Gallerie dell'Accademia

Museum Venice, Italy

The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice; housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the art academy of Venice, from which it became independent in 1879, and for which the Ponte dell'Accademia and the Accademia boat landing station for the vaporetto water bus are named.