La collection is located on the top floor of Ca’ Pesaro, home of the International Gallery of Modern Art, by virtue of the Convention signed in 1925 between the State and the City of Venice.
The museum is housed in one of the most lavish Baroque palaces overlooking the Grand Canal. The building, started based on a design by Baldassarre Longhena (1598-1682), in the second half of the seventeenth century, was completed at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
The collection that constitutes the Museum of Oriental Art is thanks to Prince Enrico di Borbone, Count of Bardi, and his journey around the world undertaken between 1887 and 1889.
From his long stays in Indonesia, China and Japan, Enrico di Borbone brought back thirty thousand pieces which he arranged in a permanent exhibition in Venice, at Palazzo Vendramin Calergi. The events that followed the prince’s death, in 1906, the sale of part of the collection, the First World War, ended with the acquisition of the collection by the State as war damage reparations.
Between 1925 and 1928, adaptation works on the premises, the set-up and the transfer of the collection from Palazzo Vendramin Calergi to Ca’ Pesaro were carried out.
Since November 2002, and subsequent renewals, the agreement signed between the City of Venice and the Special Superintendency for the Venetian Museums Complex has been in force, unifying the management of ticketing and cloakroom, bookshop and cafeteria services.
Information about the Museum of Oriental Art
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM from November 1 to March 31; 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM from April 1 to October 31. Ticket sales end one hour before closing.
10.00 euro Integrated ticket with the International Gallery of Modern Art
