Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice
The National Archaeological Museum of Venice (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia) is an archaeological museum located in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. It houses one of the most important collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in northern Italy. The origins of the museum trace back to the collection of Cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461–1523), whose private antiquities formed the nucleus of what would later become the museum's holdings.
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Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice
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- Venice National Archaeological Museum
- Founded
- 1523.
- Founder
- Giovanni Grimani.
- Headquarters
- Italy.
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The National Archaeological Museum of Venice (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia) is an archaeological museum located in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. It houses one of the most important collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in northern Italy. The origins of the museum trace back to the collection of Cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461–1523), whose private antiquities formed the nucleus of what would later become the museum's holdings.
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Some of these artifacts date as far back as the 1st century BC. The museum's collections include: • Greek and Roman sculptures • Ceramics, vases, and ivories • Coins, gems, and jewelry • Portrait busts of Roman emperors • Ancient inscriptions and stone artifacts • Objects of Assyro-Babylonian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, and Egyptian origin from the Neolithic period • The Armenian-Venetian collection • Legal texts from the 17th century • Bilingual dictionaries Additionally, several archaeological items from the Correr Museum are also housed here. In May 2025, the National Archaeological Museum opened a new entrance to the public, which had been closed since 1999. That autumn, the museum hosted "ArcheoMateria" an exhibition combining ancient statuary with modern Venetian glass.
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Key facts
• Name — Venice National Archaeological Museum • Native Name — Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia • Established — c. 1523 (collection by Cardinal Domenico Grimani) • Location — Piazza San Marco 52, 30124 Venice, Italy • Type — Archaeology museum • Director — Michela Sediari • Website — Official website
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1523
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice established.
1523
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice is recorded from 1523.
1523
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice was established or created on 1 January 1523.
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The circumstances in which Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice stands. Recorded as Museum of the Italian Ministry of Culture. Established or created on 1 January 1523. Recorded at coordinates 45.4335, 12.3378. Founded by Giovanni Grimani. Located at Piazza San Marco. Situated in Italy. Venice lies within Venice.
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- 1.Daniele Ferrara, Toto Bergamo Rossi (Hrsg.): Domus Grimani. La collezione di sculture classiche a palazzo dopo quattro secoli. Marsilio, Venedig 2021, ISBN 978-88-297-1269-4.
- 2.Sala I, Audiotour. In: izi.travel (italienisch mit Transkription).
- 3.Sala II, Audiotour.
- 4.Sala III, Audiotour.
- 5.Adolf Furtwängler: Griechische Originalstatuen in Venedig. München 1898 (Digitalisat); Renate Kabus-Jahn: Die Grimanische Figurengruppe in Venedig (= Antike Plastik 11). Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1972.
- 6.Sala IV, Audiotour.
- 7.Sala V, Audiotour.
- 8.Sala VI, Audiotour.
- 9.Sala VII, Audiotour.
- 10.Sala VIII, Audiotour.
- 11.Sala IX, Audiotour.
- 12.Sala X, Audiotour.
- 13.Sala XI, Audiotour.
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