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Though possibly best known internationally as the capital of Italian design and fashion, Milan is also a city of art which is home to masterpieces by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, among many others.
Therefore, being in Milan for tourism, shopping, or to visit the Furniture Fair and the Fashion Week, is also a good opportunity to visit one of its many museums and art galleries.
In general, most of the city’s cultural venues are located in central Milan and can be easily reached by the public transport network, quite efficient for an Italian city.
If you are planning traveling to Milan, please consider that its climate is not that of a typical Mediterranean city, winter’s weather is often wet, foggy and gloomy, and summers are frequently torrid and humid; usually, the capital of Lombardy is at its best from early spring to mid-autumn.
Cover image: The Foro Buonaparte square in Milan with the Sforza Castle in the background; photo © Inexhibit
Biblioteca & Pinacoteca Ambrosiana museum, Milan
Milano - Piazza Pio XI, 2 closed on: Mondays
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan is a library which also houses the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana art gallery with works by Leonardo, Botticelli, and Caravaggio
Castello Sforzesco – Sforza Castle, Milan
Milano - piazza Castello closed on: Mondays, January 1 and December 25
The Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle) is a fortress in Milan housing various museums with remarkable artworks including the Rondanini Pieta by Michelangelo
Fabbrica del Vapore
Milano - Via Giulio Procaccini, 4 closed on:
Fabbrica del Vapore is an exhibition center and creative hub in Milan which includes workshops for artists, cafes, a theater and a popular exhibition space
MUDEC – Museum of Cultures | Milan
Milano - via Tortona 56 closed on: Monday mornings
The MUDEC - Museo delle Culture is an ethnographic museum in Milan; designed by British architect David Chipperfield, the msueum opened on March 25, 2015
Museo del Novecento (Museum of the 20th century), Milan
Milano - via Marconi, 1 closed on: Monday morning
The Museo del Novecento in Milan is a museum of modern art in Piazza del Duomo, mostly focused on 20th-century Italian art, from Futurism to Arte Povera
Museo Martinitt e Stelline
Milano - corso Magenta, 57 closed on: Sundays, and Mondays
The Museo Martinitt and Stelline is a museum in Milan that, mainly through multimedia exhibits, tells the history of the city's orphans in the 19th and 20th century
Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia – Milan
Milano - via San Vittore, 21 closed on: Mondays, January 1, and December 24/25
The Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della tecnica Leonardo Da Vinci in Milan (Science museum) is the largest science and technology museum in Italy
Museo Poldi Pezzoli – Milan
Milano - via Manzoni, 12 closed on: Tuesdays, January 1, Easter, April 25, May 1, August 15, November 1, and December 25
The Poldi Pezzoli museum in Milan showcases some of the most exquisite collections of Italian Renaissance painting and of decorative arts in Italy
PAC – Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea
Milano - via Palestro, 14 closed on: Monday
The PAC - Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea is an important modern and contemporary art center in Milan, housed in a building designed by Ignazio Gardella
Pinacoteca di Brera
Milano - Via Brera, 28 closed on: Mondays, January 1, May 1, and December 25
The Pinacoteca di Brera is an art museum in Milan mostly focused on painting from the early Italian Renaissance to the 20th century
Pirelli HangarBicocca – Milan
Milano - via Chiese, 2 closed on: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
The HangarBicocca in Milan is an exhibition space for contemporary art housed in a disused Ansaldo-Breda warehouse in the former Bicocca industrial district
Studio-Museo Achille Castiglioni
Milano - Piazza Castello, 27 closed on: See the museum website
People loving industrial design can't miss a visit to the Studio Achille Castiglioni Design Museum in Milan.
