Querini Stampalia Foundation opens its collections and exhibitions by appointment only

The Museum, theScarpa Area, the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, and the temporary exhibitions of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice will be open free of charge from Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24, on weekends only, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., making access possible only to a limited number of visitors. Reservations are required.

Visitors must be equipped with personal protective equipment (gloves and mask) and must sign a self-certification regarding Covid-19 quarantine and body temperature.

In addition to the permanent collections, it is possible to visit the temporary exhibitions:

Venice 1860-2019. Photographs from the Graziano Arici Archive curated by Graziano Arici and Cristina Celegon with Barbara Poli. Over one hundred and forty photographs, nineteenth-century originals, plates and stereoscopies, and digital prints to offer a visual memory of the city.

The Angel of Artists. Twentieth-century Art and the All’Angelo Restaurant in Venice curated by Giandomenico Romanelli and Pascaline Vatin. The exhibition focuses on collecting that had restaurant patrons as patrons. The history of the All’Angelo restaurant between Fronte Nuovo delle Arti and Peggy Guggenheim is investigated: the adventures of the Avant-gardes at the tables of Renato and Vittorio Carrain.

Giovanni Querini Stampalia. Theman, the entrepreneur, the philanthropist. Count Giovanni, lawyer by training, amateur scientist, ante litteram entrepreneur, shrewd administrator. On display, family letters and correspondence with his employees, maps of his vast agricultural properties, journals and books on science and agronomy, restore a glimpse of this 19th-century figure.

Pictured is the Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia Ph.Credit

Querini Stampalia Foundation opens its collections and exhibitions by appointment only

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