Tuesday June 2, Italian Republic Holiday, Peggy Guggenheim Collection reopens the doors to the public with free admission from 10 to 18. A gift for all those who, after 86 days of closure, from 8 March, want to return to live, or discover for the first time, the unique atmosphere of what was Peggy Guggenheim's home for thirty years, and her unparalleled collection of masterpieces. The Collection returns to welcome visitors in the halls of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni and in its garden, the green heart of the Venetian museum, now in full bloom. On 2 June, entry will be allowed upon reservation, which can be made from 22 May and until 1 June at 14 pm. For information, please consult the website guggenheim-venice.it.
During June, the museum will reopen its doors again in the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from To 10 18. At the time of the reopening it will be possible to visit the permanent collection, but not the temporary exhibition Migrating Objects. Art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, which still remains set up waiting to verify a possible recovery date. Furthermore, due to the lockdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the museum had to cancel the summer exhibition dedicated to the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark, Lygia Clark. Painting as Experimentation 1948-1958, currently at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, where it will be open to visitors from 1 June, the date of reopening of the Basque museum.
The museum reopens with a restricted access, public and staff will follow new safety behavior rules, in line with the welcoming spirit of the Collection. So you can access with timed entrances, online booking is recommended, active from 1 June on the museum website, and any ticket purchases in situ can only be made using a credit card or debit card. THE members and visitors entitled to free admission they can book with an email to bookings@guggenheim-venice.it
or by calling +39.041.2405440 (from Monday to Friday from 10 to 15), indicating the day and time of arrival, and they will then be contacted for confirmation. The use of a mask is mandatory for both visitors and museum staff, respecting the distance of at least one meter; a one-way visit route; a continuous sanitization of the spaces; sanitizing dispensers in several points of the museum; signage and presence of personnel, such as to enforce the rules described. The Museum Shop in fondamenta will be open, and will follow the rules described above, while the Museum Café will remain closed in this first phase. At the moment it will not be possible to accept bookings for groups and guided tours, nor will it be possible to use audio guides.
“During this suspended time, art and culture have had a fundamental soothing role, and today it is our duty to carry on our mission, to educate, finally reopening the doors of the museum, even if in a condition of great uncertainty". says director Karole PB Vail. “In order for the reopening to be economically sustainable, my staff and I will welcome you to the museum halls and I think this is a good exercise in resistance and cultural resilience. For this I am particularly grateful to my team for giving their full availability during the weekends. We have always believed in the transformative and therapeutic power of art, which consoles and gives strength even in the worst situations, therefore, during these 86 days of closure, we have never stopped communicating with our public by bridging the physical distance with activities on the site and social media. We are reopening so that the museum can once again become, today more than ever, the place of a community that recognizes itself in trust and dialogue, therefore it will not be a less pleasant visit, it will be a different visit and together we will return to bringing the Collection to life thanks to your looks and mutual exchange. We are also aware of the great efforts we will have to face to make up for the losses due to this very long forced closure, but we are confident of getting back up again, thanks to the affection and support of the community next to us, of the "Friends" and supporters of the museum in primis, but also of the Venetians, of the Venetians, whom we are waiting for first, in great numbers, and of the Italian and international public who have demonstrated in this long period of lockdown, through emails and social messages, their closeness to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection".
