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Museo d'Arte Orientale
Japanese art of the Edo period, and much much more
Located on the third floor of Cà Pesaro, this collection was a gift from Austria to Venice after the First World War, as an act of reparation for damage caused by its incendiary bombs.
It's an eclectic collection of over 30,000 items, concentrated on the Japanese Edo period, including screens, lacquer boxes, weapons, kimonos and armour, amassed by a 19th-century Marco Polo, Enrico di Bourbon Parma, Count of Bardi, who travelled widely in Asia from 1887-89.
Practical Info 
Hours 10am—5pm, closed Mon
Adm €10, €7.50 ages 6—14, students and over 65s, under 6 free. Includes the Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, located in the same palace.
vaporetto: San Stae
+39 041 5241173
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Creative Commons