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Milan's museums

8 placesFreeUpdated November 5, 2026

The Last Supper, Brera, the Ambrosiana and the Castle for the old masters; the Novecento and Fondazione Prada for modern art, plus two house museums.

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  1. Essential

    Museums & culture· Magenta

    Leonardo's Last Supper

    Leonardo da Vinci's mural in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, seen in small groups for a few minutes and only with a booking.

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    Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper: Jesus at the centre of the table with the twelve apostles
  2. Essential

    Museums & culture· Brera

    Pinacoteca di Brera

    Milan's great picture gallery, in a palazzo with a colonnaded courtyard: Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Raphael and Caravaggio on one route.

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    The colonnaded courtyard of the Brera palace, with the statue of Napoleon in the middle
  3. Essential

    Museums & culture· Castello

    Sforza Castle

    The brick fortress of the dukes of Milan, with courtyards open to all and museums inside, including Michelangelo's last sculpture.

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    The Portico of the Elephant in a courtyard of Sforza Castle

  4. Museums & culture· Centro

    Pinacoteca Ambrosiana

    A library and gallery founded in 1607, home to Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit, Raphael's cartoon for The School of Athens and pages of the Codex Atlanticus.

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    The Biblioteca Ambrosiana, home of the Pinacoteca, in central Milan

  5. Museums & culture· Duomo

    Museo del Novecento

    Twentieth-century Italian art, from Futurism to Lucio Fontana, in the Arengario palace, with a picture window facing the Duomo.

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    The Museo del Novecento's great window looking out on the square and the Duomo

  6. Museums & culture· Quadrilatero

    Poldi Pezzoli Museum

    A 19th-century collector's home with its rooms kept as they were, and Piero del Pollaiuolo's Portrait of a Lady, one of the city's emblems.

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    A 16th-century Persian carpet from the Poldi Pezzoli Museum collection

  7. Museums & culture· Porta Venezia

    Villa Necchi Campiglio

    A 1930s villa with garden and pool in the middle of the city, kept with its furniture and art collection. It starred in the film I Am Love.

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    The 1930s interior staircase of Villa Necchi Campiglio

  8. Museums & culture· Porta Romana

    Fondazione Prada

    A contemporary art complex in a former distillery remodelled by Rem Koolhaas, with a gold-leaf house and Wes Anderson's Bar Luce.

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    An exhibition gallery at Fondazione Prada, with paintings hung on the walls

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Before you go

How to visit Milan's museums

  1. First Sunday of the month

    State museums such as Brera and The Last Supper are free on the first Sunday of each month. The Last Supper still needs a booking.

  2. Closed on Mondays

    Brera, The Last Supper, the Castle museums and the Novecento are shut on Mondays. Check the others' hours on their official sites before you go.

  3. Double up on Leonardo

    After The Last Supper, the Ambrosiana holds original pages of Leonardo's Codex Atlanticus. Combined tickets are sold on the official Cenacolo site.

  4. Fondazione Prada by metro

    It's south of the centre, next to Lodi stop on the yellow line. Leave time for a coffee at Bar Luce.

Checked on November 5, 2026. Opening hours and tickets can change, so check each place’s website before you go.

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