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Interior of the Padiglione delle Navi

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Museo Storico NavaleCastello

Padiglione delle Navi (Ships Pavilion)

Now showingPermanent collection€17

The Arsenale's former oar workshops shelter historic vessels, from lagoon gondolas and work boats to warships, the Scalè Reale hull and the engine of Marconi's yacht Elettra.

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Note Persistenti, Venice Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2026

Venice Pavilion: Note Persistenti

La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)

Lubaina Himid's installation in the British Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2026

British Pavilion: Predicting History: Testing Translation – Lubaina Himid

La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)

Yto Barrada's Comme Saturne, French Pavilion, Biennale Arte 2026

French Pavilion: Comme Saturne – Yto Barrada

La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)

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The Gothic facade of the Doge's Palace on the Venice waterfront with the campanile of St Mark's behind

Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace)

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Renaissance entrance portal of Palazzo Grimani at Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, topped by three Roman busts

Museo di Palazzo Grimani

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Image credits

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Padiglione delle Navi (Ships Pavilion)Courtesy of Museo Storico Navale
Venice Pavilion: Note PersistentiCourtesy of La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)
British Pavilion: Predicting History: Testing Translation – Lubaina HimidCourtesy of La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)
French Pavilion: Comme Saturne – Yto BarradaCourtesy of La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)
Museo Storico NavaleGiovanni Dall'Orto / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 IT
Ocean Space (Chiesa di San Lorenzo)Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
La Biennale di Venezia (Giardini & Arsenale)AlMare / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace)Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museo di Palazzo GrimaniSailko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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