Museo Martinitt e Stelline
Interactive museum on Corso Magenta on the history of the Milanese orphanages of the Martinitt and the Stelline and of the Pio Albergo Trivulzio; free admission.
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About the museum
The museum opened in 2009 thanks to a generous donation, with the aim of reconstructing the historical memory of three Milanese charitable institutions: the boys' orphanage of the Martinitt, the girls' orphanage of the Stelline and the Pio Albergo Trivulzio, a welfare body. The building is a 1930s building at Corso Magenta 57, which remained the property of the institutions when the Palazzo delle Stelline was sold after the girls' orphanage closed.
The interactive route runs through ten rooms and tells the story of the admission of orphans, schooling, vocational training, spaces of daily life, Milanese craft culture and the benefactors who supported the institutions. Multimedia stations allow visitors to read the documents that marked the lives of the orphans and the history of Milan.
The heritage includes the historical archives of the three institutions, a library from the boys' orphanage, the Carlo Silvestri fund, a photographic archive still being catalogued, and 137 portraits of benefactors from the 16th to the 20th century, largely kept in storage. The museum is run by the Pio Albergo Trivulzio and offers activities for schools, workshops, courses for older people and book presentations.
Highlights
- Interactive route through ten rooms
- Historical archives of the Martinitt, the Stelline and the Pio Albergo Trivulzio
- Reconstruction of the daily life of the orphans
- Portraits of benefactors from the 16th to the 20th century
- Library of the boys' orphanage
- Founded
- 2009
- Operated by
- Pio Albergo Trivulzio
- Visitors per year
- approx. 15,121
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum offers visits and workshops for schools, courses for older people and book presentations; it has study and consultation rooms for the archives and a conference hall. |
