The monumental estate of the Accademia Galleries is located in the prestigious centre of the Scuola Grande of Santa Maria della Carità, one of the most ancient lay fraternal orders of the city. The homonymous church of Santa Maria and the monastery of the Canonici Lateranensi, built by Andrea Palladio, are integral parts of the Accademia.


A very rich collection of Venetian paintings from Veneto as well, from the Bizantine and Gothic fourteenth century to the artists of the Renaissance, Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Veronese, Tintoretto and Tiziano until Gianbattista Tiepolo and the Vedutisti of the eighteenth century, Canaletto, Guardi, Bellotto, Longhi. These artists will influence the whole history of European painting.

ADDRESS

Accademia Galleries
Campo della Carità
Dorsoduro n. 1050 - Venice

OPENING TIME

Monday from 8.15 am until 2.00 pm (last entrance at 1.15 pm)
From Tuesday to Sunday from 8.15 am until 7.15 pm (last entrance at 6.30 pm)
Closed on: 1 January, 1 May, 25 December

TICKETS


Full price ticket: € 6,50 (+ € 1,00 as reservation fee)
Reduced price ticket: € 3,25 (+ € 1,00 as reservation fee)

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•European citizens aged 18 to 25 with identification document
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•Permanent state teachers without their school group

Free ticket: € 0,00 (+ € 1,00 as reservation fee)

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•European citizens under 18 years of age
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•European citizens over 65 years of age
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•European teachers and students from the school of architecture, preservation of the cultural heritage, science of liberal education and from the courses of art degree or literary subjects with an archaeological or artistic curriculum from the faculty of literature and philosophy
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•Employed for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage
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•Members of voluntary associations which promote and popularize the knowledge of the cultural heritage (on the basis of special agreement stipulated with the Ministry – art. 12, 8th paragraph of the Code)
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•Members of the ICOM (International Council of Museums)
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•European disabled people attende by a membeer of their family or by a care worker
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•journalists

Free ticket: € 0,00 (+ € 5,00 as reservation fee for group)

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•Students and teachers of European Private and Public Schools
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•Licensed tourist guides
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•Licensed interpreters in collaboration with tourist guides

Free ticket: € 0,00 without the reservation fee

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•European tourist guides in the exercise of their duties
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•Tourist interpreters working with a tourist guide

Group ticket for 3 museums (Accademia + Ca' d'Oro + Oriental Art Museum)
Validity: 3 months from the first date of entrance
Full price: € 11,00 (+ € 1,00 as reservation fee)
Reduced price: € 5,50 (+ € 1,00 as reservation fee)

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•European citizens aged 18 to 25 with identification document
2.
•Permanent state teachers without their school group

For all the citizens from Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein, the same facilities of United Europe citizens will be available.
Temporary free passes for some studying reasons can be allowed by the Special Board for the Venetian Museum Pole. Extra free entrances: Week of Culture, Children at the Museum.

The entrance is allowed only on the booked day and time. If that is not possible because of any circumstance beyond one's control, the entrace will be allowed in the following days, even beyond the validity of the ticket, according to the availability.


ACCESSIBILITY FOR DISABLED PEOPLE


It is necessary to go up some stairs in order to enter the museum from Campo della Carità; the exibition rooms are on the first floor that can be reached through 2 flights of stairs located next to the ticket office (ground floor).

A lift chair is available in order to reach the first floor (according to the availability of the State staff which visitors have to get in touch with through a specific request calling the n° 041.52.22.247).

COLLECTION OF THE TICKETS


Tickets have to be collected at the ticket office next to the entrance of the museum. Visitors have to turn up at the front desk at least 20 minutes in advance with the BOOKING REFERENCE, otherwise the entrance will not be allowed.

In the case of payment by credit card, the card's owner's presence is necessary, showing his or her identification document or, in the case of his or her absence, a proxy and a copy of the document are requested.

TELEPHONE RESERVATIONS


The Call Centre is the new centre for information and reservations. With a phonecall it is possible to receive information and updated news about the museum as well as booking the day and the time of the tour, didactic tour service and the headsets.

