Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense Exhibitions

Baj. Libri in libertà
Archive
03.05 2024 - 06.07 2024
Sala Maria Teresa

Baj. Libri in libertà

The Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, in close collaboration with the Archivio Baj in Vergiate, are jointly organising an exhibition celebrating Enrico Baj in the year of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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Alpha Beta
Archive
29.09 2023 - 09.12 2023
Sala Maria Teresa

Alpha Beta

LEARNING GREEK IN ITALY. 1360-1860

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Manzoni 1873-2023. The plague “horrible curse” between living and writing
Archive
04.05 2023 - 08.07 2023
Sala Maria Teresa

Manzoni 1873-2023. The plague “horrible curse” between living and writing

On the 150th anniversary of Alessandro Manzoni’s death, the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense celebrates his memory and the historical and cultural link with the city of Milan.

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Brera Plus
A Golden Thread (1900-1938)
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
26.01 2023 - 19.04 2023
Sala Maria Teresa

A Golden Thread (1900-1938)

The Prutscher collection of Viennese children’s books at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense.

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Brera Plus
Saul Steinberg Up Close
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
06.10 2022 - 10.12 2022
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Sala Maria Teresa

Saul Steinberg Up Close

The exhibition celebrates the major donation of a large number of the artist’s works by The Saul Steinberg Foundation of New York to the Braidense National Library.

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The Idea of the Library
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
05.05 2022 - 02.07 2022
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Sala Maria Teresa

The Idea of the Library

Umberto Eco’s collection of old books at the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense.

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Cinque maggio cancellato
Archive
20.05 2022 - 03.07 2022
Sala Maria Teresa

Cinque maggio cancellato

Emilio Isgrò donates the work “Cinque Maggio. Minuta cancellata,” which was exhibited in the Maria Teresa Room of the Biblioteca Braidense.

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The art of war
Archive
27.01 2022 - 02.04 2022
Sala Maria Teresa

The art of war

Treatises and manuals on military architecture and militia in the collections of the Biblioteca Braidense.

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Oggetto libro (IV edizione)
Archive
21.12 2021 - 12.01 2022
Sala Maria Teresa

Oggetto libro (IV edizione)

International Biennial of Artist and Design Books, curated by Susanna Vallebona.
ARTIST’S BOOKS, DESIGN BOOKS , HYBRID BOOKS and the incredible experience of AUGMENTED REALITY.

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Competizione e condivisione
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
07.10 2021 - 13.11 2021
Sala Maria Teresa

Competizione e condivisione

Arabic language and publishing as a meeting place from the 16th to the 18th century.

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Marino Darsa. Lo Shakespeare croato
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
22.07 2021 - 17.09 2021
Sala Maria Teresa

Marino Darsa. Lo Shakespeare croato

From the treasury of Croatian and European literary and cultural heritage.

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The Milan of Napoleon
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
05.05 2022 - 02.07 2021
Sala Maria Teresa

The Milan of Napoleon

A laboratory of revolutionary ideas. 1796-1821.

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Tempi Terribili. Libri Belli.
Archive/Mostra BreraPLUS
21.01 2021 - 10.04 2021
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Sala Maria Teresa

Tempi Terribili. Libri Belli.

Artist’s books and the importance of childhood evidenced by Soviet children’s books from the Adler collection acquired by donation.

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Piranesi and Milan
Archive
01.10 2020 - 14.11 2020
Sala Maria Teresa

Piranesi and Milan

An exhibition to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Giovan Battista Piranesi, the greatest engraver in the History of Italian art.

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Biblioteche riscoperte. Ab artis inventae origine
Archive
04.02 2020 - 25.03 2020
On line Exhibition

Biblioteche riscoperte. Ab artis inventae origine

Stories of Milanese books, people and libraries among the fifteenth-century editions of the Braidense.

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Join the life of the Library and Museum in a new way

BreraPLUS+

BreraPLUS enriches the Pinacoteca di Brera and Biblioteca Braidense experience with multimedia content, special programs, concerts, premieres, and more.

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Braidense Special Projects

Adler collection for children in Ukrainian

Adler collection for children in Ukrainian

Browse online through picture books (with Italian translations) from the Adler collection of Soviet children's books acquired last year by the Library.

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Living Newspaper in Braidense

Living Newspaper in Braidense

A theatrical journey between past, present and future through newspapers and periodicals in the Biblioteca Braidense.

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CIRCI

CIRCI

International Centre for Research in the Culture of Childhood is committed to defending children’s competence, curiosity, imagination, ambition, desires and their fundamental human rights.

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