Glass Museum
The Murano Glass Museum—Italian, Museo del Vetro—puts the history of glass where Venice’s master craftsmen worked: on the island of Murano, just north of the city. Founded in 1861, it is housed in a Gothic-style palazzo that began life as a patrician’s residence. In 1659, the building became the home of Bishop Marco Giustinian, who later bought it and donated it to the Torcello diocese. When that diocese was closed in 1805, the palace was sold in 1840 to the Murano Municipality, which used it for civic functions including a town hall, museum, and archives. In 1923, when Murano Municipality joined Venice, the museum came under the management of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE). …
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