Gallery 92, a private apartment right in the Galleria

Gallery 92: Mengoni’s work from the inside

This unprecedented guided tour to discover the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the historic home of Galleria 92 begins at the Piazza del Teatro alla Scala, in the heart of late 19th-century Milan. It is precisely at number 92 of the Galleria that hides the apartment that we will exclusively visit, accompanied by our guides: dating back to 1867, this historic house housed on the fourth floor the artisan workshop of a tailor, highly sought-after for the creation of the most fashionable clothes – at a time when made in Italy was already synonymous with elegance and attention to detail, as revealed by the unique collection of buttons sometimes displayed in a small room of Galleria 92, a kaleidoscope of a thousand shapes, colors and materials! The charming tailor will not be the only character we will meet in these rooms: the mysterious story of Giuseppe Mengoni, the Galleria’s architect, also echoes among the walls of the apartment that overlooks the spaces of the Milanese salon, offering truly unique glimpses. In fact, as we go up from floor to floor, from each mezzanine we will observe this iconic place in Milan from ever-changing heights and angles, until we almost touch, at the highest point of the building, the Galleria’s crystal roof.

In the Galleria apartment to discover the background of legends and stories in the shadow of the glass dome

Trusting in good fortune, have you ever done any pirouettes on the “attributes” of the bull depicted on the floor of the Galleria just below the central dome? Well, at Gallery 92 you will discover more about this curious Milanese tradition and the painstaking restoration work to which the mosaic tiles on the floor have been subjected, as they are inevitably worn down by the passage of the thousands of people who walk along the Gallery every day to admire its architectural beauty and breathe in its timeless atmosphere. On a few exclusive dates, our guided tour to the apartment of Galleria 92 and the magnificent spaces of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II will dwell on the fascinating past of Milan’s Salotto, a place of history and excellence in art and craftsmanship, tradition and contemporaneity, all to be discovered!