Museo Storico Navale

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  • Address
    Fondamenta dell'Arsenale, Castello 2148
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  • Phone
    041 244 13 99
  • Transport
    ferry: Arsenale
  • Mon-Fri 08:45 - 13:00 ; Sat 08:45 - 13:30

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Lonely Planet review

Spread over four floors in a former grain silo, this museum traces the maritime history of the city and of Italy. Models of everything from the bucintoro (the doges' ceremonial barge) to WWII battleships abound. Up on the 3rd floor is a room containing a few gondolas, including Peggy Guggenheim's.

On the 1st floor is a model of the sumptuous bucintoro , the doge's ceremonial barge, in among the many large-scale model sailing vessels. Napoleon's French troops destroyed the real thing in 1798. The 2nd floor is mostly given over to Italian naval history and memorabilia, from unification to the present day. Up on the 3rd floor is a room containing a few gondolas, including Peggy Guggenheim's. A small room set above the 3rd floor is dedicated to - wait for it - Swedish naval history.

The ticket also gets you entrance to the Padiglione delle Navi (Ships Pavilion; Fondamenta della Madonna), near the entrance to the Arsenale. Of the various boats on display, the most eye-catching is the Scalé Reale , an early-19th-century ceremonial vessel last used in 1959 to bring the body of the Venetian Pope Pius X to rest at the Basilica di San Marco.