Lots of cool frescoes in there, a lot from the 1500's. There's a few photos on my photostream if you click through... This view is of the choir side where the nuns hung out.
The archaeology museum focuses on the local area, with an emphasis on the Romans. Mediolanum was the Roman name of the city, basically the place in the middle. Milan has always been a crossroads, and several later emperors had their seats here. The museum actually sits on part of the old city walls. There are two towers included in the old convent grounds, one is part of the outer walls of the city, and the other, shown below, was part of the start zone of the circus maximus of Mediolanum.
There were tons of cool artifacts, small bronze pieces, mosaic fragments, statue bits, and the like. This is one of the exceptional pieces, a 4th century cup known as the Trivulzio Diatreta Cup. It's all glass.
The museum also features Greek period artifacts, with lots of cups, vases, bowls.
There was also a big Etruscan collection.
There was also a post-Roman barbarian collection, focusing on the Longobards, who this region is named after.
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