Venice - MUSEUMS
Gallerie dell’Accademia: Link
It is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the art academy of Venice, from which it became independent in 1879, and for which the Ponte dell'Accademia and the Accademia boat landing station for the vaporetto water bus are named.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection: Link
It is a modern art museum and one of the most visited attractions in Venice. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades. She began displaying her private collection of modern artworks to the public seasonally in 1951. After her death in 1979, it passed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which opened the collection year-round from 1980.
Glass Museum, Murano: Link
It is a museum on the history of glass, including local Murano glass, located on the island of Murano. The museum was founded in 1861. It was originally built in the Gothic style as a patrician's palace. The building became the residence of Bishop Marco Giustinian in 1659. He later bought it and donated it to the Torcello diocese. The collection of the museum, one of the most complete in the world, ranges from antiquity to 20th century works including realizations by the famous Barovier & Toso glass company and glass textiles designed by Carlo Scarpa in the late thirties.
Lace Museum, Burano: Link
It is located at the historic palace of Podestà of Torcello, in Galuppi square, on the island of Burano. The palace was seat of the famous Burano Lace School from 1872 to 1970. Rare and precious pieces offer a complete overview of the history and artistry of the Venetian and lagoon's laces, from its origins to the present day are on display, in a picturesque setting decorated in the typical colors of the island. It offers a complete overview of the laces of Venice and islands.
Punta della Dogana: Link
It is an art museum in one of Venice's old customs buildings, the Dogana da Mar. It also refers to the triangular area of Venice where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal. The point was used for docking and customs as early as the beginning of the 15th century. The temporary structures built to store merchandise and customs workers were replaced by the Punta della Dogana, whose construction began in 1677. The museum's art is housed in and around the Dogana da Mar building.
Ca' Pesaro Venice: Link
It is a Baroque marble palace facing the Grand Canal. Originally designed by Baldassarre Longhena in the mid-17th century, the construction was completed by Gian Antonio Gaspari in 1710. As at Longhena's Ca' Rezzonico, a double order of colossal columns and colonnettes flanking arch-headed windows, reinterpreting a motif of Jacopo Sansovino, Longhena creates the impression of double loggias extending across the main Grand Canal frontage, above a boldly rusticated basement. Today it is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia system.
Giudecca 795 Art Gallery: Link
It is a gallery of modern and contemporary art but also the first gallery for street art in Venice. Its mission has been and remains the search and presentation of new talents. Photography, painting, design and more. Recently street art and mosaics are the different modes of expression being explored.
Ca’ Rezzonico: Link
It is a palazzo on the Grand Canal. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. It is a public museum dedicated to 18th-century Venice (Museo del Settecento Veneziano).
Scuola Grande di San Rocco: Link
It is noted for its collection of paintings by Tintoretto and generally agreed to include some of his finest work. The building is the seat of a confraternity established in 1478, named after San Rocco, popularly regarded as a protector against plague. The members of the "Confraternity of St. Roch" were a group of wealthy Venetian citizens. The site they chose for their building is next to the church of San Rocco which houses the remains of the saint. In 1564 the painter Tintoretto was commissioned to provide paintings for the Scuola, and his most renowned works are to be found in the Sala dell'Albergo and the Sala Superiore.
Museo M9 Mestre: Link
The museum is set in a restored building with ceramic exteriors using raw materials with a low environmental impact and energy-producing technologies. Museo M9 offers hi-tech exhibits on family, technology, and urbanization in the 20th century.
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