Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, the two Venice museums of the Pinault Collection, can be hired for private and corporate events: gala dinners, cocktail evenings, exclusive guided tours, conventions, conferences, concerts and screenings. A third space, the Teatrino, is built for meetings. The official site states that the events are organized to suit each client and that the spaces available depend on the exhibition on view at the time.
Seminars and company events
The Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi is the working room. Tadao Ando rebuilt it from the ground up in 2013 with pure, minimal lines. It has an auditorium and a foyer, over 200 square meters of floor space in total, and is presented as suited to meetings, conferences and conventions. The equipment list is precise: an 8 by 4 meter screen, a collapsible stage, a cinema projector for DCP, 3D and 2D film, a digital external input, two booths for simultaneous interpretation and fully dimmable lighting, with an optional DMX RGB system. For an international group that needs interpretation, this is the main asset.
The Teatrino address is San Marco 3260, close to Palazzo Grassi. The museums run exhibitions and public screenings in it, so the date you ask for matters.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not offer weddings. It lists private and corporate events, gala dinners, cocktail evenings and receptions. A reception for a private occasion would be handled as a private event.
Rooms and capacities
Palazzo Grassi: built in the 1700s and restored in 2006 by Tadao Ando. The spaces suit events of different sizes. The Mezzanine Bistrot on the first floor looks over the Grand Canal and is described as intimate and functional.
Punta della Dogana: a 17th-century customs building restored by Ando in 2009. The central Cube, the exhibition rooms, the Belvedere terraces, the Dogana Café and the Dogana Shop can all be used for events and receptions.
Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi: auditorium and foyer, over 200 square meters.
The site gives no guest numbers per room. It says the suitable spaces and their occupancy change with the setup of the current exhibition, and that other exhibition rooms can be opened if needed. Ask for the capacity of the space for your date.
Catering
The site does not describe a catering offer. It does list the Mezzanine Bistrot and the Dogana Café among the spaces available. Confirm in your request whether you bring your own caterer or use the in-house cafés.
History and setting
The two sites sit on opposite sides of the Grand Canal. Palazzo Grassi is at Campo San Samuele 3231 and Punta della Dogana at the tip of Dorsoduro, at Dorsoduro 2. Both were redesigned by Ando, which gives them a sober contemporary interior inside an old building.
After-hours tours
Guests can have the museums opened outside visiting hours. Private events are possible from Wednesday to Monday between 8:30 and 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m. On Tuesday, the weekly closing day, an event can also take place during the day. Personalized guided tours with extra services are offered as well.
Getting there
Palazzo Grassi and the Teatrino are reached by vaporetto stops San Samuele and Sant'Angelo. For Punta della Dogana the stop is Salute.
