Bagatti Valsecchi Museum

The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum is a historic home museum in Milan's Montenapoleone neighborhood, northern Italy. The permanent collections of the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum primarily consist of Italian Renaissance decorative arts (such as maiolica, furniture, tapestry, metalwork, leather, glassware, and precious table-top coffers made of ivory, or "stucco and pastiglia"), sculptures (including a Madonna and Child lunette by a Donatello follower), and many paintings. European Renaissance weaponry, armor, clocks, and a few textiles, as well as scientific and musical equipment, round out the collection gathered by the Barons Bagatti Valsecchi and displayed in their residence in accordance with their intentions.

Although it was initially meant as a private residence rather than a museum, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum includes an interesting collection of Italian Renaissance paintings. The family house, its decorating, and the collection of art pieces meant for it was at the core of their interests. They developed skills in these surroundings, which they put to use even as well-respected dilettante architects, frequently at the service of other aristocratic families with whom they shared ambitions and a way of life.

Location: Via Santa Spirito 10 Via Gesu' 5, 20121 Milan

Website: museobagattivalsecchi.org/en