Palazzo Morando

About the museum

Palazzo Morando Attendolo Bolognini is a residence with an eighteenth-century character in the heart of Milan, built towards the end of the 16th century and inhabited over the centuries by important noble families. In 1903 it became the home of Countess Lydia Caprara di Montalba and her husband, Gian Giacomo Morando Attendolo Bolognini. On the countess's death in 1945 the palace, with its furnishings, was bequeathed to the Comune di Milano, which undertook to make it a museum.

The museum occupies the first floor and is divided into two routes: the Pinacoteca, in the rooms facing the courtyard, and the noble apartments on via Sant'Andrea, with rooms decorated with frescoes and stucco that bear witness to the taste for furnishing between the 18th and 19th centuries. The Pinacoteca holds an iconographic collection on the urban transformations and on the public and private life of Milan between the 17th and the early 20th century; the works come from the collection of Luigi Beretta, acquired by the Comune in 1934 and originally displayed at Palazzo Sormani under the name Museo di Milano.

Since 2010 some rooms on the first floor, the so-called “Ala nuova” (new wing), have housed, in rotation, the rich collection of costumes, dresses and accessories of the Comune di Milano, dating from the 17th to the 21st century. For conservation reasons, displays of dresses are limited to particular times of the year. The route covers 21 rooms in total.

Highlights

• Picture gallery with views and images of Milan from the 17th to the 20th century
• Eighteenth-century rooms decorated with frescoes and stucco
• Costume and fashion collection of the Comune di Milano
• Gallery of busts overlooking the courtyard of honour
• Free admission

Permanent exhibitions

• Pinacoteca e appartamenti nobiliari – Images and views of Milan from the 17th to the early 20th century, and rooms decorated with 18th- and 19th-century furnishings.
• Costume e Moda – Rotating display of dresses and accessories from the 17th century to the early 2000s from the civic collection, in the Ala nuova.

Founded

1934

Operated by

Comune di Milano

Visitors per year

approx. 110,784

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to Palazzo Morando is always free and no ticket is needed.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is on the first floor, reached by the staircase or by lift (automatic door 109 cm wide, Braille button panel). The museum provides a courtesy wheelchair, to be requested by leaving a document. The accessible toilet is on the ground floor in the courtyard of honour. The internal routes have no obstacles, except a 2 cm threshold for the Gallery of busts. Only guide dogs and animals for pet therapy are admitted. Parking reserved for people with disabilities is available in via Manzoni, corso Venezia and piazza San Babila.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the ZTL (limited traffic zone) of the Quadrilatero della Moda and in Area C; there are several car parks in the area. The entrance is at via Sant'Andrea 6.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

To request event spaces, write to Eventi.AreaMuseiArteModCont@comune.milano.it, stating “Palazzo Morando” in the subject line.

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