La Scala Theatre Museum

The museum at the Teatro La Scala is located in Milan, Italy. The museum was opened in 1913. It informs about the history of the famous opera house. The museum contains a large collection of memorabilia associated with the names of famous composers and artists, props of legendary performances, rare musical instruments of the XVIII-XIX centuries.

In the halls of the museum there is an opportunity to see the posthumous impression of Chopin’s hand, glasses of the great Rossini, a cast of Verdi’s hand and a posthumous mask, a piano on which Ferenc Liszt played, a conductor’s baton of Toscanini, a snuffbox of Puccini, to inspect the gallery with portraits and busts of great Italian composers and musicians. Also here you can go backstage accompanied by guides, admire the theater hall from a special lodge.