| Address | Fondamenta Giustinian, 8; 30141 Venezia |
| Telephone | 041739586 |
| Fax | 0415200935 |
| Typology | Specialised |
| Property | Town Council of Venice |
| Director | Giandomenico Romanelli, Attilia Dorigato |
| Opening Hours | Thu-Sun and Mon, Tue 10am-4pm (winter); Mon, Tue, Thu-Sun 10am-5pm (summer) |
| Admission | 8000Lit, 5000Lit reduced |
 Disable Access |
 Guided Tours |
 Educational Services |
 Photographic Archives |
 Historical Archives |
 Restoration Lab |
 Library |
 Reading Room |
 Media reference library |
 Cafeteria |
 Restaurant |
 Bookshop |
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In 1861 an archive to collect all available documents on the history of the island and some ancient glasses made in Murano was founded thanks to the initiative of the glass-art historian Vincenzo Zanetti and of the mayor of Murano Antonio Colleoni. In 1862 a drawing school for glass-makers was liked to the museum, and some pieces of the museum were actually used as models. Following the suppression of the municipal autonomy of Murano in 1923, and its annexation to the Municipality of Venice, the museum became part of the Musei Civici Veneziani. The collections were reorganised in 1932 and enlarged with the addition of the Correr, Cicogna and Molin glass collections, some of the most beautiful renaissance pieces of the museum. The seat of the museum is presently the ancient Palazzo dei Vescovi di Torcello, a typical Moorish gothic noble mansion, later restored in the XVII century. The XVIII century frescoed ceiling of the saloon, by Francesco Zugno, is the only remain of the ancient richness of the palace.
