Layout and collections
The visitor route
The Correr Museum is laid out in various sections that offer a fascinating insight into the art and history of Venice.
Neoclassical Rooms and Canova Collection
The itinerary starts on the first floor, where visitors can admire, after long and meticulous restoration work, the sumptuous Neoclassical Rooms, housing a noteworthy collection of works by the great sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822).
Venetian Culture
Then, visitors pass into the Procuratie Nuove, designed by the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi (1552-1616), which once housed some of the most important civic authorities of the Republic of Venice. The spacious rooms now houses collections that document various aspects of Venetian History, from daily life to public instutions, from naval achievements to local festivities.
Picture Gallery
Between the first and second floors, several Rooms are dedicated to ancient art collections: from the small Veneto bronzes from the Renaissance to the splendid Picture Gallery, housing a rich art collection, covering the period from the very earliest days of Venetian painting up to the 16th century, with many of the artworks being incomparable masterpieces. Among them, we find works by Lorenzo Veneziano, the Bellini family, Carpaccio, Cosmè Tura, Antonello da Messina, and Lorenzo Lotto, masterly set up by Carlo Scarpa. Works in ivory and a collection of Renaissance Italian ceramics are also noteworthy.
SPECIAL ITINERARY Royal Rooms
Besides, it is possible to visit – upon prior booking only and accompanied by a specialized guide – the ROYAL ROOMS ITINERARY, which includes a visit of the Rooms where the Empress Elizabeth of Austria (“Sissi”) resided during her visits in Venice, and the original private apartments of the members of three ruling dynasties: the House of Bonaparte, Habsburg and Savoy, throughout the 19th century and up until 1920.
The visit continues in the two Museums which are included in the Integrated itinerary with Museo Correr:
*National Archeological Museum >
**Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana >
In collaboration with
MINISTERO DELLA CULTURA (MIC)
* Direzione regionale Musei Veneto
** Direzione Generale per i Beni Librari, le Istituzioni Culturali e il Diritto d’Autore