Great Discoveries audio tour of the Galleria dell’Accademia provides today’s tourist with the best way to visit Venice’s foremost art museum. The Galleries contain an unparalleled collection of paintings from the great Venetian masters of the 13th through the 18th centuries. Five hundred years of Venetian art are displayed in a gallery, which for consistency, clarity of display and quality cannot be equaled anywhere. It opened to the public on August 10, 1817 and from that day on it has assumed its rightful place as one of the world’s most renowned art museums. Today it houses the most essential collection of Venetian paintings, including the works of Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Gentile Bellini, Mantegna, Giorgione, Lotto, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Gian Battista Tiepolo, Canaletto, Guardi, Giambattista Piazzetta, Longhi and many others. This audio tour guides visitors through 25 rooms, containing hundreds of works by Venetian artists. The most important pieces, by the most prominent artists of their time have been carefully selected for discussion.