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Curiosities
Museo della Follia
'Museum of Madness' is as creepy as it sounds, featuring 'cures' happily no longer in use on the is-
land of San Servolo.
Museo di Storia Naturale
Dinosaurs, mummies and other bizarre specimens brought home by Venetian explorers - all
inside a Turkish fortress.
Mercantino dei Miracoli
Cards sent to sweethearts during WWII, talismans worn by sailors for safe passage, offal cook-
books.
Museo d'Arte Orientale
The attic of
Ca' Pesaro
is lined with Japanese samurai gear, thanks to an Italian prince's
1887-89 Asian shopping binge.
Fondazione Vedova
Robots designed by Renzo Piano display Emilio Vedova's abstract canvases, then whisk them back
into storage.
Fashion
Museo Fortuny
Glimpse inside the palatial, radical fashion house that freed women from corsets and innovated bohemi-
an chic.
Palazzo Mocenigo
Find fashion inspiration in this palace packed with Venetian glamour, from bustles and knee-britches
to red-carpet gowns.
Fiorella Gallery
Rock subversive Venetian looks, including lilac silk-velvet jackets hand-printed with red rats.
Godi Fiorenza
London-trained Venetian sisters design avant-garde ensembles inspired by
belle epoque
divas and vintage
teddy bears.
Giovanna Zanella
One-of-a-kind footwear by Venice's most imaginative artisan shoemaker.
Boats
Arsenale
Venice's legendary shipyards built a warship in a day on the world's first assembly line.
Squero di San Trovaso
Witness the making of a gondola, shaped by hand and custom-sized to match the weight and
height of the gondolier.
Museo Storico Navale
Four floors of nautical wonders, from the
bucintoro
(ducal barge) to WWII battleships.
Gilberto Penzo
Scale-model gondolas for your bathtub and build-your-own-boat kits from a master artisan.
Row Venice
Learn to row across lagoon waters standing, like
gondolieri
do, from regatta champ Jane Caporal.
Hidden Gems
