The Archeological Museum in Saint Mark’s Square has an important collection of Greek and Roman sculptures, gems and coins. It includes also the archeological collection of the Correr Museum, which is Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian antiques.
Established in 1523 after the bequest of the cardinal Domenico Grimani, who gave the Serenissima Republic antiques marbles and bronzes. The Museum is based on donations given by rich Venetian families. Besides the many Greek sculptures, in the museum there are also architectural fragments , epigraphs, marbles and busts, little bronze sculptures, pottery, jewels, Etruscan, Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Roman relics, gems, ivories and a coins collection (with coins of the 3rd and 1st century b.C.). Of great interest the portraits of the Roman Emperors. Inside the museum, which is a municipal one, there is a part of the archeological collection of the Correr Museum, with some relics of the Neolithic and Bronze age, Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian antiques, Greek, Etruscan and Roman art.
Useful information:
Opening hours
Everyday
- Summer schedule (From 1st April to 31st October): 10am - 6 pm
- Winter schedule (From 1st November to 31st March): 10 am - 5 pm
Prices:
St. Mark's Square Museum full Ticket : 30,00 euro
St. Mark's Square Museum reduced Ticket : 15,00 euro
- The St. Mark's Square Museum Ticket is valid for the Doge's Palace and the combined itinerary of Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.
(Special prices for purchasing online 30 days upon visit: full ticket 25,00 euro, reduced ticket 13,00 euro)
Other tickets:
MUSEUM PASS
It includes the access also to all Civic Museum of Venice: Museums of Saint Mark's Square plus others like Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, Mocenigo Palace (check on website: https://www.visitmuve.it)
Museum Pass full: 40,00 euro
Museum Pass reduced: 22,00 euro
Contacts
Tel: +39 041 2967663
E-mail: drm-ven.archeologico@cultura.gov.it
For any further information, please check: https://archeologicovenezia.cultura.gov.it/
Address: Entrance from the Correr Museum, Ala Napoleonica, Piazza S.Marco, 52, 30124 - Venice
How to get there: ferry boat stop "San Marco" or "San Zaccaria"
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