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The gallery take its name from the Accademia delle Belle Arti (Art Accademy) who opened the building and shared the sites until few years ago (2004).

The operas preserved inside the Gallery are many and of  inestimable value. Most of the painting comes from a period between the XIV and the XVIII century, tThe most important authors are Carpaccio, Bellini, Tintoretto, Tiziano. Also many sculptures and drawing can be admired, amongst them the vitruvian man by Leonardo da Vinci, exposed only few periods.

Initially the museum was operating as didactic and restoration of art operas centre.
It had a key role for the artistic life of the city only after the fall of the Serenissima in 1797, the foundation saved many and many operas from the sack of  churches and palaces, without them all those could have scattered and lost around the world.

During the XVII century the whole structure was restored, this suited better  with the institution it represent, the church was subdivided in smaller room and new wings f the monastery were built, the Palladian style was then lost.
Some important restoring works are on progress now to enlarge the exhibitions halls, however the gallery is open to the public and can be visited.

The history of the whole complex begin way before of the Accademia delle Belle Arti. Church, Monastery and Scuola infact are dated XIII century, the Church and the monastery had a prosperous moment until 1630, then the decay culminated with the fall of the bell tower, the church was closed in 1806 after the suppression of the order of Canonici Lateranensi.
The Scuola (one of the first Scuole Grandi of Venice ) was hosted inside the monastery starting from 1260. before its site was in the church of San Leonardo in Giudecca.
Thanks to the help of the Scuola the brotherhood grew until 1630. In that century the whole complex become bigger and the interiors embellished.
Still possible to admire operas by Titian (the introduction of Maria to the Temple) and operas by Vivarini (the Madonna della Carità) on the hall of the School inn.

Accademia Art Gallery

Campo de la Carità, 1050
30123 Venezia (Veneto)
Tel +39 (0) 41 5200345