Venice, Gallerie dell'Accademia: over 1100 visitors on first weekend of reopening

More than 1,000 visitors in the first weekend of the reopening of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice: to be exact, 1102 people were registered between Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, while 1,700 visitors have been recorded since its reopening.

Enthusiastic is the director of the Galleries, Giulio Manieri Elia, who wanted to be present in the exhibition halls these days to welcome visitors. “It is an important result for Venice, the Veneto and the country, it is the light of art and culture coming back on in such a delicate phase. But it is also a sign of the strong bond that this ancient institution has with the local community, which precisely in the Gallerie dell’Accademia, the largest collection of Venetian art in the world, finds its heritage, its roots, its history,” he said.

Among the first visitors were young art history students, couples from the nearby cities of Padua, Treviso, and Vicenza who chose to find themselves in direct contact with the works in the collection, as well as families and friends. Welcoming them were the museum’s masterpieces, including Giorgione’s Tempest, Tintoretto’s Miracle of the Slave, Giovanni Bellini’s Madonna of the Red Cherubs, Veronese’s Convito in the House of Levi, Titian’s Madonna and Child, and Carpaccio’s Cycle of the Stories of St. Ursula.

The Accademia Galleries can be visited Tuesday through Sunday from 8:15 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Admission is limited to a maximum of 130 people at a time. Mandatory face mask and two-meter interpersonal distance. It is possible to purchase the new annual card at a cost of 40 euros, which entitles the holder to preferential and unlimited access to the permanent collections and provides exclusive benefits, including a reduced ticket for an accompanying person (at a cost of 7 euros instead of 12), invitations to lectures, and a 15 percent discount on all products in the new bookshop. The card can be purchased at the museum ticket office or online via gallerieaccademia.it.

Venice, Gallerie dell'Accademia: over 1100 visitors on first weekend of reopening

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