ADI Design Museum

The ADI Design Museum in Milano is a treasure trove of Italian design. The sleek, minimalist space perfectly highlights iconic pieces, from furniture to everyday objects, showcasing their history and innovation. The exhibits are well-curated and engaging, offering a glimpse into the stories behind these timeless designs. The staff is helpful and passionate, adding to the experience. If you love design or just want to explore creativity at its best, this museum is a must-visit. It’s perfect for design enthusiasts and curious minds alike—ideal for a quiet afternoon in Milan!

Vibrant designs, affordable, but missing history The museum takes you through decades of award winning industrial designs that pushed the modern everyday life forward. The focus is on Italian designs and style, but there is a missing link between the purpose and the impact of the exhibited designs, which makes the substance of the museum harder to grasp. Everything from exotic cars to industrial shelving, the museum still has pieces for everyone to enjoy. In the end, you get a poster of your choice!

The beauty of mundane design is so well exemplified in ADI collection. The museum gives you a tour through the decades and shows the care in household itens and common places, with the visitor being able to choose one poster in the end (a really hard decision as all of them are amazing). Top 10 chair designs for sure haha

We stumbled upon this museum and it was an amazing way to end our time in Milan. A huge thank you (Mersi), to Mahnousha as our incredibly helpful guide- giving us Brits a warm welcome and explaining more about the exhibitions as we moved through the space. We loved that we got to take away posters and lots of knowledge about the history of progress post WW2 in Italy. Plus the downstairs exhibit and video about the tile business was a great find 😊

Cool place to visit if you’re into design. At the end you could take a poster for free from their collection - it did feel like the exhibition was a lot to take in at once but it’s nice to visit in you’re in the area.

Good for kids/families. Tons of objects on display that we see every day. Cool cars too. You can even get a free poster with your cost of admission!

We enjoyed our time here recently on a rainy afternoon. Takes about two hours. Displays are nice and informative. Restaurant is great too. For some reason, we found the early year displays - it’s laid out chronologically - more interesting since it was post WWII and the country was re-emerging from a dark period with a sense of optimism for the future.

A good place to spend some time. Very very limited but I loved the area giving us a brief information of the Metro Graphic & Industrial elements. It is a small but powerful museum showcasing the power of design in the Italian culture.