Museo d'Arte e Scienza, Art and science museum in central Milan, Italy.
The Museo d'Arte e Scienza occupies part of Palazzo Bonacossa in piazza Castello, beside the Castello Sforzesco. Its 18 rooms hold over 2,000 objects from the Kurau-Matthaes bequest, arranged by material: ivories, metals, glass, porcelain, furniture, carpets, silver and bronzes. Rooms 1 and 2 cover Leonardo da Vinci as a citizen of Milan, room 3 is the scientific laboratory, and rooms 13 to 18 hold Buddhist and African art.
The museum was founded in 1990 and quickly established itself as an educational center focused on artwork authentication through advanced scientific analysis. This emphasis on scientific methods transformed it into a resource for art experts and collectors seeking to verify works of art.
The African collection comes mainly from the central-western Sub-Saharan regions, with pieces from Mali, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. It is part of the Kurau-Matthaes legacy, the collection of the Dresden painting school founded in 1906 by the Matthaes-Kurau couple and later moved to Berlin. Rooms 14 to 18 are devoted to it.
The museum is located near Castello Sforzesco with varying opening hours depending on the day of the week. It is helpful to check the specific schedule before your visit, as hours differ from day to day.
The museum operates a scientific laboratory that offers authentication verification services to collectors and art experts using spectroscopic chemical analysis methods. This specialized facility allows visitors and professionals to understand the scientific approaches behind artwork verification.
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