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Icons Museum
The Icons Museum is housed in a museum next to the Greek Church in Venice.
Insane Asylum Museum
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Museo del Manicomio can be found on the island of San Servolo. There is a vaporetto (line 20) to the island from San Marco.
Museo Wagner
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The Wagner Museum is in the Ca' Vedramin Calergi (Venice Casino) where he spent the last years of his life.
Palazzo del Consiglio
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The 4th century Gothic Palazzo del Consiglio (Council Building) was where Torcello’s council met and now houses part of the Torcello museum.
The Olivetti Shop
This is a museum in Saint Mark's Square dedicated to Olivetti products. The building is run by FAI which is the Italian equivalent of The National Trust and members of FAI or the National Trust can get free entry.
Burano Lace Museum
Burano is famous for its lace. The museum is located in the historic palace of Podesta
Ca' Rezzonico
This is an old Venetian Palazzo on the Grand Canal which now houses a museum of the 18th Century. You can visit all the grand rooms of the palace which include frescoed ceilings, sculptures, furniture, porcelain, clothing and paintings including two early works by Canaletto.
Casa di Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni was a Venetian playwright. Today, the museum section of Casa di Carlo Goldoni is a magical, theatrical place, in which all the resources of modern museum design have been exploited to safeguard the fabric of this unique Gothic palace and also provide visitors - especially young visitors - with a interactive layout that is both informative and pleasurable.
Fondazione Prada
The Prada Foundation in Venice has been housed in Ca' Corner on the Grand Canal since 2011.
Fortuny Museum
Situated in the Gothic palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei in Campo San Beneto; the building was transformed by Mariano Fortuny into his own photography, set-design, stagecraft, fabric-creation and painting atelier: the building still testify to all of these activities, with various art and tapestries collections. The museum also hosts temporary art exhibitions, all of which closely connected to the spirit of its founder.
Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca' d'Oro
Ca' d'Oro is one of the most beautiful palaces on the Grand Canal.
This museum is run by the Italian state and is included in #domenicalmuseo (free entry for everyone on the first Sunday of every month).
This museum is run by the Italian state and is included in #domenicalmuseo (free entry for everyone on the first Sunday of every month).
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
The aim of the institute is the increase, diffusion and protection of the sciences, literature and the arts. The institute is based in Palazzo Franchetti and Palazzo Loredan.
Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum of Venice can be found in the Campo of the Ghetto Novo, between the two most ancient Venetian synagogues. It is a small but very rich museum founded in 1953 by the Jewish Community of Venice.
The precious objects on show include important examples of goldsmith and textile manufacturing from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The museum also offers a wide selection of ancient books and manuscripts and some objects used in the most important moments of the cycle of civil and religious life.
There is a tour of the synagogues in the Ghetto which starts at the museum.
The precious objects on show include important examples of goldsmith and textile manufacturing from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The museum also offers a wide selection of ancient books and manuscripts and some objects used in the most important moments of the cycle of civil and religious life.
There is a tour of the synagogues in the Ghetto which starts at the museum.
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La Biennale di Venezia - Arsenale
This is the Arsenale area of the Biennale. It is used for both the Art Biennale in even years and the Architecture Biennale in odd years. Entry is by ticket and one ticket allows access to the Arsenale and the Giardini areas on separated days.
Le Stanze del Vetro
Le Stanze del Vetro (The Glass Rooms) is a long-term joint initiative between Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Pentagram Stiftung devoted to studying the art of glassmaking in the 20th and 21st centuries.
There is a permanent exhibition space on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
There is a permanent exhibition space on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
Murano Glass Museum
The Murano Glass Museum has the largest historical collection of Murano glass in the world, with pieces dating from the 15th to the 20th century.
Murano Glass Museum
Along with an archaeological collection, which includes notable Roman pieces from the first to the third century AD, this museum hosts the largest historical collection of Murano glass in the world; dating from the 15th to the 20th century, the important works on display include various world-famous masterpieces.
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