Peggy Guggenheim Museum

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice is the second most visited museum in Venice after the Doge's Palace. It is undoubtedly one of the most important Italian museums of European and American art.

The museum is located on the Grand Canal, at Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an unfinished building that was started in 1748. As well as Peggy Guggenheim's prestigious personal collection - she actually lived in the palace - you can enjoy Gianni Mattioli collection, temporary exhibitions and the beautiful Nasher Sculpture Garden.

The Birth of Peggy Guggenheim Museum

In the mid-1900s, Peggy Guggenheim toured Europe with her art collection, exhibiting it in Venice in 1951. During those years, the collection grew significantly and became in demand worldwide.
In 1969, she exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, which was owned by her uncle. After this exhibition, she decided to donate Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, along with all its artwork, to the foundation that managed the American museum.
Since her death in 1979, the Guggenheim Foundation has transformed Peggy's residence (Palazzo Venier dei Leoni) into one of the world's leading modern art museums.

The museum has recently been enriched by the prestigious Hannelore and Rudolph Schulhof Collection. The Schulhofs donated 83 works by renowned contemporary artists including Andy Warhol, Lucio Fontana, Sol LeWitt, Cy Twombly, Alberto Burri, Anish Kapoor, Claes Oldenburg, Alexander Calder and  Jasper Johns, to the Guggenheim collection.