What is the name of the Venetian palace housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection?

The Venetian palace housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection is Palazzo Venier dei Leoni. The low, white stone building stands on the Grand Canal in Venice and became Peggy Guggenheim’s home and exhibition space after she acquired it in the late 1940s.

The palace’s name means “Palace of Venier of the Lions,” referring to the Venier family and the lion sculptures that were intended to decorate the building. The planned palace was never completed according to its original design, which helps explain its unusually low profile compared with many grand Venetian palazzi.

Peggy Guggenheim opened her collection to the public in the building in 1951. After her death, the collection became part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The site remains distinct from Palazzo Grassi and other major art venues along the Grand Canal.