Museums, Research Centers, Archives, Galleries that preserve treasures of imagination and the art of making. Seven examples of how creativity is the driving force behind the social and cultural transformation of Milan, all concentrated within a few hundred meters and born and grown in just a few years. Starting with our Superstudio Più in 2000.

In a stretch of road of just a few hundred meters lies the most interesting vision of Milan’s contemporary creativity. A short section of Tortona Street, which was once a district of large factories and workshops leading towards the outskirts, today reveals itself as a true open-air museum, telling through seven extraordinary places how art and design have transformed this area in just a few years into an epicenter of innovation and culture, thanks to the vision and passion of its protagonists. An invitation to a journey through the seven museum and cultural stops of Tortona Street.

1. Armani/Silos (2015) - via Bergognone 40
   The museum that celebrates the timeless elegance of Italian high fashion, created by the most famous of our designers, Giorgio Armani. The only Fashion Museum in Milan. A true journey into style and design, with themed exhibitions among his marvelous garments, images by great photographers, and evocative installations. Four exhibition floors: permanent collections, cinema hall, digital archive, bookshop, café overlooking the garden. Opposite, on the same street, the great Armani Theater for fashion shows, housed in an old building redesigned by Tadao Ando.
2. La Scala Theater Museum. Workshops and archive of sets and costumes (2001) - via Bergognone 34
   Behind every theater performance, there is more than just the work of those who are applauded. Away from the spotlight work costume designers, set designers, carpenters, sculptors, painters: only with everyone’s effort will the staging be perfect. This hidden world, this heritage of artistic craftsmanship can be discovered by traversing the 20.000 square meters of the Ansaldo Laboratories of Teatro alla Scala. The tailoring workshop, the costume warehouse, the carpentry, the stage sets, the rehearsal rooms of Milan’s most glorious theater for continuous emotion… Visits by appointment with specialized guides.
3. MyOwnGallery (2005) - Superstudio Più, entrance via Tortona 27bis
   The atelier of new artistic languages and experimentation within the independent gallery inside Superstudio Più. A changing space, born as a concept-gallery for unconventional exhibitions. The new program transforms it into a reference point also for fashion photography. The location permanently hosts sculptures and installations in other areas: creative showcases in the art.box on Tortona Street, gigantic sculptures by Flavio Lucchini in the art-garden, an exciting “Third Paradise” by Michelangelo Pistoletto on the rooftop, and countless works of art spread across the complex.
4. FLA - FlavioLucchiniArt Museum (2022) - Superstudio Più, via Tortona 27
   In the artist’s atelier and the warehouses below, ex air-raid shelters of General Electric, a mysterious fashion art museum unfolds over 2.000 square meters, an archive of nearly one thousand artworks in twenty thematic rooms exploring the interconnection between fashion, art and society, and showing how creativity can trace new frontiers of artistic expression. FLA also hosts a full program of meetings, book presentations, cultural and charity initiatives and The Lab, a small room dedicated to emerging talents.
5. MuTeF - Museum of Figure Theater (2025) - via Tortona 54 (entrance from via Bergognone 34)
   From the archive installed in the rooms of the ex-Ansaldo, the newest of the seven museums officially opens in October, custodian of three centuries of puppets, costumes, sets and scripts. You will be amazed by the richness of the costumes, the realism of the characters, and the skilled, detailed craftsmanship in every item. You will step into the fantastic world of figure theater, curated by the Carlo Colla & Figli group.
6. Mudec - Museum of World Cultures (2015) - via Tortona 56
   In the beautiful space designed by David Chipperfield and inaugurated during Expo-Milano, a meeting point between past and present, tradition and innovation. Its permanent collections and ever-current temporary exhibitions tell stories of distant and future cultures, confirming Milan’s role as a global crossroads of diversity and discovery.
7. Fondazione Ferré (2008) - via Tortona 37
   A research center between fashion and design, opened by the heirs of Gianfranco Ferré and now managed by the Politecnico di Milano. The unique and inimitable style of the great architect-designer, who was also creative director of Dior, can be appreciated in every form through clothing, drawings, images, videos, documents. A place of study and innovation, connecting the art of dressing with the future of design.

These seven points of interest are very close to each other, just a minute apart. Together, they represent the hidden talent and history of Milan at its most vibrant and innovative. The catalyst of this rebirth was Superstudio, which first traced the path of this transformation, made of art, design, fashion and new hopes. But the list in the Tortona District is long: the multicultural center BASE, the art-hotels Nhow and Magna Pars, the ateliers and art spaces such as Spazio Munari, the underground labyrinth by Arnaldo Pomodoro at Fendi’s headquarters, and many other surrounding entities make this area a truly lively hub of ideas and culture constantly in progress.