Burano Lace Museum (Venice)
39 Reviews
The Burano Lace Museum in Venice will take you to discover one of the oldest and most fascinating traditions of Venice: The lace making in Burano, Italy.
Here you can find out the lace museum in Burano opening hours and the lace museum in Burano entrance fee and to access the museo del merletto in Burano you can buy a Museum Pass for Venice, Italy online at a cost of €25.00, which allows a visit to other Civic Museums of Venice - or an individual ticket that includes only the visit to the Lace Museum in Burano at a cost of €6.50.
The Burano Lace Museum in Venice opened in 1981 and it is located on the beautiful island of Burano, in the rooms that once housed the Burano Lace School, a historic institution founded in the late 19th century to recover and develop this ancient art. Following the closure of the school, its valuable archive was transferred to the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo while a building was chosen for the site of the Venetian lace museum.
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Lace Museum, Burano - Opening Hours
From August 1, 2020: from Friday to Sunday 12.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Closed: 25 December, 1 January, 1 May.
Inside the lace museum at Burano, you will find an original journey to discover the Burano lace: history, techniques, artefacts from the collection of Lace School of Burano, Venetian manufacture of precious specimens dating from the 16th to the 20th century. Furthermore, you can directly observe how to make lace of Burano, an exhibition that will make your experience even more fascinating in the most extraordinary lace museum of Burano in Venice, best visited in the morning, when the lace makers are hard at work!
Guided tour of the Lace Museum in Burano, Italy
On the ground floor, visitors are introduced to the world of lace: a short film and numerous panels which explain the secrets of lace and the most useful information.
The visit to the lace museum of Venice, Italy continues on the first floor in an original thematic and chronological itinerary, in the four rooms that accommodate valuable evidence of the evolution of Venetian lace and Venice from the 1500s to 1900s.
- Burano Lace Museum - From the origins to the 16th century
Needle lace developed during Renaissance Venice and probably derived from the bibila point of Byzantine origin, visible, for example, in the splendid mosaics of Torcello and Murano churches, and especially in the decorations of the fringes on the mantle of the Madonna. Expressions of refined sensibility and aristocratic women, needle lace is made up of a complex and creative set of points. The first decorations, mainly in a geometric style, can be found on the neckline and on the corners of handkerchiefs.
In the 16th century a significant increase in the publication of modellari is documented - books of designs for embroidery and lace designed by printers and engravers of the period. From modellari there is a preference for geometric patterns, arabesques and rosettes often enriched with phyto-zoomorphic and grotesque elements. During this period, the art of lace continued to be practiced only in private homes.
Towards the end of the 1500s the great success of lace, both in fashion and for furniture, caused a significant increase in its production including monasteries, orphanages and charitable institutions; additionally, dedicated lace making centres were also being opened even in isolated places.
- Burano Lace Museum – 17th and 18th Centuries
The 1600s was the gold century of lace, as it became a predominant element in clothing for both women and men. While Milan, Genova and Flanders preferred bobbin lace, Venice created an exception by manufacturing lace with a needle.
The lace of Burano with high relief cut flower Venice point, very spectacular and expensive, forced the France of the Sun King - exhausted by the mad expenses of the sovereign - to produce the lace in an autonomous way. Venice met 'the challenge' with the pink point, by creating even more intricate and miniature lace decorated with embossed micro-layers similar to snow crystals.
In the first half of the 16th century decorations had a huge variety of flora and small animals; between 1650 and around 1675, inflorescences of Indian origin reinterpreted with imagination prevailed, while towards the end of the century, the motifs became smaller more stylized.
The fashion of the 1700s saw the prominence of a more Flemish styled lace, and Venice responded with the invention of the Burano point. Thanks to the bobbins, blonde was reproduced, and mainly used as capes in carnival costumes. The success of the Anglo-Saxon style - practical and sporty - lead to a simplification of the lace, which began to be decorated with small and scattered motifs that were well suited to shawls, ties and caps.
The effects of the revolutions in America and France also had an impact on lace, which was considered a symbol of aristocratic society. In the 18th century the decorations followed the style of clothing fabrics: in the first half of the century abundant elements were mixed with rocaille, in the second half peach flowers and roses prevailed while in the last quarter the motives gradually became lighter and more trivial.
- Burano Lace Museum - 19th and 20th centuries
At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon revived the production of lace by requiring the use of it in ceremonial clothing.
