The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice’s Dorsoduro district. You can plan your visit around an entry-time ticket, then connect the collection with Santa Maria della Salute, Punta della Dogana or the Gallerie dell’Accademia.
- Location: Dorsoduro 701, between the Accademia Bridge and Santa Maria della Salute.
- Typical hours: Open Wednesday to Monday; closed Tuesday
- Last entry: 5 p.m.; the ticket office also closes at 5 p.m.
- Adult admission: €17; reduced and free admission categories are available.
What the collection displays
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents modern art in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Peggy Guggenheim’s former home on the Grand Canal. The collection includes works by Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
Guggenheim returned to Europe in 1947 and showed her collection at the 1948 Venice Biennale in the Greek pavilion. From 1951, she opened her home and collection to the public several afternoons a week in spring, summer and early autumn. She donated the palazzo in 1970 and her collection in 1976 to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
Planning tickets and an entry time
- Entry
- time slot, as the museum advises, or purchase them at the ticket office
- Ticket
- office closing are at 5 p
Buy your Peggy Guggenheim Collection tickets online and choose an entry-time slot, as the museum advises, or purchase them at the ticket office.
Published admission is €17 for adults, €14 for seniors over 70, and €9 for students under 26 with valid student ID; children under 10 and members enter free. If you have a discounted online ticket, bring valid identification to prove eligibility at the ticket office.
The museum is closed December 25. Last entrance and ticket-office closing are at 5 p.m., and the museum begins closing at 5:50 p.m. Hours and prices can change, so check the official site before you go.
Opening hours
- Monday and Wednesday to Sunday: 10:00–18:00
- Tuesday: closed
Last checked November 2026. Hours can change on holidays and for special events.
An audioguide covering the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection is available at the ticket office for €7, in Italian, English, French, German and Spanish. Free public presentations take place daily in the galleries.
An English-language guided tour of the permanent collection is offered on Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m.; the museum also offers tours of the permanent collection, the Schulhof Collection and Nasher Sculpture Garden sculptures, bookable by email for times between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
How do you get to the museum?
The museum can be reached from the Accademia, Salute and Zattere vaporetto stops. From Piazzale Roma or Santa Lucia railway station, take vaporetto no. 2 toward Lido to Accademia, or no.
1 toward Lido to Accademia or Salute. From Piazza San Marco, the museum recommends no. 2 toward Piazzale Roma to Accademia, or no. 1 toward Piazzale Roma to Salute or Accademia.
The entrance is on Dorsoduro, not directly on the Grand Canal. If you are staying at Hotel Messner, a hotel in Venice, the collection is about 0.1 km away.
Visitors with limited mobility and their carepartners receive free admission. Wheelchairs are available at no charge from the ticket office, and staff can help facilitate visits.
Platform lifts serve the garden, palazzo entrance and permanent collection, Museum Bistrot, and temporary-exhibition galleries. Note that two steps at the lift to the temporary galleries, the museum shop and some other spaces are not accessible by these lifts.
Blind or visually impaired visitors and their carepartners also receive free admission. The Double Meaning program offers tactile reproductions and descriptive cards for selected works.
What can you combine with a Dorsoduro museum visit?
The museum fits naturally into a Dorsoduro art-and-landmark route: Venice’s official tourism itinerary connects it with the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Punta della Dogana and the Gallerie dell’Accademia. These nearby sights make it easy to plan a day around the district’s art and landmarks.
You can bring pencils, sketchbooks and notebooks into the museum, but pens, paints and easels are not permitted.
A walk through Dorsoduro can connect the district with San Marco and the city’s central sights; the Dorsoduro-to-San Marco walking itinerary follows that route.
FAQs
- Entry
- time slot
Can you buy tickets at the museum?
Yes. Tickets are sold at the ticket office, though the museum advises buying online and selecting an entry-time slot.
What time is the last entry?
Last entrance is at 5 p.m., when the ticket office also closes. The museum begins closing at 5:50 p.m.
Are photographs allowed inside?
Personal, non-commercial photography is allowed without flash unless a gallery notice says otherwise. Tripods and selfie sticks are prohibited.
Can you bring a bag or food into the museum?
Large bags, backpacks, suitcases and other large objects are not allowed; free lockers are available in the ticket office. Food and drinks may not be consumed inside, including in the garden.