Gallerie dell’Accademia, Galleria di Palazzo Cini, Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Punta della Dogana announced today in Venice the “Dorsoduro Museum Mile”, a new cultural itinerary for visitors to Venice
A dedicated map guides travelers to some of the most important cultural institutions in the ‘sestiere’ of Dorsoduro: from ancient to contemporary art, via the historic avant-gardes.
Venice, 15th September 2015 - The Dorsoduro Museum Mile is announced today: an art itinerary, both topographical and historical, through the sestiere of Dorsoduro, connecting four Venetian cultural institutions: the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Palazzo Cini, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Punta della Dogana. The project springs from a joint agreement for combined communications and promotion to raise awareness of the cultural offering of the Dorsoduro peninsula of Venice’s Grand Canal.
The first project of the ‘Dorsoduro Museum Mile’ is a freely distributed city map, printed with the support of Assicurazioni Generali, that illustrates the museum mile’s route through Dorosduro. Giulio Manieri Elia explained: “The Accademia Galleries are pleased to be the gateway to the ‘Dorsoduro Museum Mile’, a magnificent survey of art through the centuries, from ancient to contemporary. The Accademia is the only State museum participating in this important initiative, that enhances Venice’s cultural heritage in an extraordinarily rich offering of public institutions, private foundations and collections.”
Luca Massimo Barbero, director of the Art History Institute of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, observed: “The map will guide visitors along a novel and alternative Venice itinerary, through the calles and fondamentas of this picturesque quarter, to museums with an abundance of treasures, including masterpieces of the history of art.”
The itinerary walks visitors for a little over a mile through the Dorsoduro district, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, offering a millennium of art history: from the Venetian Middle Ages, to masterpieces of Renaissance painting in the Accademia galleries, to major figures of 21st century art in the Punta della Dogana, and to the house-museums of Vittorio Cini and Peggy Guggenheim, which house the ancient and modern collections of these great patrons as well as temporary exhibitions.
Philip Rylands, Director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection commented: “We are happy to be a part of this project, which brings together four prominent cultural institutions in an ideal journey from the medieval to the contemporary”. Rylands’ enthusiasm was shared by Martin Bethenod, Director of Palazzo Grassi, who said: "Today we are pleased to witness the realization of a project based on one of the founding values of our institution: the building of alliances and synergies with the best forces in the city, in favor of the public display of great art in Venice”.
‘Dorsoduro Museum Mile’ offer a variety of benefits and discounts, signifying an important collaboration that will continue in the future.
Upon presentation of the ‘Dorsoduro Museum Mile’ map, Palazzo Cini applies a reduction from €10 to €8 of its admission price. The Pinault Foundation also offers reduced entry, from €15 to €10. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection gives a free, museum Mini-guide. In addition, Palazzo Cini offers those who have visited the other partner institutions, where they may receive a voucher at the ticket office, a further reduction from €10 to €5 euro on its ticket price.
‘Dorsoduro Museum Mile’ is supported by Assicurazioni Generali, which is historically linked to the city of Venice and whose mission is to insure and to protect.