Milan, Lunch Break in Museums, the short guided tours to discover museum collections, is back


Starting September 10, 2025, Pausa Pranzo in Museo returns to Milan, the initiative that every Wednesday offers short tours guided by conservators and experts to discover the collections of Castello Sforzesco, Museo del Risorgimento and Civico Museo Archeologico.

Starting September 10, 2025, a new cycle of Lunch Breaks at the Museum, the initiative that every Wednesday, from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., offers short tours led by conservators and experts to discover the collections of the Castello Sforzesco, the Museo del Risorgimento, and the Civico Museo Archeologico, kicks off in Milan.

The calendar (scheduled through Dec. 17, 2025) opens Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Archaeological Museum with the meeting The Face of the Gorgon: the Magna Graecia antefixes of the Archaeological Museum of Milan, led by Federica Giacobello, an archaeologist specializing in Greek and Magna Graecia art and archaeology.

On Sept. 17, however, it will be the turn of the Museo del Risorgimento with a visit to Buttons, badges, honors!: reading (and touching) history through the “accessories” among paintings, sculptures and relics of the Museo del Risorgimento, led by Ilaria Torelli, curator of the Museum.

Finally, on Wednesday, September 24, the first event will be held at Castello Sforzesco: Botanical Route at Castello Sforzesco. Rare plants found in the moats, by Gabriele Galasso, botanist at the Museum of Natural History.

Reservations are required. Admission with Museums ticket unless otherwise specified.

For appointments at Castello Sforzesco, write to c.eventicastello@comune.milano.it by 3 p.m. the day before the visit.
For visits to the Civico Museo Archeologico, Corso Magenta 15, write to c.museoarcheologico@comune.milano.it by 11 a.m. on the day of the visit.
For visits to the Museo del Risorgimento, via Borgonuovo 23, write to c.museorisorgimento@comune.milano.it

For the full schedule, click here

Pictured is the Sala delle Asse in the Castello Sforzesco.

Milan, Lunch Break in Museums, the short guided tours to discover museum collections, is back
Milan, Lunch Break in Museums, the short guided tours to discover museum collections, is back


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