After six years of renovations in the museum, the Gallerie dell’Accademia’s True Cross Cycle and Saint Ursula Cycle rooms have reopened, featuring paintings restored by Save Venice. The milestone achievement was presented to the press and public by Accademia Director Giulio Manieri Elia, Venice’s mayor Simone Venturini, and Save Venice Chairman Frederick Ilchman on September 29, 2026.

Following the completion of Save Venice’s campaign for Vittore Carpaccio’s Saint Ursula Cycle from 2016 to 2019, the organization renewed its commitment to safeguarding works at the Accademia with a new effort for the True Cross Cycle in the adjacent room, with Vittore Carpaccio’s Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross at the Rialto Bridge, and Gentile Bellini’s iconic Procession in Piazza San Marco and Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo. The conservation of these three paintings took place at the Misericordia Restoration Laboratory while the room renovations were underway. The remaining five paintings in the series will be treated in situ at the museum beginning in 2027, with a dedicated didactic worksite that allows visitors to observe each stage of the conservation process.