Museo di Marco Polo

Newly opened Marco Polo museum.

This is now a newly opened museum across from the shop which was the original museum, shown in main photo. Very interesting insight to the life and travels of Marco Polo with lots of fascinating docum...

Closed

This museum is now closed. Signs remain but we were told that the lease is up and the museum does not exist at this time. I do not know if they plan to relocate the museum.

Great experiance

Great for a rainy day. Looks simple when you go in but with headphones and the storry being told going through the museum it is a really great experiance.

The Legendary Explorer

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant and one of the world’s greatest explorers. The exact location of his birth in 1254 is unknown. There are those who believe he was born in Venice itself. Many sources...

Imaginative way to tell a story

I really liked the way they set up the small rooms along a path with stage sets of the places visited by Marco Polo. It was like walking through a diorama. The headsets gave you the narrative in you...