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Museums in Venice
Like so many other major cities in Italy, Venice boasts an impressive array of museums. No trip here would be complete without a visit to at least some of them. Venetian museums are often situated in the very centre of the city and occupy magnificent buildings, which are themselves of historical and architectural significance. Works of art housed within their walls have been assembled over centuries and make up some of the best historic collections in the country. Exhibitions are both large and small, featuring works by local and international artists alike. Apart from permanent exhibitions, museums in Venice host a variety of special exhibitions throughout the year.
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Jewish Museum
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Address: Cannaregio 2902/b
Phone: +39 041 715359
e-mail: museoebraico@codesscultura.it
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Price: 2 - 8.5 EUR
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Website: http://www.museoebraico.it
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The Jewish Museum in Venice is more a complex than just a museum. A gateway to the well-known Jewish Ghetto in Venice, the museum is situated downstairs from a charming bookshop. You can find here three rooms exhibiting objects of goldsmith, jewellery, carpentry, textile and various belongings of the Jewish families that once inhabited the ghetto. What's most fascinating about visiting the Jewish Museum is taking advantage of the guided tours of the synagogues in Venice organized by the staff. From here, you'll take part in an educational and mystical tour of the ghetto, after learning about the history of the Jewish community.
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Palazzo Cini
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Address: Campo San Vio 864
Phone: +39 041 5210755
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Website: http://www.cini.it
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The Cini Palazzo is a marvellous 16th-century building located between the Peggy Guggenheim Museum and the Academia Galleries. It used to be the residence of Count Vitorio Cini, and after his death it was turned into a museum. The Cini Palazzo Museum displays a rich collection of the former owner, including paintings of the Tuscan school, ceramics, Murano chandelliers, goldsmith works, furnishings and other art objects.
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Correr Civic Museum
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Address: Piazza San Marco
Phone: +39 041 2405211
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Price: 6 - 11 EUR
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Museo Civico Correr is the most ambitious project aiming to present the diachronic development of Venice in all aspects of art and life. It's set on the Piazza San Marco and encompasses the Main Section, the Napoleonian Wing, the Procuratie Nuova, the Resurgimento Museum and the Libreria Sansoviniana. They contain historical objects from all areas of human history – from weapons and costumes to art objects, paintings and documents.
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Archaeological Museum
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Address: Piazza San Marco 52
Phone: +39 041 5225978
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Price: 9 - 14 EUR
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The Venice Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest museums in Venice. It's located in the heart of the city, near the Marciana Library. It offers rich collections connected with the Greek, Egyptian, Roman and Assiryan-Babylonian civilizations. The museum is open to visitors daily.
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Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
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Phone: +39 041 2771702
e-mail: museodiocesano@patriarcatovenezia.it
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Website: http://www.veneziaupt.org
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The Diocesian Museum of Sacred Art was established in the 1970s with the goal to represent the essence of the numerous examples of sacred art in the diocese. Venice and its lovely churches provided fascinating resources, and the exhibitions have always had two major objectives – to amaze with its artistic value and to educate using artistic means. Today, the rich collection of the Diocesian Museum in Venice contains paintings, jewellery, wood sculptures, etc. Contemporary developments in sacred art can also be admired.
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Fondaco dei Turchi
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Address: Santa Croce 1730
Phone: +39 041 2750206
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Fondaco dei Turchi (or as it reads in Venetian, Fondega) is a palace in Venice located on the Grand Canal. This Byzantine palace is among the most beautiful buildings in the city. During its long history of about seven centuries, it has served as the home for many famous aristocrats, artists and other VIPs of the time. In modern times, it hosted the Correr Civic Museum until 1923, but after it moved to the Piazza San Marco, the palace became home to the Venetian Museum of Natural History.
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Fortuny Museum
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Address: San Marco 3958 (Campo San Beneto)
Phone: +39 041 5200995
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Price: 5 - 8 EUR
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Once a residence of the Pesaro family in San Beneto, in the 19th Century the building was transformed by Mariano Fortuny into an atelier. It was here that he accumulated and spread his inspiration for photography, textile and stage design, as well as painting. After his death, the building was donated by Fortuny's widow and transformed into a museum. Today, it still retains Fortuny's authentic atmosphere, even displaying the famous lamps he used and some of his greatest works.
The former palazzo bought by Fortuny is a fascinating Gothic building. It bears the marks of later restoration works, still charmingly matching the original construction. When Fortuny bought it, he radically transformed its interior design in order to respond to his 'searches of light' and to bring the inspiration he needed for his work. All of this is still visible today. The museum has kept both the collections made by Fortuny himself and the collection of his works – a curious ensemble of the inner and outer impulses of a great artist.
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Glass Museum
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Address: Fondamenta Giustinian 8, Murano
Phone: +39 041 739586
e-mail: mkt.musei@comune.venezia.it
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Price: 3 - 6 EUR
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Website: http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it
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The Glass Museum is hosted in a palace which was once the residence of the bishops of Torcello. Years later, it became the city hall of the municipality of Murano, after which it was annexed to the Venice municipality, and the Glass Museum (which had already been installed here) became one of Venice's civic museums. The palace is a beautiful Gothic building, entirely dedicated to glass works. The museum used to encompass only the central hall of the palace, but its collections increased amazingly and now the whole building is occupied by it. Among the most impressive collections at the Glass Museum are the Renaissance ones, which include the collections of the Correr, Molina and Cicogna. There's also an archaeological section which presents curious exhibits from the necropolises of Enona.
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