Academy Gallery, also known as the Museum of the Academy - is one of the largest museums in Venice, located on the banks of the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro district, and keeps in its bosom vast collection of Venetian paintings of 14-18 centuries. In fact, several galleries. They were founded in 1750, the year on the initiative of the Senate of Venice as a school of painting, sculpture and architecture. The idea was to transform the Senate into the center of Venice's art education in Italy along with Rome, Florence and Milan. In addition, it was one of the first institutions in Italy, finishing in the late 18th century, the study of the process of restoration. Initially, the school was called the Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1807, the year became known as the Royal Academy and by Napoleon occupied the building, which is today.

Later, towards the middle of the 19th century, the gallery had been turned into a museum, and began the creation of the museum collections. Today you can see the works of the great Venetian masters of the past - by Paolo and Lorenzo Veneziano, Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto, Veronese, Tintoretto, Titian, Tiepolo, Canaletto and many others.

By title Accademia Gallery it was named one of four bridges in Venice, thrown across the Grand Canal - Bridge Academy. It connects the building of the gallery - a former monastery and school Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Carita - and the urban area of ​​San Marco. The idea of ​​building this bridge dates back to the 1488th year, but the construction itself took place only in 1854. The author of the project of the bridge was Alfred Neville, who created it in the form of the original steel structure. In the early 20th century, the bridge was replaced by a wooden because they believed his contemporaries, he did not fit into the urban landscape, and in 1985, in its place built a new bridge, while maintaining the appearance of the original design.