Events in Milan and surroundings: detail

From July 10 2010

EXHIBITS AND MUSEUMS OF MILAN

80.000 square meters of art and culture are Milan's answer to those who say it is too prosaic and too focused on industry, economy and enterprise and that it doesn't have a true soul: Milan's museums art galleries, temporary exhibitions and splendid monuments attract millions of tourists every year.
To fully understand and love Milan, the best guide to the city would be Leonardo da Vinci, whose Last Supper in the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie is one of the six most visited works of art in Europe. Then there is the Castello Sforzesco with its halls covered in frescoes by Leonardo and where the pages of his Codex Trivulziano can be admired (along with the moving and poetic Pietà Rondanini sculpture by Michelangelo).
The Museum of Science and Technology, named for Leonardo, houses a splendid collection of Leonardo miniatures (and the Toti submarine); the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana exhibits his Atlantic Codex and his enchanting Ritratto di Musico, while an enormous horse, also by Leonardo, welcomes smiling visitors to the Trotter. Milan also boasts Leonardo's extraordinary open-air engineering achievement: the Navigli.
But Milan isn't only Leonardo and its museums celebrate two city landmarks: the Scala Theater and the absolute masterpiece, the Duomo, unique in the world and a treasure-trove of priceless artistic and spiritual significance. Not to mention the extraordinary collection in the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Civica Pinacoteca in the Castello Sforzesco, home to works of art by Raffaello, Mantegna, Lotto, Tintoretto, Bramante, Carracci, Reni, Guercino and Hayez and including modern works by Boccioni, Carré, De Pisis, Modigliani and Morandi.
Neither should the great teaching value of our permanent museums be forgotten: the Archeological Museum, the Astronomical Museum of Brera, the Natural History Museum and the Planetarium, the Aquarium and the Alessandro Manzoni Museum in his former residence. Milan also has many smaller yet valuable museums, such as the ones dedicated to Cinema, Toys, the Milan Risorgimento and the Boschi Di Stefano Museum in his former residence.
Visitors also enjoy the private collections in the Poldi Pezzoli Museum and in the Bagatti Valsecchi Palace. Milan is filled with splendid art in the basilicas of Sant'Ambrogio, Santa Maria delle Grazie, San Maurizio, San Sepolcro, Sant'Eustorgio and San Lorenzo and large public and private exhibition centers; hold very popular shows dedicated to the most celebrated ancient and contemporary artists: Palazzo Reale, the Triennial, Spazio Oberdan, the Mazzotta Foundation and the Pavilion of Contemporary Art.
All this, along with a rich and varied program of cultural and artistic events, makes Milan one of the most lively and fascinating exhibition cities in Europe and, therefore, in the world.


80,000 square meters of museums and exhibition centers.
15 museums.
5 exhibition centers.
An average of 40 shows per year.
2,000,000 visitors per year.


USEFUL ADDRESSES:
Milan Municipality -Museum and Exhibition Sector, Via Tommaso Marino 7 - Ph. +39 02.88462345.

Milan's Aquarium and Marine Biology Station, Via Gadio 2 - Ph. +39 02.88465750.

Arengario, Piazza Duomo 12 - Ph. +39 02.860165 - 02.804011.

PAC - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Via Palestro 14 - Ph. +39 02.76009085.

Palazzo della Ragione, Piazza dei Mercanti - Ph. +39 02.860165 - 02.804011.

Palazzo Reale, Piazza Duomo 12 - Ph. +39 02.860165 - 02.804011.

Planetario Ulrico Hoepli, Corso Venezia 57 - Ph. +39 02.88463340.

Rotonda di Via Befana, Via Besana 12 - Ph. +39 02.5455047.

Castello Sforzesco, Piazza Castello - Ph. +39 02. 88463651/2.

Cenacolo Vinciano, Piazza Santa Maria della Grazie 2 - Ph.+3902.89421146.

Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Foro Bonaparte 50 - Ph. +39 02.8055803.

Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Via Santo Spirito 10/ Via Gesù 5 - Ph.+3902.76006132.

Museo Casa Manzoni, Via Morone 1 - Ph. +39 02.86460403.

Museo del Cinema -Palazzo Dugnani, Via D. Manin 2/B – Ph. +39 02.6554977.

Museo Diocesano, Corso di Porta Ticinese 95 - Ph.+3902.89404714.

Museo del Duomo di Milano, Piazza Duomo 14 - Ph. +3902.860358.

Museo del Giocattolo e del Bambino, Via Pitteri 56 - Ph.+39 02.26411585.

Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Via Manzoni 12 - Ph. +39 02.794889.

Museo Popoli e Culture, Via Mosé Bianchi 94 - Ph. +39 02.438201.

Museo Sant'Eustorgio, Piazza S. Eustorgio 3 - Ph. +3902.58101583.

Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vìnci", Via S. Vittore 21 - Ph. +39 02.485551.

Museo Teatrale alla Scala, Largo Ghiringhelli 1 - Piazza della Scala - Ph. +39 02.88797473.

Palazzo della Triennale, Viale Alemagna 6 - Ph.+3902.724341.

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana/Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Piazza Pio XI 2 - Ph. +39 02.806921.

Pinacoteca di Brera, Via Brera 28 - Ph. +39 02.722631.

Società per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente, Via Filippo Turati 34 - Ph. +39 02.6599803.

Spazio Oberdan, Via Vittorio Veneto 2 - Ph.+3902.77406302.


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