Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia is on the south bank of the Grand Canal in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It occupies a building complex that includes the former Scuola Grande, church, and convent of Santa Maria della Carità.
The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci can only be shown for a few weeks every six years. The drawing is on paper and is fragile and sensitive to light, requiring strict conservation limits on its exposure.
The collections were first opened to the public on the 10th of August 1817, following the academy's move to the Scuola della Carità complex under a Napoleonic decree of 1807.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia became independent from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia in 1879. The art school continued to share the same building until 2004, when it moved to the Ospedale degli Incurabili.
Yes. After an initial refusal by a cultural heritage group, a Venetian court tribunal decided the drawing could travel safely under controlled conditions. It was displayed at the Louvre from the 24th of October 2019 to the 24th of February 2020 as part of a Leonardo da Vinci exhibition.
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia was founded on the 24th of September 1750, with its statute dating from 1756. The painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta served as its first director; Gianbattista Tiepolo became the first president after returning from Würzburg.