Current exhibitions
VENETIAN FORTRESSES in Mediterranean Sea
From March 8 to September 22, 2013Displayed in the seat of the Serenissima’s “power”, and making use of the interesting documents loaned from the Gabinetto di Cartografia (Maps Cabinet) and Library of Museo Correr, the exhibition reconstructs the Venetian military defence systems and fortresses of the Stato da Mar. [...]
MANET. Return to Venice
From April 24 to August 18, 2013Manet. Return to Venice is the name of the exhibition the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia will host from 24th April to 18th August 2013 in the monumental rooms of the Doge’s Palace. It will include about 80 paintings, drawings and prints, and has been planned with the special collaboration of the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, which possesses the largest number of masterpieces by this extraordinary painter. [...]
GIFTS BY SHAH ABBAS THE GREAT TO THE SERENISSIMA
From September 28, 2013 to January 12, 2014Taking the large canvas by Carlo and Gabriele Caliari showing Doge Marino Grimani receiving the Persian ambassadors (1603) on display in the Sala delle Quattro Porte as its starting point, the exhibition aims to illustrate the excellent diplomatic relations between the Serenissima and Safavid Persia at the time of Shah Abbas the Great (1587-1629) [...]