With such an amazing number and variety of museums and galleries to choose from, narrowing down your choice can sometimes prove quite a challenge! However, the following are probably considered top of the list:
- Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace – with online booking for the ‘Secret Itineraries’ tour) – click HERE (Museums) for a ‘Virtual Map/Tour’ of the Palace
- Saint Mark’s Basilica
- The Clock Tower, St.Marks’s Square – view it HERE on YouTube
- The Correr Museum (Museo Correr – Museum of Venetian History and Art) – view it HERE on YouTube
- Palazzo Grassi (modern art museum)
- Punta Della Dogana Museum of Contemporary Art
- The Venice Biennale
- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection (European and American art of the first half of the 20th Century)
- The Accademia Galleries (Gallerie dell’Accademia)
- Scuola Grande di San Rocco (with its feast of Tintoretto paintings)
- Teatro La Fenice (for tours of the theatre as well as performances)
- Ca’ Rezzonico (Museum of 18th Century Art) – click HERE (Museums) for a ‘Virtual Map/Tour’ of the Museum
- Ca’ Pesaro (International Gallery of Modern Art) – click HERE (Museums) for a ‘Virtual Map/Tour’ of the Gallery, or view it HERE on YouTube
- Palazzo Fortuny (Museum of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, famous photographer, painter, stage and textile designer) – view it HERE on YouTube
- Palazzo Mocenigo at San Stae (Costume Museum) – view it HERE on YouTube
- Museo Storico Navale di Venezia (Naval Museum) – now reopened (November 2018) after a lengthy renovation
- Jewish Museum of Venice (on the site of Europe’s oldest ghetto)
- The Glass Museum (on the island of Murano) –
- The Lace Museum (on the island of Burano)
