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Daily closures November-December 2023 On Sunday 26 and Wednesday 29 November 2023, and Sunday 3, Wednesday 6 and Sunday 10 December 2023, the Museo della Musica di Venezia will be closed to the public for... Details

Violin making workshops and experiences The Museum of Music in Venice, in collaboration with the Conservatorio di Musica 'Benedetto Marcello' and the Consorzio dei Liutai di Cremona 'Antonio Stradivari', has... Details

Leo. S. Olschki Publisher at the Museo della Musica of Venice The prestigious Publisher Leo S. Olschki, founded in Verona in 1886, "returns" to Venice, where it moved for seven years from 1890, and then settled permanently in Florence.... Details

Audio Guide To accompany you on your visit to the Museum of Music in Venice, our audio guide will tell you the fascinating history of Italian violin making, of Venice and of the Church of San... Details

MUSEO DELLA MUSICA - NEW GUIDED TOURS At the Venice Music Museum in San Maurizio, in addition to the new opening hours (10AM/1PM - 2,30PM/7,30PM), the renewed exhibition, and the creation of an audio guide,... Details

Great Italian Violin Making (Part I) It’s generally accepted that the classical age of Italian violin making is the most celebrated, revered, cherished and consequently imitated period in the history of... Details

Great Italian Violin Making Tradition (part 2) Interview with Artemio Versari Youthful in appearance, cordial and affable – in that way so typical of the people of Romagna, Artemio Versari has that friendly and pleasing demeanour that lifts the... Details

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STRINGED INSTRUMENTS As for a great many other ancient musical instruments, for the violin also we do not have an identity card allowing to historically establish origin, authorship and date of... Details

Three centuries of Italian Violin Making Three centuries of violin-making: both its complexity and its extension make this long period of time difficult to sum up in a few words. We have chosen a different approach:... Details