Venice Museum Pass: €50 for 12 museums, and the sums that show when it pays

💡 The Short Version: The Museum Pass is €50 (€25 reduced) for 12 civic museums, valid for six months, with no reservation. The Doge’s Palace (€35) and Ca’ Rezzonico (€15) already cost €50 separately, so a third museum pays for it: with Ca’ Pesaro the separate tickets are €65. For the Palace alone the pass costs €15 more. Three €20 themed tickets are cheaper for one theme. The pass leaves out the Basilica, the Campanile, the Clock Tower, the Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim. Only the Doge’s Palace, the Correr and the Glass Museum open every day. Buy at MUVE’s ticket site. Or book: the official Doge’s Palace ticketad on GetYourGuide is the same €35.

What the pass is

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE) sells the pass on its ticket site and describes it at visitmuve.it. Search results for “Venice museum pass” include comparison and reseller sites; MUVE is the seller of the pass itself.

Ca’ Rezzonico from the Grand Canal. Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

• Reduced is for ages 6 to 14, students 15 to 25, over-65s, and holders of the Venice Rolling Card or an ISIC card. A seniors and junior offer gives the reduced price to every paying member of a group of two adults and at least one young person up to 16.
• One admission to each museum, valid for six months, with no reservation.
• The Clock Tower is not included. It is a guided visit at €15 and has its own ticket: see Doge’s Palace tickets.
• The Secret Itineraries tour is €20 instead of €40 for pass holders, because the reduced price covers them.

The sums

Single-ticket prices are the adult rates from each museum’s own site. The Doge’s Palace ticket includes the Correr, the Archaeological Museum and the Marciana rooms, which the pass also covers.

All twelve museums bought separately come to €153: the Doge’s Palace €35; Ca’ Rezzonico, Palazzo Mocenigo, Ca’ Pesaro, the Fortuny, the Glass Museum and the Natural History Museum €15 each; and Goldoni’s House, MUVEC, the Lace Museum and the Torcello Museum €7 each.

• Two sights or fewer: buy the tickets. The Doge’s Palace alone is €35, and with Ca’ Rezzonico the pass only breaks even.
• Three or more, over several days: the pass wins, and it needs no reservation.
• One theme: the combined tickets below are cheaper.

A library room in the Museo Correr. Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons.

Cheaper than the pass

Each is valid for three months, with one admission to each museum.

The modern-art ticket also gives a reduced price at the M9 museum in Mestre. The Doge’s Palace and Square ticket is separate: see Doge’s Palace tickets.

Closed days and hours

Check these before choosing days. Only the Doge’s Palace, the Correr and the Glass Museum open every day.

Monday closes six of the twelve and Tuesday two more, so plan the days: Ca’ Rezzonico and the Fortuny on a Monday, Ca’ Pesaro and the Mocenigo on a Tuesday. The Doge’s Palace and the Correr last admit one hour before closing.

What the pass leaves out

• St Mark’s Basilica, the Pala d’Oro, the Museum and the Campanile: the Procuratoria di San Marco sells them. See St Mark’s Basilica tickets.
• The Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection: both sell their own tickets. A paid ticket at the Accademia, the Peggy Guggenheim, Palazzo Cini or Punta della Dogana gives a reduced ticket at the other three within seven days. Best museums in Venice has the prices.
• The Frari and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco: both charge at the door and take no pass. See Venice churches.
• Teatro La Fenice: a separate €12 visit. See La Fenice.

Tickets for two of the pass museums on GetYourGuide

The pass itself is sold by MUVE. Two of its museums are also sold on GetYourGuide by Venezia Unica by Vela Spa, the city’s ticketing company, at the museums’ own prices. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices.

Ca’ Pesaro on the Grand Canal. Photo: Wolfgang Moroder, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Doge’s Palace, official ticket

From €35 · 46,007 reviews

Venice: Doge’s Palace Reserved Entry Ticketad is labelled an official ticket and equals the museum’s standard price. It is non-refundable.

Ca’ Pesaro, official ticket

From €15 · 177 reviews

Venice: Ca’ Pesaro Modern and Oriental Art Museum Ticketad is the museum’s €15 ticket. Ca’ Pesaro is closed on Mondays.

Who the pass suits

• Three or more civic museums over a few days, with the closed days in the table lined up.
• Anyone adding the Secret Itineraries tour, which is €20 for pass holders instead of €40.

Who it does not suit

• A visit built on the Basilica, the Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim. None is on the pass.
• One theme. The 18th-century, modern-art and island tickets cost €20 each.

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