The Museo del Novecento, inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario in Piazza del Duomo, houses a collection of over four thousand works of 20th century Italian art.
The museum – inaugurated to the public on December 6, 2010 – was created with the intention of spreading the knowledge of twentieth century art and allowing a better and wider vision of the collections that Milan has inherited over time. Alongside the exhibition activities, the museum is committed to the conservation, study and promotion of the Italian cultural and artistic heritage of the 20th century with the aim of involving a wide and transversal public.
Projected towards the city, the museum winds around several fulcrums. The Permanent Collection develops in a chronological path, with an alternation of collective and monographic rooms. The large spiral ramp inside the structure that introduces the visit with the Fourth State of Pellizza da Volpedo. The bookshop and the restaurant as meeting places. Lucio Fontana’s Neon as the final embrace to the city. A direct reflection of Milan’s lively cultural ferment, the Civic Collection of works has been formed over the years thanks to the generosity and passion of the Milanese for collecting. Since the birth of the museum, artists, collectors and patrons have actively participated in the growth of the heritage, extending it to contemporary expressions.
