Peggy Guggenheim Collection: Tickets

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Tickets and Information

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• Peggy Guggenheim Collection Address: Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro 701, Venice, 30123, Venice
• Opening Hours: Daily: 13:00 - 17:00

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Is the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice worth visiting

• We definitely think so, yes! It’s a modern art museum that is home to some of the most important pieces from the 20^th century and one of the most visited attractions in Venice.

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What you see when visiting the Peggy Guggenheim Collection

• Pablo Picasso
• Salvador Dali
• Giorgie de Chirico
• Jackson Pollock
• Vasily Kandinsky
• Rene Magritte, amongst others

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Peggy Guggenheim Collection Information

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is considered to be one of the most important collections of both European and American art from the twentieth century in Italy.

Situated in the stunning location of the Grand Canal in Venice. The property, the ‘Palazzo Venier dei Leoni’ was the former the home of Peggy Guggenheim and is known locally as the ‘unfinished palace’ as only the first of 5 planned floors was ever constructed and completed.

Legend has it the reason it has ‘Leoni’ in the property name is because a lion was once kept in the garden, however, the more likely reason is because of the lion heads that decorate the wall at water level on the property, although the lion in the garden is a much better story!

The property has had multiple owners over the years from when it was commissioned in 1749 by the Venier family. It wasn’t until 1949 that Peggy Guggenheim purchased the property along with the garden.

Peggy Guggenheim lived there for the next 30 years and held various exhibitions throughout the time until she sadly passed away in 1979. Following her death, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation took over the property and dedicated/opened the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in 1980 allowing all to enjoy.

Home to Peggy Guggenheim’s personal collection, showing various masterpieces from artists that include Hannelore B & Rudolph B. Schulhof. The museum also includes a spectacular sculpture garden and various temporary exhibitions throughout the year.

The collection is linked to other museums in New York and Abu Dhabi also run by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

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