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Some time ago it was known as Amurianum or Amuriana, whose shape is reminiscent of Venice with its 7 islands (originally 9), the main canal flowing through the middle and the canals connected by bridges. The center of the Venetian glass industry,…

The National Archaeological Museum contains an important collection of a Greek-Roman antiquities: statues, coins, cameos, ceramics, bronzes and gems. Besides this, it also contains an interesting collection of Egyptian and Assyrian-Babylonian…

The collection has been kept in St Mark’s Square since 1922, both in the Napoleonic Wing and parts of the Procuratie Nuove; the museum is accessed via the charming portico of the Palazzo. The museum derives its name from Teodoro Correr, a patrician…

Palazzo Grassi organizes important temporary exhibitions, some of which exhibit part or all of the collection of its owner François Pinault. In this place, which is the last building built before the fall of the Serenissima, there are the most…

The Museum represents one of the most important and consistent European collections of Japanese art of the Edo period (1600-1868) but there are also sections reserved for other Asian civilizations (China and Indonesia). Specifically, Japanese art…

The museum is located in the seat of the Scuola dei Merletti di Burano, founded in 1872, inside are exhibited works of Venetian production ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century as well as precious works of the Scuola dei Mereltti of…

The Rezzonico palace in 1936 was used as the seat of the Museum of the Venetian eighteenth century and the eighteenth-century works owned by the Civic Museums of Venice recured for the setting, as well as a collection of paintings given by Ferruccio…

The Murano Glass Museum was founded in 1861 by the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti and the First Deputy of the Municipality, Antonio Colleoni. The project aimed to establish an archive in which all the examples illustrating the history and life of the island…

The Museo della Filanda of Salzano, inaugurated at the end of May 2016, is the result of the collaboration between public and private sectors united together to rekindle, even if only virtually, the historic spinning mill of the town. It is located…

On November 19, 2016, the New Music Museum of Venice was officially inaugurated at Palazzo Pisani, home of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory. The New Museum of Music, which differs from the one housed in the Church of San Maurizio, was born from a…

Guided tours that take visitors on a journey inside Clock Tower Museum can be booked. You can visit the five-part interior by ascending the narrow and steep staircase: The first floor includes the history of the Tower and the various counterweights…

The building, a typical Gothic style building, was built between the beginning of the 14th and the end of the 15th century by the Rizzo family, whose coat of arms can be found on the well inside the courtyard. Later it was rented for many years to…