Museo di Torcello
The Museo di Torcello became Venice’s island archive for more than just local memory: it was inaugurated as the Museo Provinciale di Torcello on May 14, 1889, at the end of the 19th century. The story begins in 1870, when Luigi Torelli, the prefect of Venice, purchased the Palazzo del Consiglio to shelter archaeological finds from Torcello, its nearby islands, and the adjacent mainland. After Torelli handed the building to the Province in 1872, the museum was founded with Nicolò Battaglini as director. Over the following decades, collections expanded and relocated. In 1887, Cesare Augusto Levi bought and restored the Palazzo dell’Archivio, moving the archaeological collection there and giving it the name Museo dell’Estuario, before donating it to provincial authorities. …
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