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Read MoreArmani/Silos
Opened in the spring of 2015, this ode to all things Armani is one of the best fashion museums in the world. Housed in a minimalist concrete building, the four-floor museum is stocked with 600 items, some of which date...
Read MoreCollezione Maramotti
Located less than a two-hour drive southeast of Milan, in the town Reggio Emilio, this art museum houses the collection amassed by billionaire Achille Maramotti. The founder of Italian fashion label MaxMara, Maramotti acquired contemporary art from the 1960s until...
Read MoreDuomo
Don’t miss the towering spires and grandeur of the famous Duomo–one of the largest cathedrals in the world and a perfect place to take a break from shopping the city’s fabled streets. Get tickets to take the elevator up to...
The Prada FoundationRead MoreFondazione Prada
One of the most exciting art institutions in Milan is the foundation started in 1995 by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli. The envelope-pushing museum opened in a Rem Koolhaus–designed space in an industrial area south of the city in the...
Read MoreGalleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Near the Duomo is the more modern but equally impressive Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, nineteenth-century neoclassical glass-enclosed arcade. It is one of the world’s oldest indoor shopping centers. Along with housing a handful of international luxury boutiques, it’s the home of...
Read MoreHistoric House Museums of Milan
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...
Read MoreIndagare Insider Tours: Casa degli Attelani
This is the 15th-century residence where Leonardo da Vinci lived while he painted The Last Supper, which is just across the street. Some of the grandest rooms in the house, including one with frescoes of astrological figures and a paneled...
Read MoreIndagare Tours: Barolo Wine Tour
Accompanied by an English-speaking guide and a private driver, experience an incredible full-day tour of the region admired by wine lovers around the world: Barolo. The visit focuses on the different techniques used by the local wine-makers, ranging from small...
Read MoreIndagare Tours: Behind the Scenes: Fashion & Design
Milan is a city full of creative endeavors, most happening behind closed doors. Indagare’s Bookings Team can help organize custom tours, including going behind the scenes of Milan’s biggest fashion houses and designs studios. Members can contact our Bookings Team...
Read MoreIndagare Tours: Highlights of Milan
Milan is known as a business center and the capital of Italian fashion but not everyone knows that has an ancient and fascinating history, as well as some of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art. Visit the remarkable monuments and...
The Last Supper by da Vinci, Milan, ItalyRead MoreIndagare Tours: The Last Supper
Getting tickets to see Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper–in a refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, a Dominican church and convent–is something that must be arranged in advance. (Visitors are limited in time in order to protect the delicate...
Read MoreIndagare Tours: The Tastes of Milan
A taste-tempting tour of the northern Italian capital of cuisine! Explore the beautiful, bohemian Brera district as you stop to sample delicious tiramisu and the best coffee in town. Then head to a celebrated Milanese trattoria to discover the secrets...
Read MoreLa Triennale di Milano
Milan's design museum, which opened in 2007, hosts temporary exhibitions on Italian modern design, urban planning, architecture, music, media and the arts and houses a permanent collection of Italy's great contemporary design pieces. Located in the Palace of Art building...
Read MoreMudec
The opening of Milan's Museum of Cultures (Mudec) in the fall of 2015 was overshadowed by drama, as British architect David Chipperfield refused to attend (citing "defects" in the execution of his designs that had been ignored by the city...
Read MoreMuseo Bagatti Valsecchi
Just steps from the Four Seasons Hotel, this small museum was the passion project of two brothers, Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi, who used their family fortune to create a special residence in the heart of the city that celebrates...
Read MorePinacoteca di Brera
Plan to spend a few hours at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan’s most important museum. Masterworks include Raffaello’s Wedding of the Virgin, Piero della Francesca’s Virgin and Child with Saints, and Andrea Mantegna’s Dead Christ. The collections here have a...
Read MorePirelli Hangar Bicocca
This incredible cultural space features great rotating exhibits, but it is also the permanent home of artist Anselm Kiefer’s The Seven Heavenly Palaces and should be a must-stop on any contemporary art lover's list. There is also an excellent Kids’...
Read MorePoldi Pezzoli Museum
While founded by the Poldi Pezzoli family in 1881 this museum is part of the Historic House Museums of Milan network, established in 2008 to promote Milan’s cultural and artistic heritage through the display of the personal collections, objects, paintings,...
Read MoreSan Maurizio & Santa Maria
Often overlooked are the churches of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore and Santa Maria Presso San Satiro, both walking distance from the Piazza del Duomo. Full of striking sixteenth-century frescoes by Bernardino Luini and Antonio Campi, San Marurizio is attached...
Read MoreSempione Park
The 116-acre park surrounding the Castello Sforzesco is a lovely green space in a city that's often accused of being ugly and grey. During the warm spring, summer and fall months, it is a great spot for walking, biking and...
Read MoreTeatro 7
This popular cooking lab and event space offers cooking classes for adults and children.
La ScalaRead MoreTeatro Alla Scala
Famed opera house La Scala reopened in 2004 after a three-year, nearly $100 million renovation. To see and hear a performance here is a must for opera lovers.
