Guggenheim Museum (Peggy Guggenheim Collection)
- Address: 704 Dorsoduro, Venice
- Hours: Wed - Mon 10am - 6pm. Closed Tuesdays and Dec 25th
- Admission: Adults: €12, Seniors (over 65yrs): €10
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Cultural Experience,
Good Place to Relax,
Mountain
Peggy Guggenheim was an important art collector who left the USA to live in Venice for the last thirty years of her life. When she died in 1979 her collection of early 20th century European and American art founded the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Inaugurated in 1980, the collection is still housed in her Grand Canal home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni. She was the last person in Venice to keep a private gondola and gondolier.
The collection includes artists such as Picasso, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Pollock and of course Max Ernst, the surrealist artist and her husband. There is also a sculpture garden and changing exhibitions. After all the centuries old art and architecture of Venice, the Guggenheim collection can be a nice breath of modernity.
Latest Reviews
Review by Nancy B, July 2012
It was interesting to have a museum in what used to be Peggy Guggenheim's home.
Practical Info
Given the winding, confusing nature of Venice's streets, it is easiest to get there by water: Vaporetto stop Accademia.
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