Turn Back the Clock at San Siro Museum… Before Time Runs Out

The clock is ticking on the San Siro. Since the city council decided in late 2025 to sell the stadium to AC Milan and Inter, the countdown has been on for one of the greatest sporting arenas in the world.

The two clubs plan to build a brand new stadium in the car park and open it in 2031. But for San Siro, with its four giants turrets and iconic red girders, demolition within the next couple of years is the reality.

And if time is running out to take in a game at La Scala del Calcio, the same is true for booking a guided tour.

This one starts with the museum. Open since 1996 it houses memorabilia that will leave football fans weak at the knees.

Franco Baresi’s captain’s armband and boots? Check. Kits worn by Dutch legends Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit? Tick. Fancy taking a look at the shirt the original Ronaldo wore in the 1998 UEFA Cup final? Step this way.

And so on, from European and domestic trophies, to shirts from some of the biggest stars to have shone at the San Siro against Milan and Inter, and a section dedicated to the greatest musical artists to have performed there.

On exiting the museum the tour goes through the stadium from both dressing rooms, which are surprisingly different to each other and small compared to some of their Premier League counterparts.

From there it is out onto the stands and even if you have visited the San Siro before, nothing prepares you for standing at the bottom of the first tier and looking up.

The stadium feels enormous yet cavernous, the red girders both a distant dot on the horizon but seemingly close enough to touch.

It is difficult not to replay pictures in your mind… Marco Materazzi and Manuel Rui Costa shoulder to shoulder as flares go off around them. Claudio Caniggia being scythed down by Benjamin Massing in the opening game of Italia 90.

The tour of the stadium takes about an hour and concludes with another museum, this one dedicated to the Italy national team. From shirts used across World Cups to an enormous collection of ticket stubs from their fixtures at the Euros, World Cups and qualifiers. And there’s a detailed and interactive chronological history of the national side in a section of the tour that could keep you occupied for hours.

And, just like the San Siro itself, it will leave you wanting more.

The museum is located at Gate 8 and open seven a days week from 9:30am to 5pm between November and March and 9:30am until 6pm between April and October, except on matchdays. Tickets cost €35.70 for adults, €26 for under-14s and over-65s and €24 each for a family of four.

Tours are in Italian and in English and tickets and any timetable changes will be on the museum’s website.

To watch Inter or Milan in action at the San Siro, read our complete guides.