The Querini Stampalia Foundation is among the oldest Italian cultural institutions. Since 1869 we have promoted “the cult of good studies and useful disciplines”, with a curious gaze and a passion for the future.

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Since 1869 we have promoted “the cult of good studies and useful disciplines”, with a curious gaze and a passion for the future.

Michele De Lucchi’s visual telescope

"In 2015 the architect Michele De Lucchi was asked to restore the rooms chosen to house the Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia collections (entrusted to the Fondazione by Intesa Sanpaolo). The project, completed in 2018, leaves a new, indelible architectural mark that dialogues with the history of the palace. De Lucchi knocked down a series of partition walls, thus reinstating the spectacular visual effect of the doors, which are aligned to create a single visual telescope. The colour chosen for the walls gradually fades from one room to the next, delineating a chronological and visual emotional journey from the sixteenth century of Tintoretto to the twentieth century of Arturo Martini. "

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On Friday 1 November 2024, the Library’s distribution service for books and periodicals will not operate from 12 noon to 3.30 p.m.