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POLO MUSEALE VENEZIANO
POLO MUSEALE VENEZIANO
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Accademia Galleries
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Galleria Giorgio Franchetti Cà d'Oro 
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Palazzo Grimani
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Accademia Galleries
Campo della Carità, Dorsoduro 1050, 30123 Venice
Accademia Galleries were established by Napoleonic decree in 1807 as an educational facility for the Academy of Fine Arts.
The monumental complex that houses them is made up of the ancient church of Santa Maria della Carità, the Scuola Grande della Carità and the convent of the Lateran canons designed by Andrea Palladio in 1561. In addition to the essays by the academics, the museum welcomed works from the suppressions of religious and civil bodies, some prestigious bequests from illustrious Venetian collectors (Molin 1816; Contarini 1838; Renier 1850) and several important purchases made by the Italian state after 1878, the most important of these was that of the famous Tempesta by Giorgione.
The museum also preserves a precious nucleus of drawings, for conservation reasons visible to the public only on the occasion of exhibition events, which includes among the most significant pieces some sheets by Leonardo da Vinci and his circle.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia possess the most important collection of Venetian and Venetian painting from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century and you can admire masterpieces by Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Carpaccio, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Tiepolo as well as some important landscape artists such as Canaletto, Bellotto, Guardi.
Information:
Open: Monday 8:15 am – 2:00 pm (last entrance 1:15 pm) / from Tuesday to Sunday 8:15 am – 7:15 pm (last entrance 6:30 pm)
Closed: Monday afternoons, 25th December, 1st January, 1st May
Galleria Giorgio Franchetti - Ca' d'Oro
Cannaregio 3932, 30121 Venice
The Ca’ d’Oro museum is a legacy of Baron Giorgio Franchetti (Turin 1865 – Venice 1922), who in 1916 bequeathed the building itself – which he purchased and restored – and the original core of the art collection now on exhibit in the museum, to the Italian state.
Built between 1421 and 1440 as a sumptuous residence for the wealthy merchant Marino Contarini, the Ca’ d’Oro, which was altered many times over the centuries, was chosen by Baron Franchetti as an ideal venue for his personal collections, which included period furniture, tapestries, paintings, sculptures and small bronzes. Upon completion of the extensive restoration work carried out by the nobleman, which returned the palace to its ancient splendor, the idea of turning it into a public museum finally became reality in 1927; the original core of the collection grew with the addition of state-owned works of various provenances, mixing masterpieces of the Venetian school with selected pieces by rare and minor masters, most of them Tuscan, and Renaissance works from the Lombard, Veneto, Emilian and Flemish schools, with masterpieces such as the famous Saint Sebastian by Andrea Mantegna.
The arrangement of the current exhibition dates back to the 1970s and 80s. A new section dedicated to Venetian ceramics was opened in 1992 in the adjacent Palazzo Duodo. Baron Franchetti was also responsible for the monumental restoration of the courtyard and the ground-floor atrium, where his ashes now rest under a porphyry stone, ideally keeping watch over the site. Of particular interest are the floor mosaics, made by the Baron himself and inspired by the Paleo-Christian basilicas, and the fifteenth-century wellhead sculpted by Bartolomeo Bon, which was returned to its original location after it was located and purchased on the Antiques market.
Information:
Open: Monday 8:15 am – 2:00 pm (last entrance 1:15 pm) / from Tuesday to Sunday 8:15 am – 7:15 pm (last entrance 6:30 pm)
Closed: 25th December, 1st January, 1st May
Palazzo Grimani
Ramo Grimani, Castello 4858, 30122 Venezia
The palace, which was the residence of the Santa Maria Formosa branch of the Grimani family, originally was an ancient casa da stazio, a typical Venetian merchant residence featuring an inner courtyard, a loggia with a colonnade, and a garden. It was expanded in the sixteenth century and decorated with frescoes, marble and stucco that make it absolutely unique in Venice, more similar to its Roman counterparts of the time.
The monumental staircase by Federico Zuccari leads to the first floor piano nobile, where visitors may admire the Chamber of Callisto adorned with stuccoes by Giovanni da Udine, or the Chamber of Apollo, with frescoes by Francesco Salviati and stucco and grotesque decorations by Giovanni da Udine, the Foliage Room and Dining Room decorated with naturalistic motifs by Camillo Mantovano, the sumptuous fireplaces and the striking original Venetian floors.
The precious collection of ancient marbles, to which Palazzo Grimani owed its fame, was exhibited in the various rooms and in particular in the Tribuna, specifically designed with an architectural structure of niches and shelves that created a spectacular installation for the over one hundred and thirty Greek and Roman sculptures. In 1587, a significant part of the collected was bequeathed by Giovanni Grimani to the Serenissima Republic of Venice, with instructions that the works should be exhibited to the public in the anteroom of the Libreria Marciana, the original structure of which may still be seen today. Part of the collection is now preserved in the adjacent National Archaeological Museum.
One of the rooms displays the triptych with the “Visions of the Hereafter” by Hieronymous Bosch.
Information:
Open: Monday 8:15 am – 2:00 pm (last entrance 1:15 pm) / from Tuesday to Sunday 8:15 am – 7:15 pm (last entrance 6:30 pm)
Closed: 25th December, 1st January, 1st May