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci – Santa Maria delle Grazie – Milan
Milano - piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, 2 closed on: Mondays
Santa Maria delle Grazie is a church and a convent in Milan, world-known for housing The Last Supper wall painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Triennale Design Museum – La Triennale di Milano
Milano - viale Alemagna, 6 closed on: Mondays
Opened in 2007 in the Palazzo dell'Arte, the Triennale Design Museum in Milan is the most important museum in Italy exclusively focused on Industrial Design
The new “Torre” of the Fondazione Prada Milan by Rem Koolhaas / OMA
An ambitious, 60-meter / 197-foot high tower designed by Rem Koolhaas / OMA and opened in April 2018, the Torre is the latest addition to the Fondazione Prada in Milan
Prada opens Osservatorio, a new gallery focused on photography in Milan
In December 2016, the Prada Foundation opens "Osservatorio", a new exhibition space focused on photography, in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Prada Foundation Milan p.1- OMA’s architecture
Inexhibit's article on the new Prada Foundation Milan. Part 1: the renovation design by OMA - Rem Koolhaas and architecture of the industrial complex
Prada Foundation Milan p. 2 – the art collection
Prada Foundation Milan part 2: collection and art programs. The artists: Louise Bourgeois, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Yves Klein, John Baldessari and more
Milan | Michelangelo’s Rondanini Pietà museum
May 2015 will be remembered in Milan as the month the Rondani Pietà by Michelangelo finally found a proper home: the Museo della Pietà in the Sforza Castle
Milan Design Week 2019 | Italian artist uses two tons of plastic bottle caps to make giant artwork
Italian artist Maria Cristina Finucci created a large site-specific art installation in Milan made out of about two tons of used plastic bottle caps
Milan Design Week 2019 | Estudio Campana transforms a cloister into a grass-covered installation
During the Milan Design Week 2019, Brazilian design firm Estudio Campana transformed a cloister of the Statale University palace in Milan into a large grass-covered installation
Milan Design Week 2019 | TAKT PROJECT creates stalactite-like lighting installation
At Milan Design Week 2019, Japanese design firm TAKT PROJECT, led by Satoshi Yoshiizumi, presents “glow ⇄ grow”, a lighting installation consisting of clear-resin stalactites
Milan Design Week 2019 | SaloneSatellite: the award-winning designers
SaloneSatellite 2019: in this year's edition, the prizes were assigned to projects focused on material-recycling processes and on their applications.
Milan Design Week 2019 | Starck’s mirror and Grcic’s glass lamps by FLOS
At the Milan Design Week 2019, Flos presents two new products designed by two masters of contemporary design: Konstantin Grcic and Philippe Starck
Milan Design Week 2019 | COS + Mamou-Mani present “Conifera” 3D-printed installation
COS and French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani presents Conifera, a 3D-printed bioplastics brick installation on view at Palazzo Isimbardi during the 2019 Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week 2019 | The 5VIE district, between art and design
For the upcoming Milan design week (April 9/14, 2019) “5VIE art + design” confirms its objective to promote high-quality design, art, and craftsmanship
“Broken Nature” Can design save the world?
Until September 2019, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival, the 22nd International exhibition of the Milan Triennale, focuses on restorative design
The 2019 edition of the “Salone del Mobile.Milano” celebrates Leonardo da Vinci
The 2019 edition of the Milan Furniture Fair pays tribute to the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in the 500th anniversary of his death.
