A great exhibition project to recount the fascination that the archaeological site of Pompeii held for artists and the European imagination, from the start of excavations in 1748 to its dramatic bombing in 1943.
Pompeii and Europe. 1748–1943, the exhibition devised by the Superintendent for Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae Massimo Osanna, unfolds along a twofold route, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples and simultaneously at the Amphitheater in Pompeii.
A temporary 12-metre wooden pyramid will house exhibition on Pompeii.
Inside are the casts of 20 victims buried by ash during the 79AD eruption
The installation was designed by renowned Italian architect Francesco Venezia.
The shape is said to be a tribute to the temple of the Egyptian goddess Isis, one of the first to be discovered by archaeologists in town
The plaster casts are placed in the centre, while the exhibition also features archival photographs documenting the work in the excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Excavations of Pompeii – Amphitheater
Opening hours
Open daily, 9:00 →19.00
until October 31, 2015
last admission at 6 pm
From 8.30→17.00
1st and 2nd November
last admission at 15.30
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It’s the worst ever done exhibit one can see. How can a structure have been led in the middle of the amphitheater? As for the exhibit it’s more like morgue enhancing people’s morbid taste than an instructive one. This is a demonstration of the lack of taste and respect for the victims by the Italian government and population. I’m just back from the sites and have been disgusted by what has been done, Unesco should immediately stop its funding of the superintendanza and sue the Italian government for theft of the huge amounts of dollars given to this country.
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