The Murano Glass Museum is showcasing the island’s glass factories by displaying their work, selected on the basis of quality and innovation, in the Conteria area of Murano, famous for its historic glass bead production.
The selected works will be on show in the museum and adjacent garden, creating a contemporary itinerary focused on current Murano glass production, which confirms its unique creative identity and is synonymous with the island’s artistic vigour. The selection will incorporate not only decorative glassware, but also functional and design pieces, providing an opportunity to discover the evolution of this extraordinary industrial sector, both in technical and specifically aesthetic terms. The project aims to promote and communicate greater knowledge of a history and a heritage, but above all to support the Murano glassworks in the world of international competition. The island’s excellences on display in the refurbished rooms of the Museum, will encourage a contemporary itinerary interwoven with the history and the extraordinary quality of the precious glass heritage from the Civic Museum. The exhibition has been conceived as an annual event, strengthening the link that glass represents between the island and the Museum, and will also become the stimulus for further collecting by the Museum. At the same time the exhibition will assist the visiting public in recognising and appreciating the quality and excellence of Murano glass, which today is threatened by cheap imitations of inferior aesthetic quality.
Opening times
from April 1st to October 31st
10 am – 6 pm (ticket office 10 am – 5.00 pm)
from November 1st to March 31st
10 am – 5 pm (ticket office 10 am – 4.00 pm)
Closed on December 25th, January 1st
Full price €10
Reduced €7.5 Children aged 6 to 14; students from 15 to 25; accompanier (max. 2) of groups of children or students; senior citizens over 65; staff of the Ministry for Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MIBACT); holders of the Rolling VeniceCard; F.A.I. members.
Free Residents and those born within the Comune di Venezia; infants between 0 and 5; disabled persons plus accompanier; tourist guides enabled by the Province of Venice and interpreters accompanying individual groups or visitors; for every group of at least 15 individuals, 1 free entry (only with prior booking); accompanying teachers of school groups (up to 2 teachers per group); ICOM members; volunteers of the Servizio Civile; MUVE ordinary partners; holders of the MUVE Friend Card; members of the Venice International Foundation, holders of “The Cultivist” card (plus three guests).
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