The way of payment is personalized according to the customers' needs: the payment can be done by bank transfer, by postal order or by credit card (VISA or MASTERCARD).

The number of the Call Centre is the following: (+39) 041 52 00 345

The telephone service is operating:

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from Monday to Friday from 9.00 am until 6.00 pm
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Saturday from 9.00 am until 2.00 pm
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Closed on holidays.

DIDACTIC ITINERARIES

Specific didactic prgrammes have been conceived for school groups.

Today the project is firstly based on the differentiation of the offer according to the age bracket: many different itineraries are planned not only for the choise of the subject but also for the importance of the topics and for the type of language used.

All the itineraries allow the active involvement of young visitors and the allow a better approach to the works of art through a recreational experience. This is thought as a chance for having fun but also as a motivating force towards a gradual comprehension of the work of art.

From time to time, visitors will analyze all the artistic currents, kinds of objects, pictorial techniques, fashions and customs. During the itinerary, didactic materials and working papers are given for a better and depper vision and in order to give a boost to curiosity by playing.

Available didactic tours:

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The Nativity: the Child's birth seen by the great masters (recommended to primary and secondary schools)
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First steps through art: let's learn to read paintings (recommended to primary schools)
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Portray through the centuries (recommended to secondary and high schools)
4.
The legend of St. Orsola's story told by Vittore Carpaccio (recommended to primary, secondary and high schools)
5.
Venetian society in the paintings of the XV century. The cycle of miracles of the Holy Cross. (recommended to primary, secondary and high schools)
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The Venetian recognition: Masterpieces from Bellini to Tiziano (recommended to secondary and high schools)
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Venetian paintings through the centuries: from the golden icons to eighteenth century paintins (for adults only)

Didactic tours for school groups: € 65,00 (from a minimun of 10 to a maximum of 25 visitors including tour leaders and teachers). Time of the visit: ABOUT 1 HOUR

Guided Tours for adults: € 85,00 (from a minimun of 10 to a maximum of 25 visitors including tour leaders and teachers). Time of the visit: ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES

Visits are explained in Italian and in English, but only upon specific request.
The phone reservation is compulsory.
The number of the Call Centre is the following: (+39) 041 52 00 345

The telephone service is operating:


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from Monday to Friday from 9.00 am until 6.00 pm
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Saturday from 9.00 am until 2.00 pm
3.
Closed on holidays.

School groups that are located in the area of expertise of the Supervision, some agreement can be taken into account with the Didactic Section (041.52.22.247) and for gree didactic itineraries as well.

HEADSETS

In order to suggest a different offer for the visit according to the visitors' wishes and expectations, the visit can be made in many different ways: the headsets service is a additional suggestion above the catalogue or the publishing guides.

Many different technological possibilities can be taken into account, which are expressly made for differentiated customers: from the simple portable walkman, to the more sophisticated MP3 set, to the new generation organizers with liquid crystal video display in order to complete the explanations with some immages as well.

Texts are specially written by historians of art and thought for a wide public.
The headsets offer the visitors the chance to choose freely his own itinerary and to have nearely endless time for hearing. Such a service is available also at the G. Franchetti Gallery at the Ca’ d'Oro.
The following languages are available: Italian, French, English, German, Spanish and Japanese.
Single Headset: € 5,00
Double Headset: € 7,00

BOOKSHOP

The bookshop offers publishing products about museums (monographies, guides, abstracts) and sectorial publications, in particular about Venetian Art. The last publishing news, such as temporary expositions catalogues, are available.

Moreover, multimedia products, objects made of paper and cardboard, gidts and fency goods inspired by the paintings kept into the Museum (postcards, posters and videos).

The bookshop has the same opening time of the museum.

LEFT LUGGAGE OFFICE

There is a left luggage office inside the museum. The price of the service is of Euro 0,50 apiece. Objects bigger than 20x30x15 cm, such as voluminous bags or with jutting out elements, rucksacks and umbrellas or other elements which might be dangerous. Their dangerousness will be weigh up by the overseers