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Museo Astronomico di Brera

Museo Astronomico di Brera
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The Brera Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera) is an astronomical observatory in the Brera district of Milan, Italy. It is currently operated by the National Institute for Astrophysics (Italian: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF) and the Institute of Applied General Physics (Italian: Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata) of the University of Milan. It was built in the historic Palazzo Brera in 1764 by the Jesuit astronomer Roger Boscovich.

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Address
28 Via Brera
Hours
Closed · opens 10 am Thursday
Weekly hours
MonClosed
Tue10 am–3 pm
WedClosed
Thu10 am–3 pm
Fri2 pm–6 pm
Sat10 am–6 pm
Sun10 am–6 pm

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Updated 29 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.