Palazzi Mocenigo, Palace complex in San Marco, Venice, Italy

Palazzi Mocenigo is a palace in Venice with about twenty rooms displaying historical garments, old fabrics, and objects related to craftsmanship. The museum shows examples of textiles from different periods and also houses a collection dedicated to the art of fragrance.

The complex grew from a 15th-century medieval house of the Mocenigo family in the parish of San Samuele, rebuilt as Ca' Vecchia between 1623 and 1625 to a design by Francesco Contin. At the end of the 16th century the family joined the existing Ca' Vecchia and Il Nero with two new palaces, Ca' Nova. Giordano Bruno lodged here in 1591-1592 and was denounced to the Inquisition by his host.

The palace displays Venetian textiles and shows how fashion and craftsmanship developed in this trading city. The collection connects local fabric traditions with the handwork that Venetian families refined across generations.

The complex faces the Grand Canal in San Marco, between Palazzo Contarini delle Figure and Palazzo Corner Gheltof, opposite Palazzo Civran Grimani. Its four buildings are private residences divided into separate properties, so only the exterior and the rear garden facade of Ca' Nova can be seen from the water and the fondamenta.

In Ca' Nova, where Byron lodged from 1816 to 1819, the household counted 14 servants, two monkeys, a fox, a wolf, two dogs and several birds. A plaque on the facade marks his stay, placed at the level of the left palace's mezzanine. The same piano nobile keeps Jacopo Guarana's frescoed ceiling Minerva Driving the Vices from the Garden of Virtue.