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Gallerie dell'Accademia: the painters of Venice

Venetian painting is a story told in colour, and the Accademia tells all of it, in a former convent and its church at the foot of the wooden Accademia bridge. Giorgione's Tempest is here, and the huge canvases of Carpaccio, Veronese and Tintoretto.

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Tue to Sun, 9:00 to 19:00
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Mondays
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    What to see at the Accademia

    1. Giorgione's Tempest

      A small, mysterious landscape with a soldier, a nursing mother and a flash of lightning, which no one has ever fully explained.

    2. Bellini's Madonnas

      Giovanni Bellini's Madonnas and altarpieces, the soft light and colour from which Venetian painting grew.

    3. Carpaccio's St Ursula

      The cycle of the legend of St Ursula, a run of great canvases full of ships, banners and Venetian life.

    4. Veronese's Feast in the House of Levi

      A Last Supper the Inquisition found too worldly, so Veronese changed its title rather than its figures.

    5. Titian's Pietà

      Titian's last painting, meant for his own tomb and finished after his death.

    Tickets and tours for the Accademia

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      Venice: Accademia Gallery Tour with Dorsoduro Walk

      A tour of the Accademia with a guide, and a walk through the Dorsoduro to a gondola-builder's yard.

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      • A tour of the Accademia with a guide
      • A walk through the Dorsoduro

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    Visiting the Accademia: hours and admission

    Opening hours

    Tuesday to Sunday
    9:00 to 19:00
    • Closed on Mondays since 1 January 2026.
    • Tickets are sold until 18:00.
    • The gallery sells its own tickets, at the door and on its site.

    Who gets in free

    • The gallery's site gives its free days.

    Getting there

    Vaporetto
    Accademia, on lines 1 and 2, a minute away.
    On foot
    At the foot of the wooden Accademia bridge, ten minutes from St Mark's.
    From the station
    Venice has no cars. From Santa Lucia station or Piazzale Roma, take the vaporetto down the Grand Canal, or walk: the city is small, but its lanes wind.

    Address

    Gallerie dell'Accademia
    Campo della Carità 1050
    30123 Venice, Italy

    Entrances

    The entrance is on the Campo della Carità, facing the Accademia bridge.

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    Before you go

    • The gallery is closed on Mondays.
    • Allow two hours: the rooms are many and the canvases huge.
    • Some rooms close in rotation; the gallery's site says which.
    • Cross the wooden Accademia bridge afterwards for the view down the Grand Canal to the Salute.

    Venetian painting, from the gold grounds to Tiepolo

    The gallery grew out of the Academy of Fine Arts founded in 1750, and opened to the public in 1817 with paintings gathered from the churches and convents Napoleon had closed. It fills the buildings of the Scuola della Carità, its church and the convent beside them.

    It holds the finest collection of Venetian painting anywhere, from the gold grounds of Paolo Veneziano to the eighteenth century, and Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, shown only now and then because it is a drawing.

    Gallerie dell'Accademia: common questions

    What are the opening hours of the Accademia?
    Tuesday to Sunday: 9:00 to 19:00. Closed on Mondays since 1 January 2026. Tickets are sold until 18:00. The gallery sells its own tickets, at the door and on its site.
    What does the tour include?
    A tour of the Accademia with a guide. A walk through the Dorsoduro. It is sold by GetYourGuide.
    Is the Vitruvian Man on show at the Accademia?
    Only now and then. It is a drawing, kept in the dark, and shown for a few weeks at a time.
    How long does a visit to the Accademia take?
    About two hours.
    Which day is the Accademia closed?
    Monday. It has been closed on Mondays since 1 January 2026.

    What visitors say about the Accademia

    Rating from Google

    4.6

    11,509 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 27 October 2026.

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