Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Oggetto fisico

Category:

Defence buildings; History museums; Art museums

Instituted in the early 1900s, the Museum presents and recalls the history of the Bolognini Family and of the Sant'Angelo Lodigiano Castle. It exhibits furniture, paintings and objects that testify to the passion of this family for collecting began in the late '600. From the important original collections, a first part was given in 1865 to the City of Milan to form the primitive core of the "Civic Art Collections of the Castello Sforzesco". In 1933, with the establishment of the Foundation Morando Bolognini, furniture and furnishings in the Castle would become the "Museum Morando Bolognini" in Sant'Angelo Lodi. Then, in 1945, the remainder of the collection of art, together with the Morando Bolognini palace in Via Sant'Andrea in Milan, was donated to the City of Milan, where it is currently exhibited as a "Museum of Milan". Among the 24 rooms lavishly furnished in the style of "House-Museum, are of particular interest the Library, which houses about 2000 volumes e weapons room, consisting of around 500 pieces of various ages and proveniences. Worthy of note are the Throne Room, the Hall of Ancestors, a Chapel, a Hall of Mirrors and the Dining rooms.