national archaeological museum of naples led by an Archaeologist.

MANN, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, offspring of the Real Museo Borbonico, is without doubt the world’s greatest institute of classical archaeology, for both the quantity and variety of its collections. It’s glorious three-century history has made it a point of reference for scholars, travellers and distinguished visitors. It’s one of the most famous and visited museums in Italy, among the oldest and most important in the world for the richness and uniqueness of its heritage. The main works preserved come from the Farnese collection inherited by King Charles of Bourbon from his mother Elisabetta Farnese and from the excavations of Pompeii, Herculaneum and other archaeological sites in the Campania region.

The Museum was inaugurated in 1816 by Ferdinand I of Bourbon, son of Charles, immediately becoming one of the main destinations of the so-called Grand Tour, a journey for one’s classical cultural education made by European nobles who also visited Venice, Florence, Rome and then Naples.

Sculptures, frescoes, mosaics, the so-called secret cabinet, objects of everyday life, will give you a clear idea of the daily life of the ancient Romans.

A journey into Roman art, often of Greek inspiration, which will amaze you for the very high level achieved. Classical art has no time, it is immortal.

It will be a pleasure for me, as an archaeologist expert, to explain to you the most important works kept in this jewel museum. The tour lasts approximately two hours.

There are different sections in the Museum and I will illustrate the most significant masterpieces underlining their period, production techniques, anecdotes and historical curiosities of the figure represented. The itinerary includes visits to the following sections:

– FARNESE SECTION
– MOSAICS SECTION
– SECRET CABINET
– SECTION OF THE VILLA OF THE PAPYRS
– SUNDAY HALL
– SECTIONS OF DAILY LIFE OBJECTS
– FRESCOES SECTION
– CORK PLASTIC OF POMPEII FROM 1800