1861-2011: AN ISLAND, AN ART, A MUSEUM

In 1861, thanks to the great work of Antonio Colleoni (1811-1855), mayor of Murano and the abbot Vincenzo Zanetti (1824-1883), scholar of glass art - that succeeded in getting a project from the Municipal Deputation to establish a repository to collect all the evidence of history and life of the island - was founded the Museum of Glass, located in the ancient palace of the bishops of Torcello, Murano.
This important event is now remembered - exactly 150 years later - with a major exhibition that traces the last century and a half of history, through a succession of nearly two hundred works, including the most representative of the Museum's collection, illustrative of the uniqueness of 'execution and the value of its creators.

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