Location
Glass Museum
Fondamenta Giustinian 8
30121 Murano Island VE
The Murano Glass Museum was founded in 1861 when the darkest period in the history of Murano glassmaking had been overcome, following the fall of the Republic of San Marco ( 1797) and the subsequent years of foreign rule.
The Murano Glass Museum collection is laid out chronologically on the first floor of the museum. Starting from an archaeological section on the ground floor, which contains noteworthy Roman works dating from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D., it follows to the largest historical collection of Murano glass in the world, with pieces dating from the 15th to the 20th century, many of them world-famous masterpieces.
Layout and collections:
- At the beginnings
- From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century: the Golden Age
- The eighteenth century: fashion and creativity
- From the eighteenth century to the mid nineteenth century: the most difficult period
- 1850-1895: the revival
- 1900-1970: glass and design
- Contemporary glass
- IN-DEPTH. From mosaic glass to “millefiori”: murrine
- IN-DEPTH: Venetian beads
- IN-DEPTH: Types of glass and glassmaking techniques from the 15th to the 17th centuries
- IN-DEPTH. Types of glass and glassmaking techniques in the 18th century
- IN-DEPTH. Types of glass and glassmaking techniques in the 19th century
Price:
Paid admission
Info and hours:
- Families offer reduced ticket for all family members. For families comprising two adults and atleast one child (aged 6 to 14)
- Family ‘Museum Pass’ Offer: reduced ticket for all family members, for families of two adults and at least one child (aged 6 to 14)
Information
- Opening times every day from 10am to 6pm
- Tel. +39 041 5274718
Fax +39 041 5275120
Email museo.vetro@fmcvenezia.it - Accessibility
- How to get there
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