The Oriental Art Museum in Venice is located in one of the most sumptuous baroque palaces overlooking the Grand Canal.  The building, begun in the latter part of the 17th century from designs by Baldasarre Longhena (1598-1682), was completed at the start of the 18th century. The collection in the Oriental Art Museum comes from Henry of Bourbon-Parma, count of Bardi, and his journey around the world in the period 1887 and 1889.  Henry of Bourbon-Parma brought back some thirty thousand objects from his long periods in Indonesia, China and Japan. Today, the museum has more than seventeen thousand items belonging to the him, mainly from China and Japan.

To allow visitors to enjoy the museum experience to the full, there is a now an accessible multimedia guide that can be consulted in Italian, English and Italian sign language. The guide, created to be used directly inside the museum from your own devices over the web (smartphone and tablet), can also be consulted from home before the visit. A video in Italian sign language or a written text in simple Italian is available to deaf visitors. When consulting the guide, as well as being able to view a presentation of the most important works on show, it is possible to find out curious facts and information that would otherwise not be available.

Guided visits are also available (if reserved) for deaf visitors.