Exhibition Centre

Located on the north-eastern side of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the new exhibition centre was created in 2008 thanks to a major restoration work carried out on the former warehouse building constructed at the turn of the 19th century for the free port on the island, later on used as boarding school. The overall exhibition area of over 1,000 square metres is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and is set in a very elegant architectural context, making these new rooms a showpiece on the Venice exhibition scene.
The facility is designed so that several shows can run at the same time, thanks to the special care taken over the layout: i.e. a central lobby acting as a centre of gravity for a system of large exhibition areas linked by smaller rooms, including one on the first floor.
The new exhibition rooms are ideally placed to be integrated with other major Venice
exhibition spaces, such as the forthcoming nearby new museum at the Punta della Dogana and the Giardini della Biennale. Only two minutes by vaporetto from Piazza San Marco, the Island of San Giorgio – and especially the northern quay with the exhibition rooms - enjoys a unique view, taking in the Bacino di San Marco, Riva degli Schiavoni, the Giardini, the Lido and the lagoon.