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12 Best Venetian Mask Workshops In Venice

The best of Venice, in order.

The 12 most popular venetian mask workshops in Venice. The ones worth your hours in a city you cross on foot and by water, with prices, run times and who to book each with.

12 Best Venetian Mask Workshops In Venice

Venice: Carnival Mask Workshop - Price and Value: Is $91 Worth an Hour of Painting?
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Venice: Carnival Mask Workshop

1.Venice: Carnival Mask Workshop

Paint your own Venice Carnival paper-mâché mask in a one-hour workshop guided by a Venetian artisan, with supplies included.

Most Popular 4.5

“A rare and personal highlight of our time in Venice. Giorgio, our host, artisan, and teacher, welcomed myself, my wife, and our 13-year-old daughter into his workshop like old friends. Trained by his father and now passing the craft to his sons, Giorgio embodies a quiet pride in a tradition that still holds meaning today.…”

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Venetian Carnival Mask Making Class in Venice, Italy - The Core Experience: From Papier-Mâché to Your Take-Home Mask
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Venetian Carnival Mask Making Class in Venice, Italy

2.Venetian Carnival Mask Making Class in Venice, Italy

Make a Venetian papier-mâché Carnival mask near St Mark’s Square. Small group class with paints included, master finishing, take-home souvenir.

4.5

“Make the time for this lovely relaxed experience away from the usual tourism when in Venice. An education in Venetian culture as well as a hands on workshop”

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Venice: Venetian Masks Workshop - The Mask History Mini-Lesson: Bauta, Moretta, and Peste Doctor
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Venice: Venetian Masks Workshop

3.Venice: Venetian Masks Workshop

Make a Venetian paper-mâché mask at Carta Alta. Learn baroque decoration and classic mask history, then take your creation home.

4.9

“Brilliant activity and lovely accommodating hosts, the whole family enjoyed the activity and were pleased with their finished masks”

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Venice: Paint your own Venetian Mask Workshop - Choosing from 50+ papier-mâché Venetian masks
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Venice: Paint your own Venetian Mask Workshop

4.Venice: Paint your own Venetian Mask Workshop

Paint your own Venetian mask in a small Venice studio. Choose 50+ papier-mâché designs, then add feathers and metallic gold.

4.6

“This mask-painting workshop adds truly unforgettable impressions to a trip to Venice. For about an hour, you genuinely feel like part of the city’s traditions and artistic spirit. The studio is perfectly located and very charming - a cozy, private room with a lovely view of a small Venetian street, which immediately creates a calm…”

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Venice: Carnival Mask Decoration Class at Casanova Prisons - Inside the 1-Hour Mask Workshop: What Happens from Start to Finish
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Venice: Carnival Mask Decoration Class at Casanova Prisons

5.Venice: Carnival Mask Decoration Class at Casanova Prisons

Make your own Venetian carnival mask inside the Prison Palace by St Mark’s, guided by an artisan with all materials included.

4.5

“It was really good. The artist who took the class was really helpful and explained the various techniques we could use before we started and then kept commenting and advising us as we decorated the masks. It was fun and entertaining as well as being educational to some extent. We ended up with a couple…”

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Venice Mask Workshop Class - What you’re making: papier-mâché masks with real decorative options
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Venice Mask Workshop Class

6.Venice Mask Workshop Class

Create a papier-mâché Venetian mask in a real atelier. Step-by-step painting with feathers and gold leaf, plus Carnival stories.

5.0

“The owners of shop were so funny and accommodating I can't recommend this class enough. It was a perfect break from the hustle and bustle of our trip. It was perfect for us because we all enjoy crafting and learning the history of the masks was a lesson that I never knew I wanted to…”

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Mask Workshop - Paint Your Own Venetian Mask in Venice, Italy - Choosing Your Mask at Campo S. Tomà
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Mask Workshop – Paint Your Own Venetian Mask in Venice, Italy

7.Mask Workshop – Paint Your Own Venetian Mask in Venice, Italy

Paint a Venetian papier-mâché mask in a one-hour class with acrylics and gold/silver touches, then take it home as your Venice souvenir.

4.5

“This was a fun family time experience! It was a welcomed break for all of us to sit down in the air conditioning and still be immersed in one of Venice’s (albeit touristy) iconic crafts, like making your own masquerade mask. Not taking ourselves too seriously, we got creative, laughed and truly enjoyed making our…”

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Carnival Mask Decoration Class at Casanova's Prisons - Where you meet in Venice (and why it can matter)
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Carnival Mask Decoration Class at Casanova’s Prisons

Class Mask Workshop - Create our Mask in paper mache - Day Two Decorating: colors, crystals, gold leaf, and feathers
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Class Mask Workshop – Create our Mask in paper mache

Make a Venetian Mask and Craft your Imagination - What the 90 minutes feels like (and why the group size matters)
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Make a Venetian Mask and Craft your Imagination

10.Make a Venetian Mask and Craft your Imagination

Make a Venetian paper-mache mask at Carta Alta. Learn classic styles, paint with the baroque technique, and take your work home.

4.5

“Making a Venetian mask was a memorable experience for our kids. The tour guide was gracious and helpful. I highly recommend this quiet and relaxing activity for all ages. It’s a small group so you feel well taken care of.”

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Carnival Treasure Hunt & Mask Painting Workshop - The Treasure Moment: Painting Your Venetian White Mask at the Doge’s Prisons Palace
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Carnival Treasure Hunt & Mask Painting Workshop

11.Carnival Treasure Hunt & Mask Painting Workshop

Carnival treasure hunt in Venice via a mobile app, then paint a Venetian white mask in the Doge’s Prisons palace.

4.5

“Impossible de capter correctement le reseau pour le gps . Trop de monde autour de la place st marc , donc enormes difficultés a se reperer. Les explications sur les sites sont pratiquements inodibles , trop de foule bruyante autour des lieux de decouverte. Peut etre devriez vous fournir de petits écouteurs. Dommage , car…”

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Venice: 2-Hour Masks & Puppets Tour for Children - The 18th-Century Puppet Theatre and the Arlecchino Scene
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Venice: 2-Hour Masks & Puppets Tour for Children

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