Museo Mangini Bonomi
House museum in Milan’s historic center with collections of everyday objects from the past and the collectors’ home; free admission by reservation.
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About the museum
The house on via dell’Ambrosiana, documented as early as 1418, stands beside the area of the ancient Roman Forum of Milan. Severely damaged by bombing in 1943, it was bought in 1978 by Emilio Carlo Mangini and his son Giuseppe from Count Annibale Scotti Casanova. They made it their home and the seat of their collections. A long renovation involved the whole building; the cellars were fitted out only in the 1990s, and a double well dating from the 6th to 8th century was discovered there.
The house has six floors. The museum of everyday objects is housed in three rooms on the first floor and four rooms in the basements, and displays tools, instruments and objects of daily life, work and leisure from past centuries. Emilio Carlo Mangini arranged them in dozens of sections, without any hierarchy of value, and stipulated in his will that the display should remain unchanged.
The private apartment, the Dimora, begins on the second floor and can only be visited on a guided tour: salons, small sitting rooms, a study, a bedroom and a bathroom are furnished with pieces from the 17th to the 20th century and filled with paintings, sculptures, carpets, clocks, screens and precious objects bought by the founders. The house museum is run by the Fondazione Emilio Carlo Mangini.
Highlights
- Collections of everyday, work and leisure objects from the past
- The collectors’ Dimora, with furniture from the 17th to the 20th century
- Cellars with a double well from the 6th to 8th century
- Free guided tours of the collections and the Dimora
- Itineraries with audio guide via the Artplace 3D app and virtual tour
Permanent exhibitions
- Il Museo di oggetti d'uso – Collections of objects from daily life, work and leisure of past eras in the first-floor rooms and the basements.
- La Dimora – Private apartment of the collectors on the second and third floors, with period furniture and art objects, visitable only on a guided tour.
- Founded
- 1985
- Operated by
- Fondazione Emilio Carlo Mangini
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,342
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission and guided tours are free; booking required.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
There is no accessibility information on the website. The house has six floors.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Cordusio (M1) / Duomo (M1, M3)
Metro M1, Cordusio or Duomo stops; M3, Duomo stop; trams 12, 14 and 16, Orefici/Cantù stop; trams 2 and 3, Duomo stop.
The museum is at via dell’Ambrosiana 20, in the historic center of Milan.
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| Good to know | Free guided tours of about one hour: on Mondays at 17:00 of the collections (ground floor, basement and first floor) and at 18:00 of the Dimora (second and third floors); on Thursdays at 15:00 of the collections and at 16:00 of the Dimora. The Dimora can only be visited on a guided tour; to follow both sections you must book both. At other times the collections can be visited freely, with an audio guide via the Artplace 3D app (four thematic itineraries) to download at the entrance. The virtual tour can be viewed on the website. Groups of up to 9 people. |
