica of Sant’Ambro- Saturday, 7.30 am to 12.30 pm and gio. The museum, at first set above 2.30 pm to 7.00 pm. On Sunday the porch of Bramante (XV centu- and festivity 7.30 am to 1.00pm ry), is located inside the church. and 3.00 pm tp 8.00 pm The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio is PRICE: 2€ considered the second most impor- tant church in the city of Milan. It WITH MILANOCARD: -50%, free represents a stronghold town and on Tuesday the Ambrosian Church. It was built in 386 at the behest of WHERE: piazza Sant’Ambrogio 15 Ambrogio, bishop of the city, here FOR INFO: santambro buried in 397. The basilica takes its [email protected] final appearance between 1088 and 1099 when, thanks to bishop Anselmo, is radically reconstructed according to Romanesque architec- 5 VILLA NECCHI CAMPIGLIO Villa Necchi Campiglio is a historic del principe. house which is part of the circuit of the "House museum of Milan". It OPENING HOURS: Wednesday to was built between 1932 and 1935 Sunday, 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Clo- how single-family detached home sed on Monday and Tuesday designed by Piero Portaluppi, one PRICE: 10€ of the best italian architects of that period, it is surrounded by an huge WITH MILANOCARD: -30%, on garden with tennis court and pool, Friday -50% the second pool built in Milan after the municipal pool, and the first to WHERE: via Mozart 14 be built on private land. Among the personalities who will FOR INFO: fainec [email protected] be hosts there was Enrico d’Asia: scenographer of the Scala Theatre, he was hosted here during his stays in Milan, in the room Camera “Alles bestens ! Praktisch ,da jedes Verkehrsmittel zu benu tzen” Gertrude—visided Milan on October TRIENNALE DESIGN MUSEUM The Triennale is hosted inside the OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sun- Palazzo Dell’Arte Bernocchi. It is an day, 10.30 am to 8.30 pm. Closed on international cultural institution Monday that organized exhibition, conven- PRICE: 15€ tions and events of art, architecture, fashion, cinema, comunication and WITH MILANOCARD: - 20% society. WHERE: viale Alemagna 6 It organizes exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art, famous architects FOR INFO: [email protected] and desigers of national and inter- national reputation, to great stylists that have changed the taste and life- style. From 2007 it is the venue of Trien- nale Design Museum, a museum careful to history and to the whole design system. 6 LEONARDO3 - THE WORLD OF LEONARDO It is one of the most important PRICE: 12€ events in 2016. Here you can di- scover Leonardo as artist and in- WITH MILANOCARD: -50% ventor, with the models of his ma- WHERE: piazza della Scala, in- chines and digital restoration of his gresso Galleria Vittorio Emanuele masterpieces. To the Sottomarino meccanico, the FOR INFO: Macchina del tempo, the, Libellula [email protected] meccanica, the Macchina volante di Milano alongside the digital re- storation of Last Supper and the reconstruction of Monumento Sfor- za.