The Antisala Ceiling in the Biblioteca Marciana

The Venice Committee of the World Monuments Fund maintains an office and Visitors Center in the Church of the Pieta in Venice. It has supported more than 20 major building restorations and conservation projects sillce the disastrous floods of 1966. The Committee also sponsors a wide range of activities in Venice including exhibitions, concerts, and walking tours cl.uring the summers to restored sites. In 1986 it sponsored a special edition of The American Express Guide to Venice in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Venice campaign. In recognition of the work of' the Venice Committee, varions hotels. restaurants, and shops in the city offer discounts to WMF members. Further information is available through the WMF offices In Venice and New York.