The Museo Correr fills the Napoleonic Wing and Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco — the buildings Napoleon built to close the piazza's open end. Inside: Canova's early sculptures (Daedalus and Icarus — raw, pre-fame, visceral), Carpaccio's Two Venetian Ladies (the most enigmatic Venetian painting — two bored women on a balcony with dogs, peacocks, and a mystery nobody has solved since 1490), and 3 floors of Venetian Republic history (maps, globes, ducal regalia, naval models). Included in the €25 Palazzo Ducale combo ticket — most tourists skip it entirely, going straight to the Doge's Palace. Their loss.
Key works: Canova — Daedalus and Icarus (Room 12, his breakthrough). Carpaccio — Two Venetian Ladies (Room 38 — are they courtesans? Aristocrats? Nobody agrees). Bellini — Pietà + Transfiguration. The Map Room: Jacopo de' Barbari's monumental bird's-eye view of Venice (1500, 2.8m × 1.3m — the most detailed city map of the Renaissance). Museo Archeologico Nazionale (adjacent, same ticket): Greek and Roman sculpture from the Grimani collection.
Practical: Piazza San Marco. €25 combo (Correr + Ducale + Archeologico + Biblioteca Marciana). Open daily 10am-5pm. Duration: 1-1.5h. Venice museums →