On the occasion of Holy Christmas 2025, we convey the Christmas greetings from the Prefect of the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Monsignor Marco Navoni, and the President of the Congregation of Conservators, Professor Andrea Canova.

The Italy Pavilion’s strategic promotion of Italian culture and economy at Expo 2025 Osaka continues well beyond the Expo’s official closing.

The Archbishop of Milan, Monsignor Mario Delpini, has appointed Professor Andrea Canova as the new president of the Congregation of Conservators of the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana.
Professor Andrea Canova takes office today, October 20, 2025, succeeding Professor Lorenzo Ornaghi, and will serve a five-year term.

The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana is pleased to announce that it has received the 2025 Tripadvisor® Travelers’ Choice® Award. Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award winners are among the top 10% of businesses worldwide on Tripadvisor.

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of the Flemish painter Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 –1625), the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana presents, with the support of Intesa Sanpaolo, the rearrangement of room 7 dedicated to the Flemish painters – 32 masterpieces...

We inform our kind visitors that on May 19th the last entry to the Pinacoteca will be exceptionally at 16.00. The last entry to the Crypt of San Sepolcro will be at 17:30 as usual. We thank you for your understanding.

Holy Easter 2025 According to the Gospel of Saint Matthew, when the angel, on Easter morning, threw away the tombstone of Christ’s tomb, the soldiers who were guarding it were terrified and as if stunned. This is the scene that Girolamo Marchesi da Cotignola, a...

We would like to inform our kind visitors that on Monday April 7, the Pinacoteca will exceptionally open at 12.30, while closing time will be at 18.00 as usual.The Crypt of San Sepolcro will instead be open from 10.00 to 18.00.(ticket offices close at 17.30, however...

After the winter break, the majestic Statue of San Carlo Borromeo in Arona reopens to the public. Commissioned by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, it was the tallest statue in the world for two centuries and inspired the famous Statue of Liberty. An unmissable opportunity...

In 1960, the Ambrosiana Library and the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA) began a collaboration destined to mark international scientific research. On the initiative of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini (future Paul VI) and the President of Notre Dame Father...