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National Archaeological Museum
One of the world's great museums of ancient art, with the mosaics and frescoes of Pompeii and the Farnese marbles.
- Open
- Closed Tuesdays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- Piazza Museo 19, 80135 NaplesDirections
- Getting There
- Museo or Piazza Cavour metro station.
Why Go
Most of the best finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum are here: the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, wall paintings, bronzes and everyday objects. The Farnese Collection includes the Farnese Bull, the largest sculpture surviving from antiquity, and the Farnese Hercules.
The Secret Cabinet shows Roman erotic art once hidden from the public.
Nearby in Naples
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