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:
Address: Entrance from the Correr Museum, Ala Napoleonica, Piazza S.Marco, 52, 30124 - Venice
Opening hours: from November 1st to March 31st 10 am – 5 pm (ticket office 10 am – 4 pm)
from April 1st to October 31st 10 am – 7 pm (ticket office 10 am – 6 pm)
Closed on Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st.
Price:
A single ticket valid for the Doge’s Palace and the combined itinerary of Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.
Full price Ticket: € 20,00
Reduced Ticket: € 14,00 Children aged from 6 to 14; students aged from 15 to 25; coordinators (max. 2) for groups of children or students (min. 10); citizens over 65; staff of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e per il Turismo (MiBACT); holders of the Rolling Venice Card; FAI members
Free entrance: Venetian citizens and residents; children aged from 0 to 5; disabled people with helper; tourist guides enabled by the Province of Venice and interpreters accompanying groups or individual visitors; for groups of at least 15 people, 1 free entrance (only with prior booking); accompanying teachers of school groups (up to 2 teachers per group); ICOM members; MUVE ordinary partners; Servizio Civile volunteers; MUVE Friend Card holders, holders of “The Cultivist” card (plus three guests).
Contacts:
Phone: +39 041 2967663
Fax: +39 041 2967606
Email: http://pm-ven.archeologico@beniculturali.it
Services: easy access, educational activities, coffee shop, bookshop
How to get there: ferry boat stop "San Marco" or "San Zaccaria"
