Other advanced learning

Palazzo Mocenigo Museum

The participants will be ‘initiated’ in the art of perfume: they will learn the basic notions of the compositions and create their own perfume.
HISTORY: Visit to the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo with a brief history of perfume throughout the centuries: a fascinating journey through different cultures and geographical areas.
TECHNIQUE: What perfume actually is, its basic elements and how they interact. The olfactory families: how “the basics” of all perfumes are classified and an introduction to the concept of the olfactory pyramid using multimedia and “essai”.
THE RAW MATERIALS: Illustration of the most important raw materials, their use and exploitation from an olfactive approach.
PREPARATION OF A PERFUME: Using different fragrances and instruments, this practical exercise will teach participants to make their own perfume. They may keep the perfume and take away with them at the end of the session.

Notes on architectural barriers: No lift; Staircase to reach the piano nobile of the museum; toilets at the first floor are not wheelchair-accessible; laboratory room at the ground floor.

Available languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Duration: 2 hours

Palazzo Mocenigo Museum

An unusual itinerary that leads from the exhibition rooms of the museum, where clothes, textiles, furnishings and works from the eighteenth century are on display, to the extremely rich storerooms on the second floor, in spaces that are not normally accessible to the public. Here are preserved the rarest, most delicate and precious textile artefacts in the collection. In these storerooms, it is possible to admire the sixteenth-century calcagnini, the high wedge shoes beloved of noblewomen and courtesans, the women’s and men’s dresses of eigtheenth-century Venice, such as the famous andrienne, the favourite style of dress of Venetian women of the time, or the marsine and sottomarsine worn by men, together with accessories such as the bauta, socks and bags. A unique and evocative experience that also allows you to understand how a museum works ‘behind the scenes’.

Notes on architectural barriers: No lift; Staircase to reach the piano nobile of the museum; toilets at the first floor are not wheelchair-accessible; laboratory room at the ground floor.

Available languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Duration: 2 hours

On the occasion of the exhibition
Etruscans and Veneti. Water, cults and sanctuaries
Venice, Doge’s Palace
Doge’s Apartment
6 March-29 September 2026

After a guided tour of the exhibition, with a particular focus on the bronze artefacts depicting divinities, devout worshippers, warriors, horses and other animals, found in various Etruscan and Veneti archaeological sites, the activity continues in the workshop. Here, participants will learn the ancient and fascinating technique of embossing on aluminium-copper sheets, creating figures inspired by those admired in the exhibition. They will also be able to personalise their creation, which can then be taken home, by writing their name written using the Etruscan alphabet.

Duration: 1.30 h