Musei di Venezia
Musei di Venezia
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Alla scoperta dei maggiori musei che possiamo trovare nel capoluogo veneto.
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National Archeological Musuem view hide
The museum consists mainly of works collected by famous Venetian families from the sixteenth century. It safeguards a rich collection of ancient sculptures and among these some original Greek ones of considerable interest, a collection of coins from III to I century. BC and a collection of gems and ivories, bronzes, jewellery, marble and ceramics.
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Marciano Museum view hide
Part of the Basilica San Marco complex, the Marciano Museum contains the original copy of the large bronze horses that used to be displayed outside on the façade of the Basilica. There is a gallery that provides a spectacular view into the basilica, and also a balcony that overlooks the square, where many important public figures have watched ceremonies over the years. Also on show are manuscripts, fragments of very ancient mosaics and also some antique tapestries. The four famous horses of S. Marco, in gilded bronze are from Constantinople
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Correr Museum view hide
The museum includes the historic section documenting, with a rich collection of relics, the events of the Serenissima Republic, the section on arts and crafts. The art gallery is set up upstairs, which houses works of Venetian painting of the '400 and '200, canvases from the beginning of '500. The same building hosts the Museo del Risorgimento (currently closed for redevelopment), which preserves paintings, documents and relics related to the city's history since the end of the '700 - the annexation period of Venice to the Kingdom of Italy.
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Museo Storico Navale view hide
Founded in 1919 after the 1st World War, located in Campo S. Biagio, in the vicinity of the Venice Arsenale, this is one of the most historical buildings from the XV century in Venice. It was utilized for centuries as a granary, to preserve the grain used to provide a particular type of long bread called “biscuit”. It was the Arsenal, “the most distinguished naval historical monument that exists in Italy” to give life, at the end of the seventeenth century, to what can be considered the ancestor of this museum: “The House of Models “.
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection view hide
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the most important museum in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. The museum was inaugurated in 1980 and it presents Peggy Guggenheim's personal collection of 20th century art, masterpieces from the Gianni Mattioli Collection, the Nasher Sculpture Garden, as well as temporary exhibitions. One of the most interesting and unique aspects to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the fascinating history of its founder, and the significance of its location. Palazzo Venier dei Leoni is an unfinished architectural masterpiece. The collection includes masterpieces of Cubism, Futurism, Metaphysical painting, European abstraction, Surrealism, and American Abstract Expressionism.
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The Lace Museum view hide
The museum, which opened in 1981, is situated in the old Lace-School of Burano, founded in 1871 by Countess Andriana Marcello, with the aim of reviving a centuries-old tradition. When the school closed, the archives of the old School, full of important documents and drawings, were re-ordered and catalogued; the building was restructured and transformed into an exhibition site. This was the beginning of the Lace Museum. It contains many valuable pieces of the School's rich collection, together with important examples of Venetian products from the 16th to the 20th century. This building today offers not only items of great value, but also the chance to observe lace-makers at work, keeping up the traditions of the island. It is also possible to consult the archives, an important source of historical and artistic documentation, with drawings, photographs and other iconographic testimony.
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The Fortuny Museum view hide
This large Gothic palazzo in Campo San Beneto, once owned by the Pesaro family, was transformed by Mariano Fortuny into his own atelier of photography, stage-design, textile-design and painting. The building preserves the rooms and structures created by Fortuny, together with tapestries and collections. The environment is represented through precious wall-hangings, paintings, and the famous lamps – all objects that bear witness to the artist’s eclectic work. The Fortuny Museum was donated to the city in 1956 by Henriette, Mariano's widow. The collections within the museum comprise a wide-range of pieces and materials which reflect the various fields investigated in the artist’s work.
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