{"id":4147,"date":"2019-09-24T09:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T07:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archeologicovenezia.cultura.gov.it\/?page_id=4147"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:30:32","slug":"the-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archeologicovenezia.cultura.gov.it\/en\/the-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\tOne of the oldest public museums in Europe\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” row_content_width=”grid” content_text_aligment=”left” css=”.vc_custom_1569319432692{padding-bottom: 72px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]The Archaeological Museum’s history intertwines with the history of Venice and with the city’s relationship with the Ancient.<\/p>\n

The bond has been woven since the origins of the Serenissima<\/em>, well summarized in a constant search for legitimacy through the remains of a past that Venice could not exhibit except for artefacts that came from other places.<\/p>\n

Venice’s military, political, and commercial contacts with Greece and the entire Mediterranean allowed it to receive illustrious spolia<\/em> that went to the public monuments of St. Mark Square as well as to a high-level antique market and numerous antique collections.<\/p>\n

These collections as a whole tell a particular aspect of the cultural, economic, social, and political life of the city.<\/p>\n

At the end of the 16th century, Giovanni Grimani donated his collection of ancient sculptures, one of the most famous in Venice, to the Republic. This fact gave birth to the Statuary of the Serenissima<\/em>, which will be housed in the vestibule of the St. Mark Library, transforming a private collection into a public pride.<\/p>\n

Although the museum has been moved several times throughout its history, St. Mark Square has always been its seat.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”100px”]\n OUR HISTORY<\/span>\n <\/i><\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″]

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\n\t\t\t\tIn the heart of the most noble and singular city\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” row_content_width=”grid” content_text_aligment=”left” css=”.vc_custom_1569319432692{padding-bottom: 72px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]Since 1926, the Archaeological Museum has been located in the initial part of the Procuratie Nuove<\/em>, which occupies the entire southern side of St. Mark Square. Its rooms, in particular, correspond to the part which was built starting in 1582 by Vincenzo Scamozzi, who could only complete the first ten arches.<\/p>\n

The complex, destined for the residences of the procurators, was formerly divided into apartments with large halls overlooking St. Mark Square and smaller rooms to the south overlooking the current Royal Gardens.<\/p>\n

Starting in 1807, at the end of the Republic, the entire building was transformed into the Royal Palace of Venice, adapting it to the needs of the new rulers.<\/p>\n

Some of the ceiling decorations still belong to the different phases of the Royal Palace.<\/p>\n

The view of the rooms of the Archaeological Museum establishes a visual relationship on an urban scale with St. Mark Square and, on the other side, with the St. Mark Basin.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″]

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Accioch\u00e9 li forestieri dopo l\u2019haver veduto et l\u2019Arsenale, et l\u2019altre cose maravigliose di quella citt\u00e0, potessero anco per cosa notabile veder queste antichit\u00e0 ridotte in un luogo publico.<\/p>\n

\n GIOVANNI GRIMANI<\/span>\n <\/h6>\n
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I observed a little world of memorable antiquities made in Alabaster, and some few in stone, which were brought thither by Cardinall Grimannus Patriarch of Aquileia.<\/p>\n

\n THOMAS CORYAT<\/span>\n <\/h6>\n
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El museo no es muy copioso de lapidas, bustos, estatuas y baxos-relieves; pero no dexa de contener mas de lo que es menester para poder campear en un lugar tan estrecho.<\/p>\n

\n JUAN ANDR\u00c9S<\/span>\n <\/h6>\n
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J\u2019ai vu ce matin la salle du Grand Conseil, transform\u00e9e en biblioth\u00e8que et en mus\u00e9e. J\u2019ai surtout remarqu\u00e9 la L\u00e9da et le Ganim\u00e8de.<\/p>\n

\n HENRY BEYLE STANDHAL<\/span>\n <\/h6>\n
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Die Venezianer Statuen [...] sie mitten inne stehen im frischen klar dahinrollenden Strome der grossen sch\u00f6pferischen Periode der griechischen Kunst.<\/p>\n

\n ADOLF FURTW\u00c4NGLER<\/span>\n <\/h6>\n
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Il museo di Venezia, per la sua genesi, \u00e8 uno dei pi\u00f9 ricchi in fatto di originali greci e da questo fatto deriva la sua particolare importanza.<\/p>\n

\n CARLO ANTI<\/span>\n <\/h6>\n
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