Musei del Castello Sforzesco

The Castello Sforzesco in Milan, in the heart of the Lombard metropolis, a stone's throw from the city's green lung, Parco Sempione, offers a fascinating itinerary through art, history and nature. The museum tour, with the Pietà Rondanini Museum | Michelangelothe Museum of Ancient Art, the Art Gallerythe Museum of Furniture and Wooden Sculpturesthe Museum of Decorative Artsthe Museum of Musical Instruments and the Archaeological Museum, winds its way through the courtyards and rooms of the Castle and allows visitors to appreciate the monumental architecture and the splendid original decorations of the rooms, in addition to numerous masterpieces of art from prehistoric times to the 20th century. One of these is the Sala delle Asse painted by Leonardo Da Vinci (currently being restored).
The museum tour of the Castello Sforzesco opens with the Pusterla dei Fabbri, which leads to the Museum of Ancient Art, where you can admire the memories of the city of Milan, from the equestrian monument of Bernabò Visconti, by Bonino da Campione to the sculptures for the city gates, by Giovanni di Balduccio, to the monument to Gaston de Foix by Bambaja, to continue to the Museum of Furniture and Wooden Sculptures, with creations by Giuseppe Maggiolini and Ettore Sottsass, to the Pinacoteca, with masterpieces by Andrea Mantegna, Vincenzo Foppa, Lorenzo Lotto and Canaletto, to the Prehistoric and Egyptian sections (now being refurbished) of the Archaeological Museum, to one of the most important collections of musical instruments in Europe, with 900 specimens from the 16th to the 20th century, to the fragile marvels of the Museum of Decorative Arts, with over 1300 works, from precious medieval ivories to the famous Trivulzio tapestries, from Renaissance majolica to Gio Ponti's porcelain, and a previously unseen collection of contemporary glassware. The Castello Sforzesco also preserves Michelangelo's last masterpiece, the Pietà Rondanini, exhibited since 2015 in the Antico Ospedale Spagnolo.

Since 28 June 2024, it has been possible to walk on the Merlate with a dedicated ticket to be collected at the Castello Sforzesco Infopoint.