Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Art museum in central Milan, Italy.
The Poldi Pezzoli Museum sits in a Neoclassical palace in central Milan and displays over 5,000 works of art. The collection spans paintings, sculptures, textiles, weapons, armor, jewels, porcelain, glassware, furniture, and clocks arranged throughout the historic rooms of the building.
A nobleman named Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli opened his private home to the public as a museum in 1881. His collection grew over decades through acquisitions of artworks from across Europe throughout the 19th century.
The collection features works by Italian painters like Botticelli and Mantegna alongside Northern European artists such as Bruegel the Younger. Visitors see today the personal tastes of a wealthy 19th-century collector reflected in the rooms, where paintings, textiles, and decorative objects hang closely together.
The museum is located at Via Manzoni 12 near Teatro alla Scala and welcomes visitors daily except Tuesdays. Audio guides are available through Spotify and Apple Podcasts to help visitors explore the collection.
Visitors have the rare chance to watch the live restoration of Piero del Pollaiuolo's Portrait of a Young Woman being worked on by conservators. This preservation work shows the techniques used to care for centuries-old masterpieces.
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