The Library at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia is one of several facilities housed within this cultural institution. The palace serves as the headquarters of the Fondazione and holds the Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia, whose collection includes drawings and paintings by Renaissance artists such as Titian and Raphael, and historic furniture, porcelain, and musical instruments. (...)
The Library at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia is one of several facilities housed within this cultural institution. The palace serves as the headquarters of the Fondazione and holds the Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia, whose collection includes drawings and paintings by Renaissance artists such as Titian and Raphael, and historic furniture, porcelain, and musical instruments. The complex was founded in 1869 by the last member of the Querini Stampalia family, Count Giovanni Querini Stampalia, who wished to create a study center and stipulated that the library be accessible on days that other city libraries were closed. Consequently, the library operates most days until midnight, and remains open on Sundays and many holidays. Since the 1960s, the palace has been subject to two extended renovations by prominent 20th century Italian architects: Carlo Scarpa, who worked there from 1961 to 1963 and Mario Botta, who designed the building’s bookshop and cafeteria in the mid 1990s. The foundation is near Piazza San Marco, in the Castello section of the city.