Milan exhibition celebrates 100 years since Achille Castiglioni’s birth
From October 6, 2018, the Triennale di Milano hosts a major exhibition to celebrate 100th years since the birth of Italian designer Achille Castiglioni
“A Castiglioni”, la mostra alla Triennale di Milano fino al 20 gennaio 2019
"A Castiglioni", la mostra che la Triennale di Milano dedica al grande designer Achille Castiglioni sarà visitabile dal 6 ottobre 2018 al 20 gennaio 2019
Alla Triennale di Milano una mostra fotografica sul concetto di “abitare”
La Triennale di Milano ospita "ABITANTI. Sette sguardi sull’Italia di oggi". La mostra espone le opere fotografiche di 9 giovani fotografi italiani
The Milan Triennale presents Italian Design through its Icons
Until January 2019, the 'Triennale di Milano' features the eleventh edition of its Design Museum exhibition entitled “Stories. Italian Design”
Milan Design Week 2018 | Michael Anastassiades’ light installation for FLOS
During the 2018 Milan Design Meek, the FLOS showroom features 'Jewels after Jewels after Jewels", a light installation created by Michael Anastassiades
Milan Design Week 2018 | FLOS pays tribute to Achille Castiglioni
Milan Design Week | “If you are not curious, forget it”: an exhibition at the flagship store of FLOS celebrates the anniversary of Achille Castiglioni
Rail yard redevelopment projects create new urban scenarios for Milan
7 rail yards in Milan re-imagined through masterplans by 5 international architects: MAD, Mecanoo, EMBT Miralles Tagliabue, Cino Zucchi, and Stefano Boeri
“Too good to waste” installation by Benedetta Tagliabue | Milan Design Week 2017
Too Good to Waste is the installation designed by Benedetta Tagliabue - EMBT for American Hardwood Export Council on view at "Material Immaterial".
Inspired in Barcelona. Catalan design at Palazzo Isimbardi | Milan Design Week 2017
The exhibition "Inspired in Barcelona: In & Out", on view at Palazzo Isimbardi during the Milan Design Week 2017, showcases the latest Catalan design.
Maarten Baas presents the 101 Chair at Ventura Centrale | Milan design Week 2017
May I have your attention please?" Is the installation by Maarteen Baas who presents in Milan the 101 Chair and the Maarten Baas Table produced by Lensvelt
Lee Broom “Time Machine” at Ventura Centrale in Milan
On a white carousel in Milan's central station, Lee Broom presents his most iconic designs to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his brand
Milan Design Week 2017 | Design Nomade at Base focuses on contemporary nomadic living
For the Milan Design Week, Base Milano in Zona Tortona hosts "Design Nomade", an interesting event and exhibition focused on contemporary nomadic living
Milan Design Week 2017 | Inhabits: micro-architecture prototypes at Parco Sempione
Inhabits - Milan Design Village presents at Parco Sempione 5 prototypes of modular and sustainable micro-houses, emergency shelters, and urban pavilions
Milan Design Week 2017 | Wave/Cave ceramic pavilion by SHoP Architects
Installed at the University of Milan for the Design Week 2017, Wave/Cave is an open pavilion made in ceramics, designed by New York-based SHoP Architects.
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Milan Design Week 2017 | [róng] : from traditional Chinese craft to contemporary design
The exhibition [róng] at Milan Design Week 2017 investigates China's traditional craft materials and techniques through 70 objects by Chinese designers.
“Giro Giro Tondo. Design for children”. The 10th edition of the Triennale Design Museum in Milan
Entitled "Giro Giro Tondo", the 10th edition of the Triennale Design Museum in Milan is focused on design for children.
