{"id":4157,"date":"2023-11-11T16:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T16:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/discover\/museo\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:29:02","slug":"chi-siamo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center big\" id=\"h-about-us\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">About us<\/h1>\n\n\n<div  class=\"share-buttons\">\n    <div  style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"align wp-block-poldi-sharebuttons\">\n        <div class=\"flex items-end justify-center\">\n            <ul class=\"flex gap-2 font-bold\">\n                <li>Share<\/li>\n                <li>&#8211;<\/li>\n                <li>\n                    <button class=\"hover:underline\" type=\"button\" id=\"fbShareBtn\">Facebook<\/button>\n                <\/li>\n                <li>&#8211;<\/li>\n                <li>\n                    <button class=\"hover:underline\" type=\"button\" id=\"xShareBtn\">X<\/button>\n                <\/li>\n                <li>&#8211;<\/li>\n                <li>\n                    <button class=\"hover:underline\" type=\"button\" id=\"copyBtn\"> Copy Link<\/button>\n                <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-in-the-centre-of-milan-close-to-the-duomo-cathedral-and-the-scala-theatre-the-poldi-pezzoli-museum-welcomes-you\" style=\"margin-top:0\">In the centre of Milan, close to the Duomo Cathedral and the Scala Theatre, <br>the Poldi Pezzoli Museum welcomes you!<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sale-dei-Lombardi-02.jpg\" alt=\"La sala dei Lombardi del Poldi Pezzoli con pareti verdi e quadri d'epoca appesi. Una piccola panca in legno si trova al centro.\" class=\"wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sale-dei-Lombardi-02.jpg 642w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Sale-dei-Lombardi-02-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-1.jpg 642w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/03-1-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/collezioni\/capolavori\/opera\/artemisia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-Maestro-di-Griselda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-Maestro-di-Griselda.jpg 800w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-Maestro-di-Griselda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Poldi-Pezzoli-dettaglio-Maestro-di-Griselda-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail, <em>Artemisia<\/em>, Maestro di Griselda , ca. 1498<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">This house-museum, beloved by the Milanese and international public, opened in 1881. It fascinates not only for the charm of the rooms evoking the past (from medieval times to the 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century up to the Armoury with a work by the contemporary artist Arnaldo Pomodoro), but also for the variety and richness of its collections. Masterpieces by Old Masters, sculptures, carpets, lace and embroidery, arms and armour, jewels, porcelain, glass, furniture, sundials and clocks: over 6000 extraordinary pieces, from Antiquity to the 19th century, suspended in a magical atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">&#8220;A treasure chest that opens in tales of the Arabian Nights. There are no less than a ten or twelve rooms between large and small, some really crammed with precious objects both for pure art and artistic industries. One sees there the most splendid specimens of Lombard, Florentine and Venetian painting with the stamp of authenticity on their foreheads. Thus, a heap of objects of goldsmithing, ceramics, glassware, thus furniture and furnishings, thus a great hall redundant with armor and weapons, all a splendor of light and color that demands repeated glances, yet never quite satisfied.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h6\" id=\"h-corriere-della-sera-april-26-1881\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);text-transform:none\">Corriere della Sera, April 26, 1881<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:800px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#8d8680\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1245\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7706\" alt=\"Meraviglie del grand tour\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/meraviglie-del-grand-tour-hero-1-1157x750.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c69cdab8a5bd108cc46b62346ba77d9e\" id=\"h-exhibition\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EXHIBITION<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce0079344e276837e22aae7a699d417f\" id=\"h-january-30-may-4-2026\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">JANUARY 30 \u2013 MAY 4, 2026<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67abbb302755d25be6ce68649b585030\" id=\"h-wonders-of-the-grand-tour\">Wonders of the Grand Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9795898788b5d07db14b41691e1fc2f\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><strong>With the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in dialogue with Ferzan Ozpetek&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Tutti gli D\u00c8I&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong><br><br>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.<br>At the center of the exhibition is Giovanni Paolo Panini&#8217;s masterpiece <em>Antica Roma<\/em>, on display in Milan for the first time, and<strong> Ferzan Ozpetek<\/strong>&#8216;s video artwork &#8220;<strong><em>Tutti gli D\u00c8I<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f85c237d807c28811309dec26c4128e5\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/mostre-ed-eventi\/evento\/wonders-of-the-grand-tour\/\" data-type=\"mostra-evento\" data-id=\"7694\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull stacked-row is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column left-col has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-poldi-pezzoli-museum\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">poldi pezzolI MUSEUM<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-poldi-pezzoli-museum-0\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Museo Poldi Pezzoli in the centre of Milan, close to the Duomo Cathedral and the Scala Theatre, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum welcomes you! Opened in 1881, it was the house of the noble Milanese Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822-1879). Avid art collector, he had gathered here paintings as well as sculptures, carpets, laces, arms and armour, jewellery, clocks, porcelain and glass.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2281\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/about-us\/\">ABOUT US<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/our-story\/\">OUR STORY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/the-poldi-pezzoli-artistic-foundation\/\">Poldi Pezzoli Art Foundation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/team-poldi-pezzoli\/\">POLDI PEZZOLI TEAM<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/library\/\">LIBRARY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/archive\/\">Archive<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/museum-networks\/\">Museum NETWORKS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/education\/workshops-and-activities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2268\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-visit\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VISIT<\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-tours\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">To make your visit even more engaging and rich in discovery, we have created a series of unique itineraries designed to satisfy different passions and interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/visit\/tours\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2468\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-reasons-to-visit-the-poldi-pezzoli-museum\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Reasons to visit the <em>Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns why-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-because-it-is-a-house-museum-that-in-its-historical-rooms-has-preserved-the-charm-of-a-19th-century-residence\">because it is a house-museum that in its historical rooms has preserved the charm of a 19th century residence.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/museo\/our-story\/\">OUR STORY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-know-a-great-milanese-art-collector\">to know a great Milanese art collector.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/storie\/storia\/gian-giacomo-poldi-pezzoliil-mecenatedallanima-curiosa\/\">gian giacomo poldi pezzoli<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-the-wide-range-of-its-collections-from-archaeology-to-the-19th-century\">for the wide range of its collections, from Archaeology to the 19th century.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/collections\/catalogue\/\">collections 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href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/collections\/masterpieces\/\">masterpieces<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-the-amazing-collections-of-sundials-and-clocks-murano-glass-meissen-porcelain\">for the amazing collections of sundials and clocks, Murano glass, Meissen porcelain.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/discover\/collections\/catalogue\/\">collections catalog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-discover-a-palace-overlooking-a-beautiful-hidden-garden-and-a-romantic-orangerie\">to discover a palace overlooking\na beautiful hidden garden, and a romantic Orangerie.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/visita\/percorsi\/percorso\/pianta-del-primo-piano\/\">THE ROOMS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us In the centre of Milan, close to the Duomo Cathedral and the Scala Theatre, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum welcomes you! 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