Completely renewed and expanded at the end of 2013, the itinerary winds its way through twenty rooms on the first piano nobile, therefore doubling the amount of exhibition area compared to when it opened in 1985.
The layout was designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi, an internationally renowned set designer, whilst palazzo furnishings and paintings were integrated with a large number of works from different sectors and deposits of the Venice Civic Museums, thanks to the painstaking, intelligent process of restoring and valorising canvases and pastels, furnishings and glass that had never been on display before.
As a whole, the rooms skilfully evoke the different aspects of the life and activities of a Venetian nobleman between the 17th and 18th century, and on display are mannequins wearing valuable ancient garments and accessories that belong to the Study Centre connected to the Museum.
Made of patterned fabrics embellished with embroidery and lace, they are testimony to the astounding expertise of scores of craftsmen and the refined, luxurious elegance for which the Venetians were famous.
This was the inspiration for the creation of a new section dedicated to a particular aspect of the history of Venetian tradition: perfume, which, up until now, has not been studied in depth, highlighting the key role the city played in the origins of this aesthetical, cosmetic and entrepreneurial custom.

While, therefore, on the piano nobile (first floor), there are six rooms dedicated to
perfume perfectly integrated into the displays of the rest of the museum, multimedia and
sensory experiences alternate in an unprecedented succession of information, emotion
and learning, on the ground floor are hosted a Multimedia Room, the White Room – a space devoted to temporary events – and the Perfume Laboratory, a professionally equipped room stocked, with more than 200 essences, for introductory and specialisation courses in the world of perfumery and the creation of scents. Organised by teachers from Mavive Parfums in collaboration and in synergy with the Educational Services of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, the laboratory offer activities aimed at different audiences.
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Clothes and textiles on display in the Museum from the collections of the Study Centre for the History of Textiles and Costume at Palazzo Mocenigo

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