Palazzo Ducale

Past exhibitions

PER IL BENE DELLA PACE. Il lungo cammino verso l’Europa dalla pace di Bologna alla Dichiarazione dei diritti dell’uomo (1530-1789)

October 25, 2014

On the occasion of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (July 1 to December 31), the exhibition “Per il bene della Pace. Il lungo cammino verso l’Europa dalla pace di Bologna alla Dichiarazione dei diritti dell’uomo (1530-1789)” celebrates peace as the supreme value of European culture. Visit the exhibition set up in the Chamber of the Scrutinio by buying the entrance ticket of Palazzo Ducale. […]

THE SERENISSIMO PRINCE. HISTORY AND STORIES OF DOGES AND DOGARESSAS

January 26, 2014

In the renovated space of the Doge’s Apartment in Palazzo Ducale, the exhibition aims to tell – through works from the prestigious collections of the Museo Correr, its library and its drawing cabinet, prints and numismatics – the historical evolution of this symbol, which returns in paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, coins, medals and insignia of traditional power, in memory of the extraordinary life of a world collapsed in 1797 and later immortalized in the size of the myth. […]