Ambrosiana

Mediateca

Mediateca

CURIOSITIES
The gloves worn by Napoleon at Waterloo

The gloves worn by Napoleon at Waterloo

Two hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte, a personality, who certainly marked history between the end of the eighteenth century and the first decades of the nineteenth century, died in exile on the island of Sant’Elena. Not everyone knows that in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, in room 9, a curious relic linked to him is kept...

CURIOSITIES
Anthropomorphic figures

Anthropomorphic figures

Today we talk about a series of artifacts made of very curious materials...

CURIOSITIES
Parade saddle and two stirrups

Parade saddle and two stirrups

In this new video we talk about precious artifacts made by Milanese gunsmiths in the second half of the sixteenth century...

CURIOSITIES
Male figure made of shells

Male figure made of shells

Our journey through the wonders of the Ambrosiana today brings us to room 8 where, among precious coral specimens from the Settala collection, a curious statuette is on display…

WHAT’S ON

 DON FERRANTE'S BOOKS IN THE BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA

Pinacoteca

DON FERRANTE'S BOOKS IN THE BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA

An exhibition that aims at reconstructing the "considerable collection of books” belonging to Don Ferrante, which Alessandro Manzoni describes in the Promessi Sposi (The Bethroted).

04/05/2023-04/07/2023
Exhibition
NEW COMBO TICKET DUOMO + AMBROSIANA AND SAN SEPOLCRO CRYPT

Ambrosiana

NEW COMBO TICKET DUOMO + AMBROSIANA AND SAN SEPOLCRO CRYPT

The combo ticket Duomo + Ambrosiana is available in a new version which includes also the Ascent on foot to the Duomo terraces and access to the San Sepolcro Crypt.

06/04/2023
NEWS
GUIDED TOURS IN ENGLISH

Ambrosiana

GUIDED TOURS IN ENGLISH

Every Saturday at 15.30 a guided tour of the masterpieces of the Pinacoteca, together with professional guides of our official partner AdArtem

01/04/2023-26/08/2023
OLIVIERO RAINALDI: 2023 AD

Ambrosiana

OLIVIERO RAINALDI: 2023 AD

Until June 13, 2023 the Crypt of San Sepolcro hosts the exhibition “Oliviero Rainaldi. 2023 AD”, an exhibition that traces the life of Christ in five episodes, birth, infancy, martyrdom, death and resurrection.

06/04/2023-13/06/2023
Exhibition