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Gallerie dell'Accademia vs Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Gallerie dell'Accademia and Peggy Guggenheim Collection are both highly recommended by professionals. Overall, Gallerie dell'Accademia is the choice of most writers compared to Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Gallerie dell'Accademia comes in at #1 in Venice with recommendations from 9 reviews like Fodor's, Let's Go and Frommer's.

Gallerie dell'Accademia
Gallerie dell'Accademia
9 / 10
Campo della Carità, 1050, 30123 Venezia Italy
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The greatest collection of Venetian paintings in the world hangs in these galleries founded by Napoleon back in 1807." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"The viewable collection of lagoon-city masters, including Paolo Veneziano, Mantegna, Giorgione, Titian, and Tintoretto, doesn't disappoint."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Hardly academic, these galleries contain more murderous intrigue, forbidden romance and shameless politicking than the most outrageous Venetian parties." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The Accademia is the essential one-stop shop for Venetian painting, and one of the world's greatest art treasure houses." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"One of the highlights of Venice, a magnificent collection of European art and especially Venetian painting from the 14th to the 18th century." Full review
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
9 / 10
Dorsoduro, 701-704, 30123 Venezia Italy
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This choice selection of 20th-century painting and sculpture represents the taste and extraordinary style of the late heiress Peggy Guggenheim." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"When poor little rich girl Peggy Guggenheim's personal art collection was turned down by London's Tate Gallery in 1949, she brought it to Venice."
Frommer's Frommer's
"Among the major works here are Magritte's Empire of Light, Picasso's La Baignade, Kandinsky's Landscape with Church (with Red Spot), and Pollock's Alchemy. " Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
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"After tragically losing her father on the Titanic, heiress Peggy Guggenheim befriended Dadaists, dodged Nazis and changed art history at her palatial home on the Grand Canal." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"You'll feel like a Guggenheim as you take in the heiress's vast inventory of paintings and sculptures while wandering through her former palazzo on the Grand Canal." Full review
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