
THE MUSEUM
Opened in 1881, the museum was created by the Milanese nobleman Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822-1879), who donated his precious collections of paintings, sculpture, and applied arts to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy them.

EXHIBITION
JANUARY 30 – MAY 4, 2026
Wonders of the Grand Tour
With the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in dialogue with Ferzan Ozpetek’s “Tutti gli DÈI”.
On January 30, 2026, the new exhibition at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum will open, created in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
At the center of the exhibition is Giovanni Paolo Panini’s masterpiece Antica Roma, on display in Milan for the first time, and Ferzan Ozpetek‘s video artwork “Tutti gli DÈI“.










