A city museum network established in 2008, the Historic House Museums of Milan promote the city's cultural and artistic heritage through the display of the personal collections, objects, paintings, statues, interiors and architecture in private houses. These families, Milan’s patrons of the arts, showcase the city’s private treasures, with each house offering a unique history and personality.
Among the treasures, don't miss:
- Boschi Di Stefano House Museum (Via Giorgio Jan 15), which opened to the public in 2003 and celebrates twentieth century Italian art and design.
- Villa Necchi Campiglio (Via Mozart 14), which played a starring role in the cult film I Am Love. As the New York Times described its 1930s Italian Fascist architecture, “With its marble-trimmed facade and no-nonsense layouts, Villa Necchi was a modernist palate cleanser in a city chock-full of ornate palazzos. It boasted a tennis court, a garage and Milan’s first heated swimming pool. Simply put, it was a gleaming status symbol for Italy’s brave new elite.”
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli (Via Manzoni 12) One of the oldest house museums in Milan, Poldi Pezzoli opened to the public in 1881 and features more than 30 rooms filled with treasures from the Middle Ages to contemporary works. It has fabulous collections of tapestry, paintings, carpets, weapons, jewelry, clocks, furniture, ceramics and more.
- Bagatti Valsecchi Museum (Via Gesu 5 - Via Santa Spirito 10), which celebrates Renaissance architecture and art with a collection amassed by two brothers.
- Casa degli Atellani (Corso Magenta, 65) Here, you can get a glimpse of another grand house as well as the garden containing the vineyard where Leonardo da Vinci planted grapes when he was in Milan painting The Last Supper.
Indagare members can contact our Bookings Team for help organizing custom touring.