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interesting, with contents of the former Museum
its marvellous of Milan. The paintings and
16th-century artifacts displayed alongside
wood panelling the costumes on the first floor
with an elegant reveal the extensive heritage of
sculpted frieze the city’s art in its various forms.
and a piece On the ground floor are
of furniture temporary exhibits connected
ingeniously with the history of Milan’s
concealing a piano. fashion. Documentaries are
The Camera Rossa contains a screened at the museum, and
delightful small collection of concerts are also held here.
15th–17th-century furniture
A cradle from the Camera Rossa in the for children that includes a 5 Archi di
Museo Bagatti Valsecchi high chair, a baby walker and
a cradle. The dining room has Porta Nuova
3 Museo a collection of kitchenware,
Bagatti Valsecchi tapestries and sideboards. Map 4 D4. q 3 Montenapoleone.
v 1. @ 61, 94.
Via Gesù 5. Map 4 D5. Tel 02-76 00 61 This city gate, restored in 1861,
32. q 3 Montenapoleone. v 1. 4 Palazzo Morando is one of two that survive
@ 61, 94. Open 1–5:45pm Tue–Sun. – Costume Moda forming part of the medieval
Closed 1 & 6 Jan, Easter, 25 Apr, 1 May, Immagine wall system. Construction
2 Jun, 15 Aug, 7, 8, 25 & 26 Dec. &
7 ground floor only. 8 by appt. = Via Sant’Andrea 6. Map 4 D5. began in 1171, and the gate
∑ museobagattivalsecchi.org Tel 02-88 46 59 33. q 1 San Babila, was probably modelled on the
3 Montenapoleone. v 1, 2. @ 94. corres ponding Porta Romana,
Opened in 1994 in the Open 9am–1pm, 2–5:30pm Tue–Sun. some of whose building
prestigious late 19th-century Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec. materials it used. The inner side
residence of the two Bagatti ∑ costumemodaimmagine.it on Via Manzoni is decorated
Valsecchi brothers, Fausto and with copies of 1st-century AD
Giuseppe, this fascinating Appropriately located in the Roman tombstones, while the
museum is an important record Fashion District (Quadrilatero outside facing Piazza Cavour
of art collectors’ taste in that della Moda), Milan’s Museum bears a tabernacle decorated
period. The building was of Costume can be found in with a Madonna and Child with
designed in Neo-Renaissance an 18th-century aristocratic Saints Ambrose, Gervase and
style, with an elegant façade townhouse that displays the Protasius (1330–39).
and two well proportioned elegant style of the time with Facing the piazza is Palazzo
courtyards, and was furnished its original furnishings. dei Giornali (No. 2), built in
with works of art and imita tion The collection illustrates the 1942 as the main office of the
Renaissance furniture. It was history of Milanese fashion from newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia
seen as a private house and not the 18th to the 20th century, and decorated with bas-reliefs
a museum, and was furnished combining the costumes and by Mario Sironi. The square
with every possible comfort. accessories of the Municipal is framed by the Giardini
The rooms feature tapestries, Collections of Applied Arts, Pubblici, in front of which
ivory work, ceramics and arms, (which used to be stored at is a monument to Cavour
as well as important pain tings the Castello Sforzesco) with the by Odoardo Tabacchi (1865).
such as the elegant Santa
Giustina by Giovanni Bellini
(c.1475; kept in what was
Giu seppe Bagatti Val secchi’s
bedroom), Bernardo Zenale’s
panels and a Polyptych by
Giampietrino. The library, with
its valuable 15th-century parch-
ments and a series of 16th–
17th-century porcelain pharmacy
vases, is also worth a look.
The intriguing Valtellinese
bedroom has a magnificent
16th-century bed with Christ
ascending Calvary and scenes
from the Old Testament carved
in the bedstead. The Sala
della Stufa Valtellinese is also The Porta Nuova arches seen from Via Manzoni

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