The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum is one of the most important and best preserved house museums in Europe and is the result of the collecting passion of two brothers: the barons Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi. In fact, they were responsible for the renovation at the end of the 19th century of the family home, located in the Montenapoleone district of Milan, between via Gesù and via Santo Spirito, inspired by the homes of the 16th century in Lombardy. The collection they composed is very varied and rich in paintings, furnishings, weapons and scientific instruments to which are added some pictorial masterpieces by Renaissance artists, such as Giovanni Bellini, Bernardo Zenale and Giampietrino.

Theirs was a project that looked to the past, but at the same time incredibly current, due to the desire to concentrate in their home everything that could be futuristic in the world of the time - heating, running water and electric light - and make it communicate with the height of elegance.

After the death of the two brothers, the house continued to be inhabited by their descendants until 1974, the year in which the Bagatti Valsecchi Foundation was established and to which the collections were donated. It will then be in 1994 that the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum will open to the public, thus offering everyone the opportunity to visit the rooms of the newly created house museum.

To date, the Museum, in addition to the permanent collection, organizes temporary exhibitions, presentations, educational activities and performance events suitable for every type of audience.