Venice National Archaeological Museum

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Venice National Archaeological Museum
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia
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Façade of the museum on Piazza San Marco
Venice National Archaeological Museum
Establishedc. 1523 (collection by Cardinal Domenico Grimani)
Location Piazza San Marco 52,
30124 Venice, Italy
Coordinates 45°26′01″N12°20′21″E / 45.4336°N 12.3393°E / 45.4336; 12.3393
Type Archaeology museum
DirectorMichela Sediari
Website Official website

The National Archaeological Museum of Venice (Italian : Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia) is an archaeological museum located in Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. It houses one of the most important collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in northern Italy.

The origins of the museum trace back to the collection of Cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461–1523), whose private antiquities formed the nucleus of what would later become the museum's holdings. Some of these artifacts date as far back as the 1st century BC.

The museum's collections include:

Additionally, several archaeological items from the Correr Museum are also housed here.

45°26′01″N12°20′21″E / 45.4336°N 12.3393°E / 45.4336; 12.3393