It is well documented that the production of lace increased in England, France, Belgium and Spain, while Venice tried to counter the rise of mechanical lace. Towards the end of the century, a revival began: special committees and aristocratic ladies engaged in the recovery of the ancient tradition of lace by purchasing unique pieces and organizing special schools of teaching.
The rebirth of lace making continued following the dictates of fashion until the end of World War II. Since the last quarter of the 20th century, the production of lace, which is recognized as a form of traditional crafts, is now being pursued by the passion of individual professionals, as is the case at the Museo del Merletto in Venice.
39 Reviews for Burano Lace Museum (Venice)
Martina
Young couple
ITALY
Booking No. 191557
Reviewed on 07 Apr `19
'Ms'
Good experience
lab rat
Solo traveler
AUSTRALIA
Booking No. 189127
Reviewed on 09 May `18
'mr'
I thought it was a 'skip-the-queue' ticket but the queues at the Doges Palace were very bad
Strengths
great for the other museums
Weaknesses
I thought it was a 'skip-the-queue' ticket but the queues at the Doges Palace were very bad - quite annoying.
Afriday
Mature couple
CANADA
Booking No. 17162961
Reviewed on 30 Sep `17
Service sold by a Distribution Partner of Insidecom srl
'Venice Museum'
It was easy and so efficient and time saving instead of standing in line.
Strengths
Easy to book on line
Weaknesses
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pep
Group of friends
UNITED KINGDOM
Booking No. 17157039
Reviewed on 27 Sep `17
Service sold by a Distribution Partner of Insidecom srl
'museum pass'
Was useful to be pre-booked saved time at entry
roc
Mature couple
UNITED KINGDOM
Booking No. 17135100
Reviewed on 20 Sep `17
'benissimo'
all good apart from communications and signage.
Strengths
easy movement once inside.
Weaknesses
communications and signage
Richard B
Mature couple
UNITED KINGDOM
Booking No. 17161530
Reviewed on 19 Sep `17
'Venice museum pass'
Very informative, easy to navigate website with easy to order process. Museum pass proved excellent value for money (saving on individual museum entry charges)and allowed easy entry into venues with no queueing for tickets. A range of museums/galleries included so plenty of choice to go at. Would recommend if you are planning a few days in Venice.
Strengths
Excellent website. Museum pass good value. Secure payment.
Weaknesses
None that come to mind.
HGR
Mature couple
GERMANY
Booking No. 17155449
Reviewed on 12 Sep `17
Service sold by a Distribution Partner of Insidecom srl
'easy to use'
Easy to use, clear offer, very fair prices - and immediate confirmation via Email; clearly recommend to use comapred to other offers...
Strengths
easy, fair Prices, transparent
Weaknesses
None identified
yo
Solo traveler
JAPAN
Booking No. 17115092
Reviewed on 21 Aug `17
'museum pass'
I went to nice places to go to museum. It's easy to buy museum pass by internet.
Syed
Family with children
UNITED KINGDOM
Booking No. 17108072
Reviewed on 07 Aug `17
'It was very nice experience ! thank you'
I suggest you guys not to go doge palace to issue your ticket rather go to correr museum because there is no queue to get your tickets , just show your booking and get ticket for all palaces n museums etc we only visited doge palace and correr palace because our daughter got sick and we could not roam freely but both places were so nice , Each place need at least 5 to 6 hours so better split your visits in two days , its good idea to skip the line !
Fairyfrinters
Group of friends
UNITED KINGDOM
Booking No. 1779666
Reviewed on 23 Jul `17
'Museum pass'
Good value for money. Easy to exchange voucher for pass at Murano Glass Museum.
Strengths
Easy to exchange as above.
Weaknesses
Card itself became tatty easily. Pity it could not be used for Campanile.
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Reply by venetoinside.com Staff
Dear Lab Rat,
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry for the misunderstanding but nowhere in our website we present the Museum Pass as a skip-the-line pass.
As we speciefied on the website, in the Important information section, the ticket must be collected at the ticket office of the first museum you visit (allowing time for a possible queue at the ticket counter).
“Once you have the ticket, you can have access to other museums by presenting the ticket at the entrance, without having to queue again at the ticket offices. If you wish to collect the ticket at the Doge's Palace, please remember to go to the 'Ticket Office Groups Only' desk: you must respect the possible waiting times, that are usually shorter compared to the waiting times at the other desks. Anyway, we suggest you to collect your ticket in one of the other museums included in the Museum Pass since they have less visitors than the Doge's Palace and therefore the waiting times are usually reduced.”
We are sorry you did not read it!
Best regards,The venetoinside.com staff