Palazzo Querini Stampalia in Venice, just a short walk from piazza San Marco, headquarters of the Foundation of the same name set up by count Giovanni, is a museum home open to the public since 1869. Today it houses the Library, with some 370.000 books, the Museum with furniture and paintings that retain the atmosphere of a patrician home, and an area for temporary exhibitions. A venue with a cosmopolitan soul, the Foundation has been skillfully renovated with restoration work by Carlo Scarpa, Valeriano Pastor and Mario Botta.

In the body of the 16th century palazzo, which has undergone rigorous conservation work, the ground floor features the area restored in 1963 by Carlo Scarpa, father of Tobia Scarpa, a long-time partner of Molteni&C. Mario Botta, a pupil of the Venetian Maestro, designed the building’s new service area around an atmospheric covered courtyard. The courtyard leads into the Auditorium, which completes the project involving this unique, complex and versatile structure, where ancient rooms vie with contemporary spaces to offer a stimulating backdrop for cultural initiatives and special events, such as representations of the Molteni&C|Dada home.