Museo Correr

The Museo Correr is one of Venice’s civic museums, opened to the public in 1836, and it begins with a single private act of collecting that became a city-wide resource. Its origins lie in the collection bequeathed in 1830 by Teodoro Correr, a member of a traditional Venetian family who devoted much of his life to assembling both artworks and documents that captured Venice’s history. When he died, the material was donated to the city, along with the family’s Grand Canal palace, which initially housed the collection. He also left funds meant for conserving, extending, and making the collections accessible. …

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