The Museum of Decorative Arts at the Castello Sforzesco reopens.

The Museum of Decorative Arts in Milan’s Castello Sforzesco will reopen its doors tomorrow, Wednesday, April 12, following a year of work and three years of study and research. The museum, which exhibits creative objects from the early Middle Ages to the present (1,300 objects for a collection that has few equals in Europe), will present itself to the public with a new layout designed with the intention of enhancing the collection: the original 1963 showcases have been retained (design Studio BBPR) but the lighting system has been renewed and a path has been designed to better tell the story of the works in the collection.

Ceramics, objects of use (such as Murano and Bohemian glass, but also Galileo’s compass whose specimens all over the world can be counted on the fingers of one hand: the one in the museum dates back to 1606 and was designed by Galileo in Padua in 1597), majolica and porcelain, textiles, and twentieth-century design objects thus find space in a whole new museum. Opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Closing day: Monday. Tickets: 5 euros full, 3 euros reduced. All information at www.milanocastello.it

Pictured: one of the works in the collection, the Marys at the Tomb (ivory, 5th century).

The Museum of Decorative Arts at the Castello Sforzesco reopens.

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