Torcello and the Provincial Museum - Venice - Italy

On Torcello, the secluded in the northern reaches of the lagoon, a magical, fascinating place, the medieval buildings clustered around the square, once the residence of the local magistrates, are

home to the Provincial Museum.

Established in the late nineteenth century by a group of eminent and cultured Venetian

collectors, the Torcello Museum houses two permanent sections, the Archaelogical and the

Medieval and Modern. The exhibits illustrate the thousand-year-long history of the island and its

relations with the mainland and with Venice, evoking the past of a place suspended between

water and earth and the sea-changes it went through along the centuries owing to natural causes or the action of man.

The permanent displays present finds that testify to the intense trade involving the lagoon and

its inhabitants starting from the early Veneto , pre-Roman, roman, Byzantine, and the early

medieval periods. The glorious days of the Serenissima are given ample testimony are given

ample testimony up till the 19th century. Free for class visits with teachers. Half price for

groups of 10. All tickets available at the ticket office in the Basilica of Torcello.

Museo Provincale Di Torcello

Piazza Torcello - 30142 Torcello - Venezia

Tel: +39(0)41 730761

museo.torcello@provincia.venezia.it

www.provincia.venezia.it/museotorcello

Settore Cultura e Patrimonio Culturale Museale

Corso del Popolo 146/D - 30172 Mestre - Venezia

Tel: 041 2501829 - 041 2501827 Fax: 041 2501819

beni.culturali@provincia.venezia.it