Pinacoteca
PINACOTECA: OPENING HOURS FROM SEPTEMBER 1
Opening hours and access rules from September 1
25/09/2020
NEWS
An astrolabe is an ancient instrument used to locate the position of celestial bodies (sun, moon and stars): it represents the celestial vault projected on a plane. Astrolabes were used until the 17th century, when more precise astronomical instruments were introduced. However, they were included in scientific collections as a sign of cultural refinement. This astrolabe, dating from 1500, could determine the position of thirty eight stars.
Opening hours and access rules from September 1
Opening hours and access rules for the month of October
The exhibition shows a series of autograph documents of prominent women kept in the Ambrosiana.
The exhibition presents a selection of volumes that trace the history of medical studies from the beginning of the millennium to the time when Leonardo da Vinci was active, together with seven sheets of the Atlantic Code of anatomical subject.