Exhibits in this museum of Venetian art and history range from the absurdly high-soled shoes worn by 16th-century Venetian ladies (who walked with the aid of servants) to old master paintings. Visit Correr after you've seen a bit of the town as it looks today -- so much the better to appreciate La Serenissima's glorious past. From the first 1830 donation by Teodoro Correr, the museum has become so richly endowed that many of its treasures are warehoused and rotated into exhibits as time and space permit. Don't miss the huge, intricate Grande Pianta Prospettica in which Jacopo de' Barbari (circa 1440-1515) details in carved wood every inch of 16th-century Venice, including the old version of the Rialto Bridge and the neighborhood that once stood in the Giardini della Biennale before Napoléon demolished it. Whole rooms are devoted to Admiral Francesco Morosini (doge from 1688 to 1694), to intriguing objects and garments used by the doges through the ages, and even to antique games. In the second floor Quadreria (Picture Gallery), Room 36 is entirely given over to the talented Bellini family of Renaissance painters, Jacopo and his sons, Giovanni (1430-1516) and the lesser known Gentile (1429-1507). Room 30 houses a small but evocative Pietà by Cosmè Tura (1430-95). In Room 38 is Carpaccio's (circa 1465-1525) Two Venetian Ladies, formerly referred to as The Courtesans. Experts are still debating whether this painting is an extension of a larger Carpaccio work. If the Hunt in the Valley (J. P. Getty Museum, Malibu) depicts another part of the same scene, these two ladies may in fact be waiting for the return of their gentlemen hunters.