In 1523 Cardinal Domenico Grimani offered the City of Venice a very important collection of sculptures and antique art pieces, some of which came from ancient Greece, Egypt and Assyria-Babylon. Nowadays, the museum contains bronze sculptures, potteries, jewels and coins. A wonderful lesson in art and history for all - children, students, elders.

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a small museum on the Grand Canal in Venice. It is one of several museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Containing principally the personal art collection of Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979), a former wife of artist Max Ernst and a niece of mining magnate Solomon R. Guggenheim, this museum houses a somewhat smaller and more idiosyncratic collection than the other Guggenheim Foundation museums. However, the works on display include those of prominent American modernists and Italian futurists. Pieces in the collection embrace Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract expressionism. These include notable works by Picasso, Dalí, Magritte, Brancusi (including a sculpture from the Bird in Space series) and Pollock.

The greatest names of Italian art such as: Bellini, Giorgione, Veronese, Tintoretto, Titian, Canaletto, Guardi, Bellotto, Longhi - all gathered in one of the greatest art collections in the world. These artists have influenced European art since the 13th century. The galleries are situated in the center of the Scuola Grande of Santa Maria della Carità.

Since 1936 this castle has hosted a great Venetian museum of 18th century art. It was designed, in the late 17th century, by the greatest architect of the times - Batlthasar Longen. The building took lots of years to complete, and it was not until 1745 that it was finally finished under Giorgio Massari. The palace has a very complicated and unusual construction.

In 1499, the decision was taken to build for the Scuola a new seat. So they set about designing a large building for it. Nowadays, Scuola Grande hosts an unbelievable quantity of Christian art - from lithographs to paintings, frescoes, sculptures and vitraliums.