Museo del Risorgimento
Inside the 18th-century Palazzo Moriggia, the Museo del Risorgimento traces how Italy was unified—from Napoleon’s Italian campaign beginning in 1796 to the annexation of Rome in 1870. Milan matters here not as a backdrop, but as an engine of revolt: the museum highlights the 1848 uprising against the Austrians, the Five Days of Milan. The collection began with documents prepared for the Exhibition of Turin in 1884, then moved to Milan’s Public Gardens. It was officially inaugurated at the Sforza Castle on 24 June 1896, and in 1943—after wartime bombardment—it was temporarily housed at Casa Manzoni before settling permanently in the Moriggia Palace in 1951. …
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