Best places: Art museums in Spinea, Italy

The first covered theater anywhere in Europe, built in the 16th century & still hosting productions.

Ornate Gothic palace buildings hosting exhibitions with duke's rooms, prison & armoury tours.

Restored Armenian Mekhitarist monastery on an island, established in 1717 & offering guided tours.

Baroque palace from 1676, plus a museum with ancient ceramics, Russian icons & 1700s Venetian art.

Small museum on the history & production of grappa, including a rare bottle display & a gift shop.

👍👍 Don't miss the Time Space Existence exhibition if you're in town for the architecture biennale! Some incredible projects are showcased here. Free entry.

18th-century waterside palace with a 20th-century art collection & an interior sculpture garden.

Museum of 13th- to 18th-century Venetian artwork, with paintings by Titian, Canaletto & Tiepolo.

16th-century castle with a grand frescoed hall, gardens with a lake & views of the Euganean hills.

Renaissance-style villa featuring frescoes by Sustris & loggias with far reaching countryside views.

Art museum, in a triangular former customs house, exhibiting international contemporary artworks.

Gothic palace with focus on Mariano Fortuny's stage & textile design, photography & painting.

Convent-turned-museum housing many works by Bassano & Canova & a vast range of archaeological finds.

Elegant palazzo of Venice's former ruler, now open to visitors to tour art & furniture-filled rooms.

Former residence of a 16th-century Venetian ambassador, richly decorated with frescoes & porticoes.

Palatial classical canalside conference & exhibition center with large gardens & a grand main hall.

Art exhibitions, a frescoed ceiling by Tiepolo, plus gardens with a hedge maze in a canalside villa.

👍👍 Arte Laguna is an amazing exhibition. Composed of an exceptionally well curated group of artists, in a venue that is in itself inspirational, this is a show not to be missed. Access is gained by either boat or foot (we preferred foot), by traversing the open water on a foot bridge suspended on the A...

16th-century hilltop villa built by Andrea Palladio, now used for cultural & corporate events.

Notable contemporary art collection & Asian decorative arts in an elegant canalside building.