“Arbor Lights” in Milan by Not a Number Architects
Arbor Lights is a spatial installation designed by Not a Number Architects for the occasion of the Milan Design Week 2016, located at Bulgari Hotel Gardens
Open Borders – between design and architecture at Milan University
The event Open Borders in Milan presents works between design and architecture by MAD architects, Stefano Boeri, Laura Ellen Bacon, Sebastian Cox, among others
Fuorisalone at Ventura Lambrate | Milan Design Week
Ventura Lambrate is the most unconventional district of Milan Design Week, exhibiting European design schools, small manufacturers, and emerging designers
Before Design: Classic | the origins of Italian design
The exhibition Before Design: Classic at the Milan Furniture Fair 2016 is a narration about those objects and pieces of furniture we define “classic” today
Report from Milan Furniture Fair 2016
The 2016 edition of Milan Furniture Fair, although in its usual heterogeneity, presents some common traits which raise interesting points of discussion
New Craft – Technology meets craft at Fabbrica Del Vapore
At Fabbrica del Vapore for the XXI Triennale of Milan, the exhibition New Craft depicts the encounter of advanced technologies and traditional manufacturing
Milan | exhibition Sempering: materials and forms
The exhibition Sempering at the MUDEC museum in Milan investigates the relationships between materials, manufacturing, and forms in architecture and design
XX1T Milan | Neo-Prehistory. 100 verbs
Neo-Prehistory. 100 verbs. curated by Andrea Branzi and Kenya Hara is one of the main events of the 21st Triennale International exhibition in Milan
XX1T Milan | 21st Century Design After Design
All about the 21st Milan Triennial Exhibition “Design after design”. Exhibitions, conferences, live performances, educational programs, and workshops
The International Exhibitions of the Triennale di Milano
The history of the International Exhibitions of architecture, design and decorative arts held by the Triennale di Milano, from 1923 to the upcoming edition
Dismantling EXPO, the dark side of architecture
The Facebook group “Dismantling Expo” testifies the final fate of the national pavilions at Expo Milan 2015 and the dark fascination of fading architecture
Milan | Paul Gauguin. Tales from Paradise
A Paul Gauguin exhibition in Milan presents paintings, drawings and sculptures from Gauguin's impressionism period to his South Pacific years in Tahiti
Milan | All the worlds of Barbie at Mudec museum
The exhibition "Barbie the icon", at the Mudec museum in Milan until March 2016, presents the many identities and the world of the most famous of all dolls
Milan |”Gaspare Ash Works” at The Open box
Until November 30, 2015, The Open Box hosts the exhibition Gaspare Ash Works 2013 - 2015, where its founder Gaspare Luigi Marcone presents his own works
The future of EXPO 2015 sails into troubled waters
EXPO Milan 2015 will end soon, and the debate on the future of its 12 million-square-foot site is increasingly harsh with a diverse set of proposals arising
Milan | EXPO 2015 | United Kingdom Pavilion
The United Kingdom participation at EXPO 2015 is entitled "Grown in Britain: Shared Globally". Its beehive-like pavilion is designed by Wolfgang Buttress
Milan – EXPO 2015 | Pavilion of Italy
"Padiglione Italia" is the official pavilion of Italy at EXPO 2015 Milan; a white building which photo-catalytic concrete facades resemble a urban forest
Make in Italy – 50 years of Italian innovation
Make in Italy the exhibition, at the Museum of Science and Technology and EXPO in Milan, presents innovative products developed in Italy throughout 50 years
Milan | EXPO 2015 | The Pavilion Zero
Designed by Michele de Lucchi, the Pavilion Zero at EXPO is inspired by the morphology of the Earth's crust to depict the relation between us and our Planet
Alma Mater – a multimedia total-artwork in Milan
Alma Mater, the creation by Israeli composer Yuval Avital, currently installed at the Fabbrica del Vapore, in Milan, is a multimedia total-artwork
Milan | EXPO 2015 | The German pavilion
The biomorph pavilion of Germany at EXPO 2015, entitled Fields of Ideas, presents a sustainable use of natural resources and the richness of the German land
Milan EXPO 2015 | Swiss Pavilion
The pavilion of Switzerland at EXPO 2015 presents an interesting interpretation of the theme of the consumption of food and water resources
Milan EXPO 2015 | Pavilion of Spain
Designed by B720 Fermìn Vàzquez Arquitectos, the timber and steel pavilion of Spain at EXPO 2015 presents the Spanish territory, products and gastronomy
Milan EXPO 2015 | Pavilion of Brazil
