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Things to do in Venice, Veneto: The Best History Museums
With its gondolas, canals, amazing restaurants, and unforgettable romantic ambiance, Venice is definitely a city for one's bucket list. Waterfront palazzos, palaces, and churches make drifting down the Grand Canal feel like cruising through a painting. To really experience Venice you must go to the opera or to a classical music performance, nibble fresh pasta and pastries, and linger in the exhibit halls of an art gallery. Label lovers will drool over the high-end shopping in Piazza San Marco.
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1. Casa Bortoli
2. Ca' Rezzonico
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,816 reviews
Immerse yourself in Venice's Age of Decadence with a visit to this lavish palace of the Venetian aristocracy Rezzonico, which houses an unsurpassed collection of eighteenth-century Venetian art.
Reviewed By Daisy100London
Interesting paintings, well labelled and explained in several languages. Porcelain of many makes, furniture. Nice and cool when really hot outside. Has a lift to get you to all floors. Friendly and helpful staff. Nice cafe with friendly waiter. Is directly at vaporetti stop of same name. Strongly recommend.
3. Museo di Palazzo Grimani
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4.5 based on 243 reviews
Open to the public on December 20, 2008, after a long restoration, it is currently a Museum belonging to the Veneto Museum Pole. Palazzo Grimani constitutes for the city of Venice a particularly precious novelty for the originality of the architecture, for the decorations and for its history. The long restoration by the Superintendence included the interior decorations, including: the Camerino di Callisto, with stucco by Giovanni da Udine; the Camerino di Apollo, with frescoes by Francesco Salviati and Giovanni da Udine; the Sala del Doge Antonio, decorated with stucco and polychrome marbles; the Sala a Fogliami by Camillo Mantovano, with the ceiling entirely covered with fruit trees, flowers and animals; and the Tribune that housed more than a hundred pieces of the archaeological collection. Here, the sculpture depicting the Kidnapping of Ganimede is suspended in the center of the vault decorated by lacunae.
Reviewed By stefanom8 - Penang Island, Malaysia
A very well restored palazzo, home to one of Venice's greatest families. From the Renaissance courtyard you move to the first and second floors. The latter hosts temporary exhibitions; the former shows the family's grandeur, and is particularly interesting because the 16th century Grimanis seem strongly influenced by Roman and Florentine Mannerism. Don't miss
4. Museo Storico Militare
5. Museum of Icons
6. Piccolo Museo della Pieta Antonio Vivaldi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By durham05 - Durham, United Kingdom
Although this is the original church that Vivaldi would have known, it was certainly a great place to visit, with the great musicians music playing through speakers. Regularly a venue for concerts as well. Well worth a look.
7. Naval History Museum
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4.0 based on 568 reviews
Not for land-lubbers: this museum has filled its four floors with interesting maritime objects, including the banners that were flown by the Venetian fleet at Lepanto.
Reviewed By lucianm2013 - Constanta, Romania
Having in mind that for many years Venice was a great naval power in Mediterranean area, visiting the Naval History Museum is almost a must while you are in Venice. For 10 euro admission ticket, you have access to two different locations hosting the exhibits of the Museum: the Museum main building on Riva San Biagio Castello 2148 and Ships Pavilion on Rio della Tana Castello 2162 c, close to the Arsenal bridge. In the main building of the Museum we admired a large collection of scale models which were used for shipbuilding, naval instruments and weapons, uniforms, documents … In the Ships Pavilion we had the opportunity to see a nice collection of real-size historical ships. We were very pleased with the time spent in this Museum.
8. Archivio di Stato
9. Museo Wagner
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4.0 based on 21 reviews
This 16th-century home was where German composer Richard Wagner died.
10. Collezione Storica e degli Archivi Rubelli
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4.0 based on 2 reviews
