Ca' Rezzonico Museum

Address: Ca’ Rezzonico (Museo del Settecento Veneziano), Venice, Italy

Ca’ Rezzonico is a palazzo on Venice’s Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro district, primarily associated with 18th-century Venetian art and domestic interiors. The building was completed in the 18th century and today operates as a public museum focused on Venetian life and art in the 1700s.

Exhibitions occupy the palace’s grand rooms, displaying period furniture, paintings, and frescoed ceilings that illustrate the city’s late-Baroque and Rococo culture. The museum route typically includes the grand staircase, ballroom and state rooms where original decoration and commissioned works are displayed.

The palazzo’s initial design was by Baldassarre Longhena and later construction and decoration continued into the 18th century under other architects and patrons. It was converted into a public museum in the 20th century to conserve its interiors and present Venice’s cultural history.

Located on the north bank of the Grand Canal near the Accademia bridge, it is a short walk from major Venice attractions and is easily reached by vaporetto along the canal.

• Interior decoration and views: Famous for preserved 18th-century interiors and ceiling frescoes; the top floors offer views down the Grand Canal from the palazzo’s windows and terraces.

What to See#

• Museo del Settecento Veneziano: A museum devoted to 18th-century Venetian art and interiors, with richly furnished period rooms, paintings, and decorative arts illustrating Venetian society in the 1700s.
• Ballroom and grand rooms: An ornate multi-level bell tower and the palazzo’s grand staircase and ballroom, notable interior spaces often highlighted on visitor routes for historical decoration and frescoes.

Ca’ Rezzonico sits on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro district of Venice and is served by the city vaporetto network. Grand Canal lines (for example lines 1 and 2) call at the Ca’ Rezzonico stop - from that vaporetto stop the palazzo and museum are immediately adjacent, a very short walk. As with all central Venice sites, access is by waterbus or on foot.

• Visit Ca' Rezzonico mid-morning on weekdays to dodge the biggest Grand Canal cruise-ship groups and to have better access to the 18th-century rooms and ballroom.
• Allocate time to explore the period interiors and the grand ballroom-these are the museum's highlights and are easy to miss if you only browse the paintings.
• Combine this stop with nearby sites on the same vaporetto line (for example the Accademia area) to avoid extra canal crossings and save time between museums.