Posts in museum

dining - Museo Querini-Stampalia

(Nederlands) Museum Querini Stampalia

Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.

buste Tiberio - collectie Grimani (Museum Correr)

Male sculptures, favourite of De Mérode

The Museo Archeologico in Venice has a collection sculptures on display from Greek, Greek-Roman and Roman origine. A large part of the collection was gathered[…]

Vetruvius-man

Once in a lifetime: the real Vitruvian man

Normally this drawing lies in the dark, not to be viewed by anyone and certainly not by you, simple tourist. It is well preserved in[…]

Pietà, Calle del Pestrin

No fotography allowed (what were you thinking!)

It is very frustrating that sometimes it is almost impossible to take a picture in the Venetian musea simply because they forbid you to. Can[…]

Vivaldi-museum

Vivaldi and his Ospedale della Pietà

If you know a little bit about classical music, you must have heard the name Vivaldi. Antonio Vivaldi was a composer from Venice (1678-1741). He[…]

Oselle, munten in Museum Correr

Oselle: red-legged female ducks

Oselle are tokens that were made for the doge to give away to nobility. They were coined for the first time by doge Antonio Grimani[…]