Museums, collections and galleries

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 Ferrucc

The Murano Glass Museum was founded in 1861 by the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti and the First Deputy of the Municipality, Antonio Colleoni.

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.

On November 19, 2016, the New Music Museum of Venice was officially inaugurated at Palazzo Pisani, home of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory.

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 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.

Currently, the entrance for visitors is the ‘Porta del Frumento’, on the side of the San Marco Lagoon.

In 1981 Palazzo Grimani was purchased by the Italian State which in 2001 entrusted it to the Special Superintendence for the Venetian Museum Complex.

This museum houses collections of textiles, costumes, clothing and accessories, most of them of Venetian origin, embellished with embroidery and lace that highlight the artisan art of the time of which the Venetians were very proud.

The idea of establishing a museum inside St Mark’s Basilica came to Pietro Saccardo, Proto of San Marco since 1887.

The Museum houses, in addition to the well-stocked scientific library, the following exhibition spaces: