Library of the Museo Correr
| Biblioteca del Museo Correr | |
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 The new proxy offices on St. Mark's Square
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| founding | 1922 |
| Duration | about 135,000 media |
| Library type | Specialized library |
| place |
Venice 
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| ISIL | IT-VE0039 |
| operator | Commune |
| Website | Biblioteca del Museo Correr |
The library of the Museo Correr in Venice is housed in the new Prokuratien on St. Mark's Square and has existed since 1922. It is part of the Museo Correr and is in the immediate vicinity of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana . The entrance to the library is next to the Caffè Florian .
history
The Biblioteca del Museo Correr goes back to the testamentary legacy of Teodoro Correr (1750-1830) together with the museum . Other donors, among them Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna in 1865 and Pompeo Gherardo Molmenti in the 1920s, made it possible to expand the house and its collections. The library has been at its current location on St. Mark's Square since 1922, after being housed in the private house of Corrers until 1880 and then in the Fontego dei Turchi .
The collections include works from seven centuries, including codices , miniatures , incunabula , manuscripts , but also entire holdings. Hence, the museum is mainly one of the book and the printing arts. The total inventory of the library comprises around 120,000 volumes, over 13,000 manuscripts and around 800 incunabula.
On this basis, which was constantly being expanded through acquisitions, a separate research department was created specializing in art history and Venetian history.
Web links
- Library website ( Memento of November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (November 26, 2010)
- Brief biography of Teodoro Correr ( Memento from November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (November 26, 2010)
- Entry of the Biblioteca del Museo Correr on ICCU
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the Museo Correr Library (Italian) accessed on October 15, 2018
- ↑ Data on the library