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Museo Correr

The Museo Correr occupies the side of St Mark's Square opposite the basilica, in the Napoleonic Wing and the Procuratie Nuove, the work of Vincenzo Scamozzi. It is entered by the monumental staircase of the Napoleonic Wing. On the first floor are the neoclassical rooms with the Antonio Canova collection. Another section, devoted to Venetian culture, covers the city's daily life, institutions, navy and festivals. The picture gallery, between the first and second floors, gathers Venetian painting up to the 16th century, with works by Lorenzo Veneziano, the Bellini family, Carpaccio, Cosmè Tura, Antonello da Messina and Lorenzo Lotto. There are also bronzes from the Venetian Renaissance, ivories and Italian ceramics. With advance booking and a specialist guide, the royal apartments can be visited, which were used by Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Sissi, and by the Bonaparte, Habsburg and Savoy dynasties.

Things to do at Museo Correr: 4 missions

• Find the Bellinis and Carpaccio in the picture galleryIn the picture gallery, between the first and second floors, look for a work by the Bellini family and another by Carpaccio.
• Explore the Venetian culture section in the ProcuratieVisit the section devoted to the daily life, institutions, navy and festivals of Venice, housed in Scamozzi's Procuratie Nuove.
• Look for Canova's sculptures in the neoclassical roomsOn the first floor, walk through the neoclassical rooms and pause before the sculptures of Antonio Canova.
• Enter by the monumental staircase of the Napoleonic WingCross the square to the far end, opposite the basilica, and climb the monumental staircase of the Napoleonic Wing that gives access to the museum.

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Source: Web oficial - Museo Correr (MUVE)