One Ticket. Two Exhibitions. Three Empires.
Experience two not-to-miss exhibitions, Venice and the Ottoman Empire and Samurai: The Making of a Warrior, at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
This season the Museum offers visitors the chance to see two exhibitions, Venice and the Ottoman Empire and Samurai: The Making of a Warrior, with one exhibition ticket. Join us to view works of art and culture spanning six centuries across three global empires —Venetian, Ottoman, and Japanese.
From September 28 to October 18, 2024, Venice and the Ottoman Empire will be open on its own.
From October 19, 2024, through January 5, 2025, Venice and the Ottoman Empire and Samurai: The Making of a Warrior are ticketed together.
From January 5 through February 2, 2025, Samurai: The Making of a Warrior will be open on its own.
Member tickets now on sale
Nonmember tickets on sale Thursday, September 12
Free for Members
$20 Adults, $17 Seniors age 65 and older, $12 Students (ages 7–22), free for children 6 and under
About Venice and the Ottoman Empire
September 28, 2024–January 5, 2025
Through a rich body of works reflecting both Venetian and Ottoman origins, Venice and the Ottoman Empire documents interactions between the two rival Mediterranean states across multiple cultural arenas—political, diplomatic, economic, artistic, technological, and culinary.
Venetian loans are joined by a trove of recently salvaged objects from a major Adriatic shipwreck, the large Venetian merchant ship Gagliana Grossa that sank while traveling from Venice to Istanbul in 1583. These spectacular items have never been exhibited outside Croatia, where the wreck is located.
About Samurai: The Making of a Warrior
October 19, 2024–February 2, 2025
Samurai: The Making of a Warrior invites visitors to consider the original purpose of Japan’s material culture of war and see its connections to history, art, daily life, and politics. The exhibition features samurai arms and armor from an exceptional private collection in Greensboro, NC, displayed alongside visually compelling cultural objects, offering a more nuanced view of samurai life and history. Also included in this exhibition is a discussion about samurai women, who were often key to successful samurai families and played significant—if largely hidden—roles in the careers of famous male samurai leaders.
Plan Your Visit
Venice and the Ottoman Empire and Samurai: The Making of a Warrior will be on view in East Building on Level B.
More information on parking and Museum hours
Tickets now on sale for members and on sale Thursday, September 12, for nonmembers
- Free for Members
- $20 Adults
- $17 Seniors age 65 and older
- $12 Students
- Free for children 6 and under
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- Vittore Carpaccio, Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan, 1501–5, tempera and oil on panel, 26.4 × 20.1 in., Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia – Museo Correr, Cl. I n. 0043
- Saotome school, Saotome Iechika (signed), Helmet (kabuto) with red-eared monster, Edo period, circa 1700, iron, leather, lacquer, silk, wood, and horsehair, H. 18.1 × W. 12.2 in., Collection of Gary Grose
Venice and the Ottoman Empire is organized by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and The Museum Box. Samurai: The Making of a Warrior is organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art.
In Raleigh additional support is made possible, in part, by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.; and the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Educational Exhibitions. Research for these exhibitions was made possible by Ann and Jim Goodnight/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Curatorial and Conservation Research and Travel.