Museo Correr
Last updated on September 23, 2026Overview
Museo Correr is Venice's civic museum, in the Procuratie Nuove building on Piazza San Marco, facing St. Mark's Basilica. Its collection spans paintings, coins, weapons, and everyday objects reflecting the history and daily life of the Republic of Venice over the centuries, built around the founding bequest of the Venetian collector Teodoro Correr.
Quick Facts
- Type: Building, Museum
- Local name: Museo Correr (vedi la pagina italiana)
- Visitor access: Open to visitors
- Admission: €30
- Built: late 16th century (Procuratie Nuove); museum established here in 1922
- Built by: Republic of Venice (Procuratie Nuove); Teodoro Correr (founding collection)
- Designed by: Vincenzo Scamozzi
- Architectural style: Venetian Renaissance arcade with a later Napoleonic-era wing
Visit Responsibly
Piazza San Marco is one of Venice's most crowded public spaces -- entering the museum from the square rather than lingering to photograph the arcades during the busiest midday hours eases pressure on the piazza itself.
Where it is
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Plan Your Visit
Admission: €30 · Same Museums of St Mark’s Square combined ticket as Doge’s Palace
Museo Correr sits on the west side of Piazza San Marco, directly reachable on foot from the San Zaccaria or San Marco vaporetto stops.
What is free
The museum occupies the upper floors of the Procuratie around Piazza San Marco, and the arcades underneath are public: the whole square, the colonnade and the Napoleonic wing's ground floor cost nothing to walk through.
Admission is free for Venetian citizens and residents, children under 6, a disabled visitor with a helper, ICOM members, guides on duty and up to two teachers per school group.
The boundary is the staircase up from the Ala Napoleonica. Note that Correr is not sold on its own: it is reached on the combined St Mark's Square Museums ticket, which also covers the Doge's Palace, the Archaeological Museum and the Marciana's monumental rooms.
A single combined ticket typically covers Museo Correr, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, the Biblioteca Marciana's monumental rooms, and the Doge's Palace, and is worth planning for if visiting more than one.
When to Visit
Museo Correr is generally less crowded than St. Mark's Basilica or the Doge's Palace next door, even though it shares the same square, and mid-morning on a weekday is usually the quietest time to visit.
Because the museum connects internally to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale and the Biblioteca Marciana, a single visit can easily fill half a day if all three are explored together.