Welcome to Palazzo Citterio

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Upcoming activities and events

Grande Brera Calendar

Exhibition

DEBORA HIRSCH. Vanishing Trees

From January 15 to April 15, 2026

Exhibition

Alice Zanin | Candy Eaters

From November 6, 2025, to March 29, 2026

Free entrance

Event – Special Opening

Sunday at the Museum

February 1st, 2026

Free admission with reservations required

Visit Palazzo Citterio

Palazzo Citterio opens its doors to the public on December 8, 2024, marking the realization of an ambitious project more than half a century long. Located in the heart of Milan, between Via Brera 12 and 14, this elegant 18th-century palace becomes the centerpiece of the “Grande Brera,” a unique museum reality capable of combining tradition and modernity.

Grande Brera

The Project

On December 2024, the opening of Palazzo Citterio finally realizes the dream of the Grande Brera, expanding the Pinacoteca and enriching Milan’s artistic and cultural offerings. With historical collections, exhibition spaces for modern and contemporary art, and a wide urban garden, the Grande Brera establishes itself as the cultural heart of the city, a symbol of an avant-garde project.

Grande Brera

Palazzo Citterio

The elegant 18th-century building on Via Brera was purchased by the state in 1972 with the intention of transforming it into an extension of the Pinacoteca di Brera, housing important contemporary art collections such as the Jucker, Vitali, Mattioli and Jesi collections, which had found no space in the original museum founded at Napoleon’s behest. Conceiving and promoting the initiative was Superintendent Franco Russoli, a fervent supporter of the “Grande Brera” project.

Grande Brera

Pinacoteca di Brera

The Pinacoteca di Brera was officially established in 1809, even though a first heterogeneous collection with educational purpose existed already from 1776 – and then increased in the following years – alongside the Accademia di Belle Arti, requested by Mary Therese of Austria to offer the students the opportunity to study lofty masterpieces of art close up.

Grande Brera

Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense

The Braidense National Library, which had 125,000 patrons and 35,000 readers last year, giving out 20,000 volumes for reading, plays a very important role on the Italian and international scene, the third library in the country after the other two national ones in Rome and Florence. With its historical and contemporary collections under public protection, it provides for their cataloguing, preservation and enhancement in the interest of the general and specialized public, through restoration, reproduction and protection of documents.

Grande Brera

The Project

On December 2024, the opening of Palazzo Citterio finally realizes the dream of the Grande Brera, expanding the Pinacoteca and enriching Milan’s artistic and cultural offerings. With historical collections, exhibition spaces for modern and contemporary art, and a wide urban garden, the Grande Brera establishes itself as the cultural heart of the city, a symbol of an avant-garde project.

Palazzo Citterio

Grande Brera

Palazzo Citterio

The elegant 18th-century building on Via Brera was purchased by the state in 1972 with the intention of transforming it into an extension of the Pinacoteca di Brera, housing important contemporary art collections such as the Jucker, Vitali, Mattioli and Jesi collections, which had found no space in the original museum founded at Napoleon’s behest. Conceiving and promoting the initiative was Superintendent Franco Russoli, a fervent supporter of the “Grande Brera” project.

Pinacoteca di Brera

Grande Brera

Pinacoteca di Brera

The Pinacoteca di Brera was officially established in 1809, even though a first heterogeneous collection with educational purpose existed already from 1776 – and then increased in the following years – alongside the Accademia di Belle Arti, requested by Mary Therese of Austria to offer the students the opportunity to study lofty masterpieces of art close up.

Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense

Grande Brera

Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense

The Braidense National Library, which had 125,000 patrons and 35,000 readers last year, giving out 20,000 volumes for reading, plays a very important role on the Italian and international scene, the third library in the country after the other two national ones in Rome and Florence. With its historical and contemporary collections under public protection, it provides for their cataloguing, preservation and enhancement in the interest of the general and specialized public, through restoration, reproduction and protection of documents.