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Pinacoteca di Brera

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Pinacoteca di Brera

  • Milan
  • 2–2.5 hours
  • 1 experience to book

Milan's great picture gallery: Raphael, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio and Hayez's The Kiss.

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About Pinacoteca di Brera

Set on the first floor of the 17th-century Palazzo Brera, the Pinacoteca grew from paintings gathered in Napoleon's time and now fills 38 rooms. A bronze Napoleon, cast from Canova's model, greets you in the arcaded courtyard.

Highlights come thick and fast: Mantegna's foreshortened Dead Christ, Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin, Piero della Francesca's Montefeltro Altarpiece, Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus and Hayez's The Kiss. A glass-walled restoration lab lets you watch conservators at work.

Know before you go

  • Closed on Mondays; every visit needs a timed reservation.
  • The entrance is at Via Brera 28, through the main courtyard.
  • Guided group tours are not currently allowed inside, so visits are independent.
  • Palazzo Citterio's 20th-century collection, at Via Brera 14, needs its own or a combined ticket.