Museums
Milan Museums
Start with the Milan museums guide for ticket planning, free-entry advice, and a one-day route, then choose the collection that fits your interests.
Collections & Galleries
7 museums
Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan's greatest painting collection — Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin, Mantegna's Dead Christ, Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus. Set in an 18th-century palace in the bohemian Brera neighbourhood.
Fondazione Prada
Rem Koolhaas's conversion of a 1910 distillery into Milan's most provocative contemporary art space. The gold-leafed Haunted House, the permanent collection, and the rotating shows are all extraordinary.
Museo del Novecento
20th-century Italian art in the Palazzo dell'Arengario, directly overlooking the Duomo. The permanent collection includes Boccioni, Modigliani, and De Chirico — and the views from the top floor are unsurpassed.
Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia
Leonardo da Vinci's engineering notebooks brought to life — wooden models of his flying machines, hydraulic devices, and war engines fill an entire wing. The largest science museum in Italy.
Triennale di Milano
Italy's museum of design, fashion, and applied arts in a 1930s Giovanni Muzio building in Parco Sempione. The temporary shows on industrial design, architecture, and contemporary fashion are always worth a visit.
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
One of the world's oldest public libraries plus a painting gallery with Leonardo's Portrait of a Musician, Raphael's cartoon for the School of Athens, and Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit.
Leonardo3 Museum
The world's largest collection of Leonardo da Vinci's machines — over 200 reconstructions built from his original codices, from flying machines and armoured vehicles to hydraulic pumps and musical instruments. Interactive and tactile, unlike any conventional art museum.
Museum Guides
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Go Deeper With a Guide
A curator-led tour surfaces the stories the labels leave out — from Brera's masterworks to Leonardo's flying machines.