Alfa Romeo museum in Milan

[dome]

What a place, 14/10, would recommend.

 

[jonathan_dyane]

Looks superb! Was it dear to get in?

[hairnet]

apart from the first pic

OOF

[dome]

And some more...

[dome]

56 minutes ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Looks superb! Was it dear to get in?

Only about 10-15 Euros. Well worth it as you can imagine

[HMC]

Fantastic! Going to catch the Italian GP? (iirc Monza is close to Milan)

[motorpunk]

Absolutely amazing! Is that the old Arese factory building? I have to do this someday. Thanks for the pics 

[wesacosa]

that looks fabulous 

I've been to the motor museum in Turin which is also amazing but never this one, but its now on the list 

[dome]

20 minutes ago, HMC said:

Fantastic! Going to catch the Italian GP? (iirc Monza is close to Milan)

Back now, I did that on my first visit in 2013. That was amazing too!

[hairnet]

apart from the first pic 

OOF

[dome]

20 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

Absolutely amazing! Is that the old Arese factory building? I have to do this someday. Thanks for the pics 

It is in Arese, you're right!

https://www.museoalfaromeo.com/en-us/Pages/MuseoAlfaRomeo.aspx

 

Still had some kind of corporate presence but no idea how much. 

My only regret is not getting to see the "storage rooms" where even more goodies lie

https://www.museoalfaromeo.com/en-us/news/Pages/Visita-la-collezione.aspx

https://www.museoalfaromeo.com/en-us/Pages/collezione.aspx

The chance to lick a 164 Procar makes me very much want to go back when I can get a tour😍

[hairnet]

5 minutes ago, hairnet said:

apart from the first pic 

OOF

im kidding

what the deal with the ferrari shield

was the procar there

wtf is an ar51?

 

[dome]

8 minutes ago, hairnet said:

im kidding

what the deal with the ferrari shield

was the procar there

wtf is an ar51?

 

Mr Ferrari cut his teeth racing Alfas til he set up his own wee car shoppe. Whatever became of that?

Procar is in the "storage room" which wasn't open the day I was there, see my post above. 

AR51 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Matta?wprov=sfla1

 

[Kringle]

Need an aubergine emoji for this site because mine was raging already by the second photograph.

[EspenO]

Yup, it’s at the Arese (then) factory, as it’s always been. I first went there some 15 years or so ago, before the remodel.

Technically it may have been breaking and entering, as the only people I ever saw was two gents wheeling in the Scarabeo concept car with the front on a pallet jack. They didn’t seem to mind.

No barriers between you and the exotic metal in those days, I remember opening the door on the 156 Touring car to have a better look.