Designed by Artuthur Casas, the pavilion of Brazil at EXPO 2015 features a huge elastic mesh, suspended over a garden, as a metaphor of Brazilian diversity
EXPO Milan 2015 | The UAE pavilion by Foster + Partners
The design of the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the EXPO 2015 in Milan by Foster + Partners is inspired by UAE's architecture, landscape and desert dunes
Milan – EXPO 2015 | Pavilion of France
The pavilion of France at EXPO 2015 by XTU architects and Studio Rispal resembles a covered market where present and future of food production are presented
Milan | EXPO 2015 | Land of Hope – China pavilion
The China pavilion at EXPO 2015 Milan designed by Tsinghua University-Studio Link-Arc is an intriguing vision of a "Land of Hope" where city and nature meet
EXPO Milan 2015 | Breathe Austria, Austrian Pavilion
The pavilion of Austria at the EXPO 2015 in Milan, entitled "breathe.austria" brings the visitors into the air, smells and sounds of an Austrian forest
“Energy for Creativity” at the University of Milan
Energy for Creativity is a design and architecture exhibition hosted until May 28, 2015, at the University of Milan, on the occasion of EXPO Milan 2015
Milan | Favilla: a tale of light
Favilla, installation in Piazza San Fedele in Milan, designed by Attilio Stocchi, is an immersive tale made of light and a narrator's voice
Milan | Camera Chiara by Annabel Karim Kassar
Camera Chiara is an installation, designed by Annabel Karim Kassar in the framework of the “Energy for Creativity” inspired by the culture of Lebanon
Milan | Future Flowers – installation by Libeskind
The lawn inside the “Farmacia” courtyard has been invaded by the red planes of the Future Flowers installation by Daniel Libeskind.
Pictures from the 2015 Milan Furniture Fair
The photos we made at the Milan Furniture Fair 2015 of some of the exhibition stands presented by the design companies participating to this year's edition
Milan Design Week | De Lucchi’s “Walk”
With his “The Walk” at the Milan Furniture fair, Michele de Lucchi, invites us to a different vision of working through a meditation around the workspace.
Milan | EXPO Gate pavilions by Scandurra Studio
Expo Gate is the reference venue of Expo 2015 in the heart of Milan. Its pavilions designed by Scandurra Studio, accommodate a multipurpose temporary center
EXPO Milan 2015 | Arts & Foods at the Triennale
The exhibition Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851,the first section of the EXPO 2015 to open, investigates the relationship between food, rituals and arts
Milan | “The Rules of the Game”
The exhibition The Rules of the Game features 18 renowned international artists who confront themselves with the design and vision of Achille Castiglioni
Milan | MaTeinItaly: the story of maths
The objective of the MateinItaly exhibition at the Triennale in Milan is to familiarize people with mathematics presented as a problem-solving discipline
Milan | The elusive Ugo La Pietra
The exhibition “Ugo La Pietra, Disequilibrating design” at the Triennale Museum in Milan is dedicated to one of the most unorthodox Italian designers
Milan | Feeding . New ideas for the city
FEEDING, New ideas for the City, organized by Interni magazine and Mondadori anticipates the subjects of the 2015 EXPO in Milan and the near future city
Elica Ring pavilion by stARTT
The project by stARTT for a trade fair stand in Milan is part of our selected archive of experimental designs, built projects and innovative products
Postcards from the 2014 Milan Furniture Fair
Milan Furniture Fair 2014. There is no better way to build up a small exhibition spaces catalogue than visiting a relevant fair or an expo
Milan | Where Architects Live exhibition
Where Architects live is an exhibition-installation which depicts the spaces and the cities where eight protagonists of contemporary architecture reside
Milan | Italian Design Icons
At theTriennale Design Museum in Milan a new semi-permanent installation by Antonio Citterio features some of the greatest icons of Italian design
Triennale Design Museum 7th Edition
The 2014 7th semi-permanent exhibition at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan focuses on how design and creativity react to times of economical crisis
Milan | The Cildo Meireles Installations exhibition at HangarBicocca
The Cildo Meireles Installations exhibition presents 12 works by the acclaimed Brazilian artist at the HangarBicocca contemporary art center in Milan
Milan | Piero Fornasetti exhibition
The great exhibition on Piero Fornasetti held for the centenary of the Italian designer and artist at the Triennale Design Museum until 9 February 2014
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