Doge's Palace hosts Guests at the Palace from 22 October

Venice's Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale) is presenting Guests at the Palace from 22 October 2026 to 23 March 2027, placing a painting linked to dogaressa Morosina Morosini Grimani inside the historic complex. The exhibition is part of a programme by Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia in Venice, Italy.

Guests at the Palace brings a dogaressa to Venice

The current chapter of Guests at the Palace is listed for the Doge's Palace from 22 October 2026 to 23 March 2027. The official event listing identifies the subject as the solemn entrance of Morosina Morosini Grimani, a dogaressa of the Venetian Republic, and places the presentation at the palace.

The display is in the Sala del Magistrato alle Leggi, according to the event information, and centres on a painting by Andrea Michieli, known as il Vicentino. The work is on loan from MarteS - Museo d'Arte Sorlini in Brescia. The official event listing places the exhibition within an ongoing series that brings individual works and episodes from Venetian history into the palace.

The exhibition enters a former centre of government

The palace combines Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist elements in three large structural blocks. The wing facing St Mark's Basin was rebuilt from 1340, the wing towards St Mark's Square took its present form from 1424, and the canal-side wing was built between 1483 and 1565.

That setting gives the painting a direct connection with the building's former function. The subject is a ceremonial entrance by a dogaressa, while the surrounding rooms once belonged to the residence and administrative world of the Venetian Republic. The building's public role changed after the Republic fell in 1797, and the Italian State turned it into a museum in 1923. Its present museum management belongs to the Civic Museums of Venice network. These historical details are recorded by the palace in its building history guide.

How the 2026 display fits the palace route

The Sala del Magistrato alle Leggi links the temporary presentation to the palace's institutional history rather than treating the painting as a detached gallery object. Visitors therefore encounter a work about public ceremony in a building that once housed the political and judicial machinery of Venice.

The wider visitor route includes the palace's monumental rooms and access to the Bridge of Sighs. The museum also lists the Secret Itineraries and The Doge's Hidden Treasures as separate guided routes requiring reservations. They are distinct from the Guests at the Palace display and should not be assumed to form part of its presentation.

Visiting Doge's Palace: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• Guests at the Palace runs at Doge's Palace from 22 October 2026 to 23 March 2027, in the Sala del Magistrato alle Leggi.
• The public entrance is Porta del Frumento in Piazzetta San Marco; the display concerns a painting associated with Morosina Morosini Grimani.
• The palace stands at San Marco 1 in central Venice. From Santa Lucia railway station, vaporetto lines 1, 2, 5.1 and 4.1 serve stops including Vallaresso, Giardinetti and San Zaccaria.
• The building contains monumental staircases, courtyards, historic chambers and the Bridge of Sighs, so the visit combines enclosed galleries with substantial internal walking.
• Italian is the official language and the national currency is the euro.

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Frequently asked questions about Doge's Palace

When does Guests at the Palace take place at Doge's Palace?

The exhibition runs from 22 October 2026 to 23 March 2027 in the Sala del Magistrato alle Leggi.

What is Doge's Palace?

It is a former residence and government centre of the Venetian Republic that became a public museum in 1923.

Where is Doge's Palace and how do you get there?

It is at San Marco 1 in Venice, reached on foot through the central districts or by vaporetto to Vallaresso, Giardinetti or San Zaccaria.