Museo Diocesano di Venezia

Venice


Housed in a former Benedictine monastery dedicated to Sant’Apollonia, this museum has a fairly predictable collection of religious art and the occasional standout temporary show, but the Romanesque cloister is the sole example of its genre in Venice. The adjoining building was a church until 1906, and now contains exhibition spaces.


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