Galileo and Copernicus: The Great Pages of Astronomy On the occasion of “Domeniche di Carta” at the MusAB, two rare and precious editions of Galileo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius and Nicolaus Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, belonging to the Library of…
The Brera Astronomical Museum has been selected as part of the free adoption program established under the 2026 call for proposals of the “Fondazione Italia Patria della Bellezza”, a nationally significant initiative dedicated to promoting and enhancing Italy’s cultural heritage.…
MusAB opens its doors to the public to showcase, for the first time since its rediscovery and as a tribute to the Artemis II mission, the 1787 Map of the Moon created by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. MusAB Opening…
True to its multidisciplinary soul, starting March 1st, the Palazzo di Brera invites the public to a variety of experiences. From March 1st, with “La Grande Brera” ticket – available for purchase on the Pinacoteca website – it will be…
Official Brera Astronomical Museum merchandise is available at the bookshops located in Palazzo Brera (Pinacoteca di Brera) and Palazzo Citterio.
The MusAB unveils its treasures: the splendid wooden model of the Boscovich’s Specola from 1765 — on temporary display for Museo Segreto — and the Schiaparelli’s Dome, the undisputed protagonist of the earliest studies of Mars. MusAB and Museo Segreto…
Today marks the start of the works aimed at restoring the original appearance of the geodesic dome of the Brera Astronomical Observatory, located at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens, not far to the south-east of the astronomical domes on…
On Monday, May 26, a restoration project will begin on the wooden components of the 8-inch Merz refractor, the historic telescope used from 1875 by Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli for his observations of double stars, Mars, and other bodies in the…
