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Museums Venezia e la sua laguna

Visititaly recommends the list of museums to visit in the Venezia e la sua laguna tourist area, the most important attractions for spending a day with friends and family. Visiting a museum is an effective learning method, used effectively both by schools to improve their educational offer and by tourists wishing to learn about the history and culture of the area. Italy boasts nearly 5,000 museums, archaeological areas and ecomuseums, a cultural heritage widely distributed throughout the territory, in fact one out of three Italian towns has at least one museum. Discover the galleries, the art galleries, the permanent exhibitions, collections and collections, plaster casts, foundations and all the places linked to culture that characterize the Venezia e la sua laguna district and its territory. If you have visited a museum and would like to share your experience with others, please report it here!

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Museo di Palazzo Ducale

The Doge's Palace is definitely one of the symbols of the city of Venice and the wonder of Venetian Gothic. It is located in Piazza San Marco, between the Piazzetta and the Pier. Home to the Doge and the Venetian judiciaries in the past, it is now home to the Civic Museum of Palazzo Ducale and the Musei Civici Foundation of Venice. The Opera Museum, the Piano delle Logge and the beautiful rooms of the Ducal Apartment, the Institutional Rooms and finally the Armory and the Prisons are open to the public.

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Museo di Arte Orientale

The Oriental Art Museum has been located since 1928 in the ancient Palazzo of the Pesaro family in San Stae, overlooking the Grand Canal. The Museum houses one of the world's most important collections of Japanese art of the Edo Period. The collection contains more than 30,000 pieces including swords, Japanese armor, lacquers and precious porcelain, with large sections dedicated to Chinese and Indonesian art. These important pieces come from the collection of Prince Henry II of Bourbon who bought in Asia.

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Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna "Ca' Pesaro"

The International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice is located inside the Ca' Pesaro palace, which was donated by the Bevilacqua la Masa family with the aim of establishing the museum of the Venice Biennale. Inside there are numerous works belonging to the first biennial of the twentieth century and over time the museum was enriched with other works. The collection displays masterpieces, such as the Judith II of Klimt; the Bather of Bonnard; the Rabbi of Chagall, moreover, the works of Kandinsky and Rouault.

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Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

It is one of the oldest schools established in Venice still in operation. It is located in the San Polo district at the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista. It was born in 1261 and the brotherhood gathered around the figure of Saint John the Evangelist. Over time it obtained the title of Grande and was restructured and expanded several times thanks to numerous donations. Artistically it is made important thanks to the 'septum' that closes the campiello.

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Palazzo Querini Stampalia

The Querini Stampalia museum is located on the second floor of a sixteenth-century building near Piazza San Marco. The museum contains over 400 paintings collected over the centuries by the Stampalia family. Fine sculptures, among them the group of so-called Seven Bravi, drawings and prints, furnishings, tapestries, fabrics, porcelain, musical instruments, coins and medals, artillery models a real cultural heritage gathered around a foundation established in 1868.

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Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra

The museum collects works of art coming mainly from the churches of Venice, is located in the former Benedict Monastery of Sant'Apollonio. It houses sculptures, paintings, furnishings and sacred objects from deconsecrated churches and convents. The museum houses a large collection of paintings in which the names of Palma the Younger, Tintoretto, Luca Giordano, Gregorio Lazzarini, Giannantonio Pellegrini appear. A collection of wooden sculptures, a collection of statues of dressed Madonnas and one of the richest collections of sacred silverware.

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Museo Ebraico

The museum is divided into two areas, the first destined for the Jewish holidays season, the second tells the presence of the Jewish community in Venice through objects and images. For the architectural and urban planning complex, the museum represents a unique experience of a widespread museum. It houses the silver room, the room of fabrics. Opening hours from 1 June to 30 September 10 - 19, from 1 October to 31 May 10 - 5.30 pm. Saturday and Jewish holidays closed.

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Museo della Scuola Grande dei Carmini

The great school of Santa Maria dei Carmini is among the last of the 8 great schools in Venice. It was established in 1594 by Bernardino Soardi. The frescoes are one of the riches of the School. Among the frescoes of great importance certainly the complex of paintings that cover the ceiling of the Chapter Hall., work by the artist Tiepolo who painted them between 1739 and 1749. Today the Scuola Grande dei Carmini is active with many concerts and operas.

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Museo della Scuola Grande di San Rocco

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco was founded in 1478, in 1485 it came into possession of the relic of the body of San Rocco. It is based in one of the most beautiful and impressive buildings in Venice, inside it preserves the pictorial decoration created by Jacopo Robusti called the Tintoretto the Crucifixion, located in the room of the Hotel. Open every day of the year, from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm, including holidays with the exception of Christmas and New Year's Eve days

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