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Ca’ Rezzonico
A Grand Canal palace turned into a Venetian 18th-century museum, with frescoes, furnishings, and period paintings.
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Museums of Venice: the collections and palaces to visit
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Peggy Guggenheim, Ca' Rezzonico... the unmissable museums of Venice, with opening hours, prices and visiting tips.
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Gallerie dell'Accademia
The great museum of Venetian painting, housed near the Accademia Bridge in the former complex of Santa Maria della Carità.
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
A major modern art museum housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, the former Venetian residence of Peggy Guggenheim.
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Punta della Dogana
The former maritime customs house of Venice, transformed into a contemporary art space for the Pinault Collection.
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Ca’ d’Oro
Gothic palace on the Grand Canal, today the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti, famous for its once-gilded facade.
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Ca’ Pesaro
Grand Baroque palace by Baldassare Longhena on the Grand Canal, now a museum of modern art and Oriental art.
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Correr Museum
Museum on St Mark's Square devoted to the history of Venice, the arts and the city's civic collections.
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Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Museum, library and garden bequeathed in 1869 by the last of the Querini Stampalia family, with a remarkable redesign of the ground floor by Carlo Scarpa.
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Fontego dei Turchi
Former warehouse-residence of Ottoman merchants, restored in the 19th century and now a natural history museum. The visit combines the building's commercia…
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Fortuny Museum
The Fortuny Museum occupies the Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei and evokes the world of Mariano Fortuny.
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House of Carlo Goldoni
House-museum dedicated to Carlo Goldoni, Venetian comedy, and 18th-century theater.
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Loredan Cini Palace
House-museum on the Grand Canal housing the private collection of the industrialist and patron Vittorio Cini, rich in Tuscan and Ferrarese painting.